The Title is TV turns to Internet.... how can you argue against this?

[revrandy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/bu...c1dlr+O3cT92PA



September 19, 2007
NBC to Offer a Free Video Download Service
By BILL CARTER
NBC Universal, acknowledging that viewers are increasingly moving away from traditional television viewing, announced plans today for a service that will make popular NBC programs available to download free to personal computers and other devices.

The programs, including “Heroes” and “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” will be offered for a week immediately after their initial broadcasts. Commercials will be embedded in the programs and viewers will not be able to skip through them.

The move comes less than three weeks after NBC Universal announced it was severing ties with Apple Inc. after a dispute over how Apple was selling NBC programs on its popular iTunes service.

NBC first contracted with Amazon to offer its programs for sale to downloading devices like MP3 players. Now it is establishing its own downloading service, which NBC executives say they expect to become a viable competitor to iTunes.

“With the creation of this new service, we are acknowledging that now, more than ever, viewers want to be in control of how, when and where they consume their favorite entertainment,” said Vivi Zigler, the executive vice president of NBC Digital Entertainment. “Not only does this feature give them more control, but it also gives them a higher quality video experience.”

The NBC service, called NBC Direct, will begin a testing period in October with plans to be operational in November. The service will allow customers to download full episodes of NBC shows for seven days on Windows-based PCs. The file will expire after the seven days.

But NBC intends to transform the service into a model similar to iTunes by the middle of 2008 — that is, consumers will pay NBC directly to download episodes of the shows. “We did this to eliminate the middleman,” said Jeff Gaspin, the president of NBC’s digital division.

[triumphant1]

This is what we have been saying for a long, long time!

[chaotic_resolve]

This is old . . .

Been done by ABC, CBS and others for over a year now at least.

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by chaotic_resolve

This is old . . .

Been done by ABC, CBS and others for over a year now at least.

And there has been arguing over this for over a year now. The only reason this is significant is that NBC stopped using iTunes and went at it themselves.

Originally Posted by chaotic_resolve

This is old . . .

Been done by ABC, CBS and others for over a year now at least.

ABC just offers streaming, not downloads...

well, actually pretty much everyone has been offering downloads for like $1.99/episode through ITunes for a while now...

but this sounds like NBC is doing it for free... which is actually a new thing...

[SDG]

Any minister who signs an affirmation statement and has an internet ready computer has a TV player ... and IS LYING.

[Sister Alvear]

I have said all along if the heart is right our eyes will be right...

[Raven]

revrandy
Psalms 119:109 My soul is continually in my hand, .......
We are all ultimately accountable for ourselves. For too long too many have let others think for them and dictate to them, but now a change is coming. You can fill a city library with rule books and still not cover all the bases. Sooner or later how we act and what we think will have to surface out of our own heart. We have to make choices every day, as to good and evil, and if someone hides behind their church's standard or organization's rule, God has a way of bringing them to their own decision. That's where many are at today. The "Grand Master" of Life's chess tournament has set up his unimpeachable strategy and now looks squarely in the eye of legalism and said, "Checkmate!"
Raven

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Raven

revrandy
Psalms 119:109 My soul is continually in my hand, .......
We are all ultimately accountable for ourselves. For too long too many have let others think for them and dictate to them, but now a change is coming. You can fill a city library with rule books and still not cover all the bases. Sooner or later how we act and what we think will have to surface out of our own heart. We have to make choices every day, as to good and evil, and if someone hides behind their church's standard or organization's rule, God has a way of bringing them to their own decision. That's where many are at today. The "Grand Master" of Life's chess tournament has set up his unimpeachable strategy and now looks squarely in the eye of legalism and said, "Checkmate!"
Raven

POTD

[RevDWW]

It's not what goes into the man that corrupts him, it's what comes out of his heart. And what's in the heart will come out! Get the heart of a man clean and filled with the Spirit, then what he consumes should not be a problem.


Anybody here every eaten a raw carrot? You do know it comes out of the dirt, where at times animal waste is used as nourishment for it and worms and bugs live and matter decays. Yet it's amazing how good the carot is for us! I dare say not a one of us picks up a handful of that dirt and eats it.