Comments on: Universal Continues iTunes War Cry

By: Mudkip

Mudkip — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:36:29 +0000

LOL what? Pay for what is broadcast over the air for free?

Are these people insane?

By: WEBSNAP

WEBSNAP — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:10:53 +0000

@ annon

How you pay your cable bill is irrelevant unless you are talking about a download subscription model. Just because you pay a cable bill doesn’t entitle you (or anyone else) the opportunity the watch television at you convenience away from your TV without paying for that convenience. If that was the case then the Cable company would need to get a cut for all the viewers it would be loosing due to downloads, which would still put the cost-per-episode at a higher rate that it is now.

By: annon

annon — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:40:48 +0000

A half hour and an full hour doesn’t matter, you don’t pay you cable bill per show you watch, and lets hope it never gets that far. You just pay to have access to anything you want and watch it for how ever long you want it.

By: Ian Adams

Ian Adams — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:03:06 +0000

Well, for some TV shows, DVD sales are much more than a “tip”. HBO, for example, makes no money on advertising because they don’t have advertising during their shows. Obviously NBC Universal isn’t in that situation with most of their network TV shows, but it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to make money on a show through advertising alone, and are looking towards new revenue lines like iTunes. And given that iTunes dominates the market of online content distribution, spiting Apple like that is just as good as shooting yourself in a main artery.

By: websnap

websnap — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:07:34 +0000

I can see the point of having a price for “Heroes” and a different price for “The Office” due to their difference in length but I think that about all network shows. AN hour long show is usually more expensive to produce so I wouldn’t say raising it above the cost of a half hour program isn’t exactly and artificial inflation. If the just want to charge more for Programs because the are popular – regardless of their length – that would just be NBC being greedy and I’ll be siding apple on this.

I the long run, what’s the point? This isn’t a required revenue stream, it’s more like a bonus or tip like DVD sales – above and beyond tv advertising sales. Take the extra money you weren’t counting on and be thankfull. You not going to make as much money or sales as you did with iTunes anywhere else.