No more NBC on iTunes
August 31, 2007
Do you buy NBC TV shows on iTunes? Well, not anymore you don’t, the agreement between NBC and iTunes is coming to an end. According to The New York Times, NBC Universal has decided not to renew its contract, which expires in December, with iTunes. The reason cited is the inability to agree on the price of the media offered.
Personally, I don’t really buy TV Shows on iTunes or anywhere else for that matter. I’d rather buy the DVDs, mostly because I like to watch them on my TV and since you can’t burn the videos downloaded on iTunes, that just doesn’t work for me. Having said that, I think this is a very bad move from NBC. They are giving up on one of their best ways to advertise new shows to the public. How many people discovered some of their favorite shows because of iTunes?
The only way for NBC to be successful if they want to sell their videos themselves would be to create a very easy interface a la iTunes, have the same prices or lower, and for the videos to be iPod compatible, because this is an iPod-society.
However, this is not very likely to happen, according to the Press Release from Apple, NBC wanted Apple to pay “more than double the wholesale price for each NBC TV episode, which would have resulted in the retail price to consumers increasing to $4.99 per episode from the current $1.99.” I’m sorry, what? $4.99 for an episode?!!!! Who would pay that much? I already think $1.99 is overpriced for a single episode, but $4.99 would be the price of renting a DVD, which by the way would contain at least 3 episodes of a TV show. This is ridiculous.
I really hope NBC reconsideres and decides to renew its contract with iTunes because it’s always nice to know you have the option to buy the episode of your favorite show that you missed. What do you think about this? Do you buy TV Shows on iTunes?
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Nothing to watch and a blast from the past
August 31, 2007
Is it me or does it feel like there is nothing to watch on TV right now? I look at my DVR but there is just nothing on it except a few movies here and there, which I am mostly done watching. It’s probably going to keep on being pretty empty until Fall TV shows start.
Why am I talking about this? I am getting there. Since I didn’t have anything to watch last night on my DVR, I decided to flip through the movie channels. And then a movie that made a big impact on me when it came out popped up: SCREAM.
I had to watch it, if not only for the fact that Jake Green Skeet Ulrich is in it. Young Skeet Ulrich who made such a big impression on me when I first watched Scream. Seriously, I memorized so many lines from that movie, I loved it.
After watching it again last night, let me tell you, it’s still as good as the first time I watched it. How genius was it to (and if you haven’t seen the movie yet - SPOILERS - but seriously though who hasn’t seen Scream?) have two killers?! Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard are awesome.
All and all I am happy that my night without any TV shows to watch brought so many nice memories. Just thought I’d share this with you.
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JOURNEYMAN - In Production Video
August 30, 2007
Check out this short making of from JOURNEYMAN provided by NBC.
My Quantum Leap replacement! I am really excited to find out how the whole show is going to work.
Journeyman premieres September 24th on NBC at 10pm.
Check out our review for Journeyman
Death Watch Status: TOUCH & GO
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LIFE - In Production Video
August 30, 2007
Check out this making of LIFE provided by NBC.
I just love Damian Lewis, he has such a strong presence when he is on-screen. I really hope Life makes it big.
Life premieres September 26th on NBC at 10pm.
Death Watch Status: TOUCH & GO
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CHUCK - In Production Video
August 30, 2007
Check out this short making of from CHUCK provided by NBC.
I am so excited for Chuck, it just looks so funny.
Chuck premieres September 24th on NBC at 8pm
Death Watch Status: IMMORTAL
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BIONIC WOMAN - In Production Video
August 30, 2007
Check out this making of BIONIC WOMAN provided by NBC.
Now all I have to do is keep working on my fighting technique…
Bionic Woman premieres September 26th on NBC at 9pm
Check out our review for Bionic Woman
Death Watch Status: IMMORTAL
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Daemon’s TV Podcast: Episode #2 - Introducing the Death Watch
August 30, 2007
The second episode of Daemon’s TV Podcast is here! Eric and I are back and bringing you some new information about this Fall’s new shows. Since we introduced a new feature on Daemon’s TV called the Death Watch, we thought we’d talk about this a bit and explain what it is and our reasons for placing the new tv shows in their categories.
Episode #2: Introducing the Death Watch: Sandie and Eric introduce the Death Watch, a new feature on Daemon’s TV for the new TV shows of Fall 2007. They cover new TV shows from CBS, NBC, CW, ABC, and FOX.
You can listen to the podcast here:
Episode #2: Introducing the Death Watch
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We hope you enjoy it and feel free to e-mail us with any comments or suggestions at info@daemonstv.com.
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PRISON BREAK - Behind-the-scenes video
August 30, 2007
Can’t get enough of PRISON BREAK? We can’t either. That’s why we are bringing you this behind-the-scenes video of the Season 3 photo shoot on location in Dallas, TX of Prison Break.
If you want to see some of the resulting pictures from the photo shoot, check out our Prison Break Post.
(Video: © 2007 FOX BROADCASTING)
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