HammRadio Today: 5/12/2008 --
The Dukes and the Sopranos now on iTunes
Last Modified
5/12/2008 11:05 PM
Byline: Mike Cunningham
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Story Summary
My 82 year old grandfather understands differential pricing. Why did it take iTunes this long and ruin it's relationship with NBC? Greed? Yeah probably.
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Variable pricing for iTunes for TV shows? Apple and HBO made a deal that pretty much guarantees that's the model going forward. Remember when NBC pulled their programming for that very same reason? I guess Steve Jobs realized that a premium pricing strategy will work.
Why Apple was against this from the get go, I don't understand. They already set prices for different TV shows. Heck my 82 year old grandfather knew that his "Dogfights" shows were differently priced than his Eagles highlights. And he totally would understand that a Sopranos episode might cost more than a Flight of the Conchords episode. And that no one should pay for Arli$$.
And how does making South Park available for download for pay, when you can get it for free on SouthParkStudios.com. What about hulu.com and Comcast's Fancast.com? How will this competition continue? Can either survive? One has commercials one doesn't. And certainly, anyone watching South Park is kind of sick of the Grand Theft Auto IV commercials right?
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