This is insane. NBC - the most successful and profitable of the iTunes Music Store's TV show suppliers - has cancelled their contract with Apple. This means NBC would no longer sell their shows thru the iTMS as of December 31. Their side intimated that Apple was unreasonable in their pricing policies and refused to allow NBC to bundle shows (The Office) with movies (Evan Almighty). Then Apple came back and claimed that the reason for the impasse was that NBC wanted to charge $4.99 per episode for TV shows. Then Apple announced they would not be carrying any of NBC's new shows in the Fall. Thus NBC loses out on the profits from 6 months of selling The Office and Heroes.
Let me be very clear. I am quite perturbed about this. I want the ability to download Heroes this season, but also have an EyeTV device and am NOT afraid to simply record the show, edit out commercials, and transfer them to my AppleTV, iPod, and iPhone at will. NBC, Please do what is necesary to get Heroes back onto the iTMS. And "what is necesary" can NOT be $4.99 per episode. I won't buy ONE episode at that price, especially when I know I can get it on DVD for about $1 per episode in the end.
Sigh. Such foolishness
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