September 25, 2007 (vol. 118, iss. 16) • Page Image 5
… Direct fully launches some- time in October, it will allow users to download certain NBC TV shows - including "The Office," "30 Rock" and "Heroes" -totheir computers. But there are noteworthy stipu…
… have commercials that viewers will not be able to bypass and should have an air- tight digital-rights management-control system that will limit them to Windows- based computers. But in case you don…
…'t spend your days frantically refreshing the RSS feeds on your favorite TV blogs, let me bring you up to speed on how NBC got here. At the end of August, NBC announced it was severing ties with Apple and…
… would not be offering its new fall shows for download. According to tvsquad.com, Apple cited NBC's inability to determine its own epi- sode pricing - somewhere in the ridicu- lous $4.99-per-episode range…
… months, Apple: 99 Rest of the world: 4 It's getting closer. all of its existing content will be stripped from Apple's servers. Not one to go to the dance alone, NBC quickly sought out Amazon.com's Unbox…
… downloads. The networks have clearly demonstrated their willingness to develop their own proprietary software, and soon enough Apple may be usurped from the market it created. It was only two years ago when…