NBC Universal and Apple Computer Inc. have begun a partnership that makes NBC-owned programs available via Apple’s iTunes Music Store.
In October, Walt Disney and Apple began selling ABC’s “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” and three other shows, along with music videos and Pixar shorts, for $1.99 per download.
Available shows include “Law & Order,” “Surface,” “Monk,” “The Office,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and vintage NBC shows including “Dragnet,” “Adam-12,” “Knight Rider,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
There official announcement from Apple, which includes that fact that iTunes Music Store has now surpassed three million videos sold: NBC Universal & Apple offer new shows on U.S. iTunes Music Store, iTunes video sales top 3 million.
Our own gun-jumping SteveJack’s question has been answered (see related article below). Now, you can safely expect more and more shows to become available as new deals are finalized. Keep an eye on Apple (AAPL) shares today.
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Related articles:
So, where are all the new TV shows on Apple’s iTunes Store? – December 01, 2005
NBC Universal & Apple offer new shows on U.S. iTunes Music Store, iTunes video sales top 3 million – December 06, 2005
Apple’s new video-capable iPod’s resplendent screen bright, sharp, and colors really pop – December 05, 2005
Analyst: iTunes video sales have doubled, attracting interest from new content partners – December 02, 2005
Apple iTunes’ Disney-ABC TV show deal: the network TV business is toast – November 15, 2005
Who would have thought that a computer company would change the face of TV? – November 11, 2005
Apple’s iTunes Music Store sells over one million videos in under 20 days – October 31, 2005
Can Apple’s iTunes Store resurrect old time TV? – October 30, 2005
Has Apple’s Steve Jobs saved network television or simply helped hasten its death? – October 27, 2005
BusinessWeek: Apple iPod+iTunes video marks new era for digital media – October 27, 2005
TV Critic: Apple iPod video strikingly bright, crisp, very fluid; TV will have to reorient itself – October 27, 2005
Thurrott: Apple iPod ‘the new standard by which all are measured – highly recommended’ – October 26, 2005
Chicago Tribune: Apple’s new iPod is a showstopper – October 26, 2005
PC Magazine review gives Apple’s new video-capable iPod 5 out of 5 stars – October 21, 2005
CBS News: New iPod shows ‘Apple will continue to dominate portable digital media player market’ – October 21, 2005
Apple’s video-capable iPod and iTunes are first vital link in new distribution paradigm – October 21, 2005
USA Today: Apple’s new iPod + video: world’s foremost portable music players have gotten only better – October 20, 2005
Comprehensive review of Apple’s iPod 5G with Video – October 20, 2005
The Motley Fool: ‘Apple’s new video-enabled iPod is about to save the televised content industry’ – October 20, 2005
Ars Technica reviews Apple’s new video-capable iPod – October 20, 2005
NY Times Pogue: ‘watching video on new iPod’s 2.5-inch screen is completely immersive’ – October 19, 2005
Apple’s $1.99 iTunes TV show downloads may be ‘the savior of good television’ – October 17, 2005
Apple opens Pandora’s box for the media business, could have profound long-term consequences – October 17, 2005
BofA analyst: Apple video play an ‘evolutionary opportunity,’ 9.3m iPods to be sold this quarter – October 17, 2005
Apple has the potential to change not just the audio industry, but the whole entertainment industry – October 17, 2005
Forrester Research: Apple transformed music distribution, now it is doing the same for video – October 14, 2005
Watching episode of ABC’s ‘Lost’ on 2.5-inch iPod screen surprisingly compelling – October 13, 2005
Apple’s new iMac G5, iTunes 6, iPod video designed to bait Hollywood – October 13, 2005
Apple video iPod+iTunes could create mass audience for video on the go, despite studios’ misgivings – October 13, 2005
Using QuickTime Pro to create videos for playback in new Apple iPods – October 13, 2005
Analyst: Apple has just produced ‘the tipping point’ for entertainment content – October 13, 2005
Apple’s video play likely to unsettle movie, TV, advertising and retail markets for years to come – October 12, 2005
Apple unveils new 5th generation iPod, now plays music, photos, and video – October 12, 2005
Sweet, BSG!
Yeah…
One-Adam-Twelve, see the dork watching TV shows on his iPod…
$1.99 for 10 minutes of Conan? Are you kidding me?
Battlestar Galactica? A classic! Something I can finally waste money on downloading!
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet… Battlestar Galactica. Now all I need is South Park, and I got all the shows I want…
Oh and the next season of “24” on Fox.
We want them in the UK too!
Rats, it’s the new Battlestar Galactica, but now that I think of it, I do believe it was ABC that had the 70s series on. Oh well.
$10 for a single episode of Conan?!?!?
Now that is pure insanity!!!
Now give me Family Guy and American Idol episodes the day after airing and I’ll be happy. Oh, and please thrown in some Thundercats, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and Days of Our Lives…just for the freak in me
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But the MDN text editor is skinnier this morning. Fair enough trade off, I guess
Ah, now that I can finally pay for TV shows I’ll stop watching them for free. Thanks Apple and NBC!
“$1.99 for 10 minutes of Conan? Are you kidding me?”
Maybe variable pricing isn’t looking so bad.
Sweet. I noticed it this morning. Already downloaded episodes of Monk, Law & Order (the SVU crossover), and Surface.
I can’t wait until other stations start coming on board.
Ok. I didn’t notice before, and its not like I’d really download either Conan or Jay Leno, but what’s with just selling segments of the show?? That sucks big time. That pretty much guarantees I won’t be buying any of those episodes.
It’s 9.99 for a full length comedy special from Conan. I highly recommend it, because I was in the audience.
Heck, the DVD for that special was 9.99 on a good day. Good job NBC!
“$1.99 for 10 minutes of Conan? Are you kidding me?”
12 minutes of triumph at the Star Wars line is worth $2.
I hope that somebody at the networks realizes that vintage TV will sell like hots-cakes < “Green Acres” line.
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– john
Now I can dump my cable and only download and watch BattleStar Galactica. Everything else I can get for basic cable (only $8 a month). This could cause some serious problems for the cable distributers. Their packages of channels for a lot of money isn’t going to work so well anymore….
Where did the 10 minutes only for Conan or Jay showed up? I didn’t see this limitation in the scanned copy. 10 minutes may cover the opening monologue, but wouldn’t cover the followup comedy segment at the desk. They need at least the first 20 minutes to cover the good stuff on late night shows. Everything after that is crap, so I wouldn’t care if they dumped that stuff.
Battlestar Galactica?!?!?
Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought that was a SiFi Channel original? NBC owns it? Double cool! (yes, I actually said double cool)
Wait, are they talking about the original Battlestar Galactica from the 70’s? Oh well, it’s a start.
Just checked out ITMS. It is the new Battlestar Galactica, Triple Cool!
So, where’s the orignal 70’s version!
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WHERE THE F_CK IS [I]FIREFLY[/I]?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
“Ah, now that I can finally pay for TV shows I’ll stop watching them for free”
Ummm, first of all you are paying a monthly fee for cable. Secondly, you are paying a mental price in being advertised to (50% show, 50% advertising), which will give you ADD, and make you think that somehow you are watching those shows “for free”.
^ Pissed Off- “Firefly” was on idiotFOX. “Serenity” was from Universal.
Don’t worry – they didn’t take the sky from you.