Apple has added Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ and ‘The Colbert Report’ TV shows to their iTunes Store with a new “Multi-Pass” purchasing option.
Both shows’ “Multi-Pass” options include the “most recent episode (if one is available) and the next 15 episodes” for US$9.99. Apple explains that, for Multi-Pass buyers, “the most recent episode (if available) will download immediately and future episodes will download as they become available.”
Click here to launch iTunes to see the new additions to the iTunes Store.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Les” for the heads up.]
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Excellent! I’ve been missing the Daily Show since I cancelled my satellite
service.
These shows are great fun and an excellent addition to the iTunes library, but what I really like is the name of Apple’s new purchasing option, “Multi-Pass”. Is this an obscure foreshadowing of a upcoming movie download service? After all, I’m sure everyone remembers the great scene in the movie Fifth Element where the gorgeous Milla Jovovich holds up an ID card and says “Mulllti-Pass, Multi-Pass”.
LeeLoo Dallas MultiPass. Mul-Ti-Pass.
MultiPass.
multi-pass sure looks like a mini subscription service… hmmmm…. now too bad they only currently offer it for “daily shows”. If I could pre-pay a reduced amount to get every episode of my favorite shows this season…
16 episodes for US$9.99 — How many shows a month do they do?
Somewhat related… I noticed they added the capability to preorder some music albums but now you can download the single today, with the remainder of the album downloaded when it is released. This is a great alternative to buying a single and then the album and paying for the same song twice.
Hopefully a video subscription service (with a lot more available content) is coming soon!
To gMan, IIRC, The Daily Show comes on everyday Monday-Thursday. If my numbers are correct, that’s basically a month of The Daily Show for about $10.00. Great deal!
the daily show? yuck why is jon steart on TV?
how about southpark
The Daily Show is one of the few shows I miss since cancelling cable service. sounds like a really good deal.
I think there’s 4 per week, so it works out to 9.99 for about a month’s worth.
My only reason to even consider cable TV has just evaporated.
10 bucks for 16 shows is a great deal! If it was available here i might consider paying for tvshows!
I don’t think this is a real alternative to cable. If you pay $10/month for this show and $10/month for another show that you like… thats the same price as getting basic cable.
Not a moth worth
“Multi-Pass” options include the “most recent episode (if one is available) and the next 15 episodes”
=16 episodes
Hellooooo… what about us up here in Canada? To say nothing about the rest of the world?
MW “really” and in “Really Apple get those shows out to the rest of us!”
This is a great deal — especially since you can keep the episodes you like or need to save for information (I’ve got last night’s Daily Show on in the background, and JS just talked to an author about a book that I want to recommend for an online book group).
Been wanting to check out “Daily Show” for a while, but it’s past my bedtime and I forget to set the DVR…now I can download it in the morning and stick it in my pocket! One more reason I’m glad I splurged on the 60GB video iPod…
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[Note to typhoon — if you don’t like “Daily Show”, don’t order it. But if this system works, it might get extended to shows like “South Park” — which is already on iTMS, at least the older ones…]
Wow…multipass looks very promising! A perfect iTunes alternative to subscriptions.
SCREW CANADA!
Cool. Now they just need to add 24, Veronica Mars, and the Gilmore Girls and I’ll have no need to turn my TV on, except for boredom. The multi-pass option is great. The Daily Show does pretty close to 16 episodes a month, not counting repeats. There are probably 3-4 repeats per month. That reduces the cost to about 62 cents per episode.
$10 for 16 episodes? Steve needs to get out of his billionaire world and join the rest of us. No thanks, I’ll continue to save it to my DVR.
??? Jeff, that’s 62 cents an episode! How the hell cheap do you want it???
The last major use of the Multi-Pass on this Planet got us into a lot of trouble and it took Bruce Willis and the Supreme being to get us out of the shit!
Be careful, be very careful…Don’t take any long trips…..
Leo
Sorry Chunky,
Missed your earlier call. Great minds think alike.
Leo
Senno ecto gammat! My real name is:
Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai Ekbat De Sebat.
Baah-da-boom?
SWEEEET! SWEET SWEET SWEET.
These Shows ROCK the HOUSE. Lovin it.
This is a HUGE deal.
I love the LeeLoo references! I was thinking the same thing as soon as I read that press release. Thank you fellow Fifth Element cult members!