“NBC News will sell some of its news and documentary programming on Apple’s iTunes for downloading to computers or iPods. Billing it as the first news organization to make its video programming available on the service, the network Thursday said that programming from NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC would go for $1.99 a pop and include both archival programming and content produced for iTunes,” John Eggerton reports for Broadcasting & Cable. “Programs include NBC News specials from Dateline, and CNBC, and MSNBC’s Caught On Tape shows. NBC has already been supplying news podcasts via iTunes, saying it averages 500,000 customers per month, with that figure trending up.”
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The currently available shows on Apple’s iTunes Store – with more to be added on a regular basis according to NBC – include:
– NBC News Specials
– NBC News Time Capsule
– Tom Brokaw Reports
– NBC Meet the Press: Meet the Presidents
– Dateline NBC: Crime &Punishment
– CNBC Specials
– MSNBC’s Caught On Tape
– MSNBC’s Lockup: Life Inside America’s Toughest Prisons
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