“Apple announced the new service along with a new version of its Apple TV device, and Walt Disney Co.’s ABC broadcast network as well as News Corp.’s Fox signed on to make shows available in the offering,” Worden reports.
“Other national broadcast networks owned by NBC Universal and CBS Corp., along with all cable networks, chose not to participate due to pricing and other strategic concerns,” Worden reports.
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I can watch unlimited streaming movies & TV SHOWS for $9 a month at netflix. Why would i pay ala carte for these shows?
I can watch unlimited streaming movies & TV SHOWS for $9 a month at netflix. Why would i pay ala carte for these shows?
I’d like to understand the reasoning.
I’d like to understand the reasoning.
Consumers we don’t need no stink-in consumers.
Consumers we don’t need no stink-in consumers.
And they probably earn less than $.99 per view on average through their current distribution channels.
And they probably earn less than $.99 per view on average through their current distribution channels.
$.99 is way too much for most TV shows. Let me subscribe to an individual TV show (Lost), sports team (Seahawks), or sports event series (Sprint cup) for a reasonable fee per season and I’m all over it, and I’ll pay extra if I don’t have to deal with Comcast or Viacom in the process.
$.99 is way too much for most TV shows. Let me subscribe to an individual TV show (Lost), sports team (Seahawks), or sports event series (Sprint cup) for a reasonable fee per season and I’m all over it, and I’ll pay extra if I don’t have to deal with Comcast or Viacom in the process.
I can DVR it and watch with none of your ads for free. $.99 is TOO much to rent.
I can DVR it and watch with none of your ads for free. $.99 is TOO much to rent.
@ rick
You could have also “streamed” (or otherwise “subscribed to”) unlimited music for whatever that monthly price was (or stolen it for free), yet billions of tracks have been sold for 99-cents each by the iTunes Store.
@ rick
You could have also “streamed” (or otherwise “subscribed to”) unlimited music for whatever that monthly price was (or stolen it for free), yet billions of tracks have been sold for 99-cents each by the iTunes Store.
Season DVD sets are pretty close to a buck per episode. Why pay more for a rental? (Then again, seems like a lot more advertising on these discs than there used to be.)
Season DVD sets are pretty close to a buck per episode. Why pay more for a rental? (Then again, seems like a lot more advertising on these discs than there used to be.)
Apple does not really care so much about how many 99-cent rentals it sells. Apple cares how many Apple TVs it sells. The TV show rental service is value-added service aimed at giving potential Apple TV customers one more reason to buy a $99 Apple TV.
Apple does not really care so much about how many 99-cent rentals it sells. Apple cares how many Apple TVs it sells. The TV show rental service is value-added service aimed at giving potential Apple TV customers one more reason to buy a $99 Apple TV.
10 million rentals @ $0.99 is less say $0.29 for Apple’s costs etc.. is $0.60 * 10 Million is a cool 6 Million that you would not have to pirating. Did Hulu earn Viacom 6 Million last year? I think not in fact I don’t think Viacom earned 6 Million combined from all of their Ad based Web crap last year and will not even earn 1 Million next year.
MDN Word “Fire” – Viacom circles bowel and has to have a Fire sale because they missed the future.
10 million rentals @ $0.99 is less say $0.29 for Apple’s costs etc.. is $0.60 * 10 Million is a cool 6 Million that you would not have to pirating. Did Hulu earn Viacom 6 Million last year? I think not in fact I don’t think Viacom earned 6 Million combined from all of their Ad based Web crap last year and will not even earn 1 Million next year.
MDN Word “Fire” – Viacom circles bowel and has to have a Fire sale because they missed the future.
The nets sell series season passes without ads for about $1 an episode via a season pass. With that logic, how can a rental at a Dollar be wrong? It must be the local yokel stations (affiliates) who are bitching.
The nets sell series season passes without ads for about $1 an episode via a season pass. With that logic, how can a rental at a Dollar be wrong? It must be the local yokel stations (affiliates) who are bitching.
Let me put this clearly – making money doesn’t work for us. After making money on the show through cable and satellite deals, adding millions of TV show rentals on top of that at $0.99 apiece would just be utterly ridiculous.
We would rather have people gain access for free through various means, and then hope that a year later they will want to purchase a DVD containing an entire season of episodes at roughly the same price per episode, maybe even less – especially if the DVD is discounted to clear the inventory.
No, AppleTV rentals at a reasonable price aren’t for us. We like our strategy. We like it a lot.
Let me put this clearly – making money doesn’t work for us. After making money on the show through cable and satellite deals, adding millions of TV show rentals on top of that at $0.99 apiece would just be utterly ridiculous.
We would rather have people gain access for free through various means, and then hope that a year later they will want to purchase a DVD containing an entire season of episodes at roughly the same price per episode, maybe even less – especially if the DVD is discounted to clear the inventory.
No, AppleTV rentals at a reasonable price aren’t for us. We like our strategy. We like it a lot.
How the he’ll is $0.99 too low for a movie that I’m only renting (and STREAMING at that…….).