Network TV Downloadable Via iTunes

Posted by Zonk on Friday October 14, 2005 @02:48AM from the television-catches-up-with-the-rest-of-us dept.

IconBasedIdea writes "Dallas Mavericks owner and opinionated media entrepreneur Mark Cuban blogs about Walt Disney cheese Robert Iger, and his recent deal with iTunes to allow TV episodes to become available for purchase and download. Granted, it was only a matter of time, but someone had to go first, and it is apparently ABC. Could this help niche shows stay alive longer? Will it kill traditional TV ads, long on the downswing of effectiveness? Will we end up eventually paying (or stealing) all of our future programming?"

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Next Step - Soap Operas by Deinhard · 2005-10-14 03:47 · Score: 1, Flamebait

It just occurred to me, after reading Cuban's blog, that Soap Operas may be the next download on the horizon. Think of all the millions of working women that tape or DVR their "stories" every day.

If they can get the day's episode and watch it at work on their iPods, all of us husbands that have to find something else to do while the TV is occupied can actually take control of our remotes again.

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