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Network TV Downloadable Via iTunes

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. DVD Jon! by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 3, Funny

    My "Prayer of Jon":

    Pray, o' Lord, that You giveth thine Jon of DVD, the power to release thine TV shows from Satan's demonic, ravenous, malicious lock on ones and zeros, so I may become pure of spirit and download thine shows from ThePirateBay.

    Amen.

  2. Re:What I want to see by gristlebud · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's not in iTunes, but these guys have downloadable news broadcasts.

    http://www.nakednews.com/

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  3. Re:CABLE WILL HAVE NO ADS BECAUSE YOU PAY FOR IT!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Look up. That's his point, going over your head.

  4. Re:There is a big difference now by Moofie · · Score: 2, Funny

    You misspelled "Fourteen episodes, including the two-hour pilot".

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  5. Re:An interesting step by porcupine8 · · Score: 2, Funny
    When the video iPods were released I forsaw this exact scenario.

    You mean, in the ten minutes between the announcement of the video iPods and the announcement of the TV shows on iTMS? :^P

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