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CBS, NBC to Offer TV Shows for 99 Cents
According to an AP report. "CBS and NBC have announced deals to offer replays of prime-time programs for 99 cents per episode, shifting television toward a sales model that gained popularity with downloaded music." But the shows will only be available over Comcast on Demand, not for download.
The article says that 99 cents is the cost, but it includes commercials. So you're paying $1 to watch a free show WITH commercials [..]I'm not going to pay extra to watch a show with commercials (which you probably can't skip).
Well, it wouldn't make sense for the company to offer a tv program for free without commercials. I would just miss all of my favorite shows on purpose to watch the free commercial-free version.
These guys don't realize that their shows are mediocre at best and placing any higher threshold on watching them will actually DECREASE viewers
I just don't see this. The people that watch their programs on time, when they are aired, won't be affected. But the people who miss their programs get the added benefit of watching them some other time, for a fee. In a way it promotes people to watch their programs when they are scheduled/aired yet they don't have to feel left out, or wait for a re-run, when they miss an episode. Fanatics no longer have to cancel all of their evening plans just to catch their favorite show's episode.