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NBC Universal Drops iTunes
An anonymous reader writes "NBC Universal has cancelled its iTunes contract and will withdraw the television shows it currently offers through the service in December, when the current contract expires. This is a huge blow for the service, as NBC is the controlling interest in Apple customer-friendly intellectual properties like The Office, Battlestar Galactica, My Name is Earl and Heroes. From the article: 'The decision to withdraw the content follows disagreements between the two firms. Apple is thought to have rejected NBC's demands for more restrictive DRM and the introduction of flexible pricing. Apple was informed of NBC Universal's decision late last night. The report states that neither Apple nor NBC Universal would comment on the matter, but said they continue to talk, "free of acrimony".'" Hey NBC: I have chosen not to have cable, but want to pay you for Heroes. Guess what my only alternative will be if you pull it from iTunes?
DVD?
You expected something better from Zonk?
Oh my god, the company is going to fail. We are about to lose a single viewer...what do we do?
I am an ipod/iphone/macbook/apple whatever owner, and I am amazed that people would pay for tv shows through the itunes store, as as a previous poster mentioned, who wants to watch those little 4:3 videos on an ipod anyway or God forbid, on a TV with all the compression...
It's obvious, the old MS-NBC-Universal connection, try to hurt apple if you don't like the rules, take your ball home and see how much fun the game is...
I think that Apple will be just fine without Universal. I wonder how much digital content (if any) Universal will be selling in the next calendar year without Apple...
Ocean is land, covered with water.
How sad is it to have a topic on Slashdot where the poor person can get their TV show fix and must get advice?
Seriously it's a TV show and that's it. It's a sad state to be in when missing a TV show causes such issues (I have seen it so much in real life, I missed this show or this sports event and people get VERY angry).
The bigger question is why are you so addicted to a show? Folks it's only a TV show
While I sympathise with your position and think they're greedy fools., you kinda lose the moral highground when you decide to go and pirate stuff instead of waiting and getting DVDs or just plain not watching them. What exactly makes you better than them?
Pretty shitty, if you ask me.
I'd word it like this:
1. They want it freakin' now, no waiting, not even for a few days (+iTunes, BitTorrent DVR)
2. No ads killing the flow/suspense/illusion of the show (+iTunes, BitTorrent, DVD, DVR)
3. Straight to their TV (+TV, DVD, BitTorrent, iTunes, DVR)
4. NO DIGITAL RESTICTIONS MANAGEMENT (+TV...for the time being)
iTunes is 3/4, DVD 2/4, TV 2/4, BitTorrent 4/4, DVR 3/4
Don't call me back. Give me a call back. Bye. So yeah. But bye our, well, but alright we are on a shirt this chill.
Stop being such a whiny fanboi. Any MS 'PlaysForSure'-type track bought this decade will still work on an updated XP. If you choose to use a minority OS, you've gotta suffer the consequences.