RSSDisney to Expand iTunes TV Offerings
By the Betanews Staff | Published January 3, 2006, 3:42 PM
Starting with condensed versions of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and Nokia Sugar Bowl, Disney on Tuesday said it would expand its iTunes offerings to include content from ESPN, ABC News, Touchstone Television, the Disney Channel, as well as the company's animation department. While most of the content will follow the $1.99 pricing model, the ABC News content would be offered for free.
Later this month, Disney will add content from ESPN's "SportsCentury" program, shorts from ABC's "America's Funniest Home Videos," and skits from the popular 1970's Saturday morning program, "School House Rocks." The announcement of new programming on iTunes follows a deal in December that brought NBC Universal content to the service, including the popular "Law and Order" series and Sci-Fi's cable hit "Battlestar Galactica."
This is stupid, why would anyone pay two dollars to download a show and watch it on their computer when they could just watch it on TV. Probably in some crappy compressed format also. Two dollars a show is ridiculous, what would that up to compared to what it costs for unlimited service from say Dish Network or Direct TV? You'd be paying a fortune for some compressed DRM riddled crap (even more so since it's from Disney. Ugh).
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so they can watch it on their ipod not their computer... Its nice if your going on a trip somewhere to be able to watch something.
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Nice to watch it on a 2x2 screen yeah right.
What idiot would even think to watch a football game on a 2x2 screen?
I have to laugh at the whole video ipod idea, as much as I hate Sony at least the PSP has a large enough screen to see a number.
But people are stupid enough to pay for it and even more stupid to pay for the download unbelievable!
I see the future of no more free TV coming soon and this kind of sh.t is what will make it happen.
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two dollars, big deal. get a job and buy appl stock then maybe you could afford to watch tv shows commerical free at you own convenice. Plus I like to watch a show multiply times to study camera work and editing. H264 looks good but I do wish the shows where in HD 1080p. But that will come in time.
http://www.apple.com/tra...s/touchstone/apocalypto/
notice all the formatts that Quicktime H264 supports from iPod to 1080p HD. Soon all these formatts will be standard.
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Two dollars for each show, that adds up to way more than you'd pay for a month of cable or satellite service unless you just don't watch any television at all. Just because I can afford something doesn't mean I'm going to throw the money away on foolishness. Since most people are already paying for cable or satellite just tape the shows for free and transfer them if you want to see them on your tiny little iPod screens.
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Skyfrog has a point tho...DVR's are nice lil utilities. DVD-RW's, even VCR's. But I guess this could work as an ok Service for some people... ?
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I believe each is entitled his/her own opinion. I for one enjoy watching these shows on my iPod. Really passes the time while traveling and I have no problem seeing the detail on my 2 x 2 screen.
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