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.

Re:For the cost of fifty shows

[borawjm]

But if you miss the show, the tivo is pointless.

Re:Quitting broadcast TV

[Gulthek]

The Daily Show/Colbert Report is the big stumbling block for me.

*dramatically shakes fist* Damn you Jon Stewart!

Re:iPOD comparison

[generic-man]

If you have a working MythTV box, couldn't you just record the episode when it airs instead of paying $1 the next day to rent it? Then you can strip out the program to get to the commercials you want to see.

Re:For the cost of fifty shows

[NanoGator]

"For the cost of fifty shows you can just get a Tivo."

Yeah, we don't need no steenking choices around here.

Re:iPOD comparison

[Golias]

That's assuming that you knew it was coming up and scheduled a recording in advance.

If only there were some kind of "guide" to give people advanced notice of upcoming TV episodes...

Re:TiVO Anyone

[Enry]

Again, why do you need to save a show and watch it 100 times over? That sounds more like a mental issue than a practical one.

Didn't watch this week's Family Guy, did you?

Re:iPOD comparison

[generic-man]

I keep a small notebook next to me during the rare times when I watch live televisual programming. When I see a commercial advertisement, I open the notebook and remark on whether I thought the advertisement was of substantial quality. If it contributed positively to my televisual experience, I note the company's name and the qualities which I liked about the advertisement. If it detracted from my experience, I note the objectionable qualities instead.

Afterwards, I place my findings in an OpenOffice.org document on my Debian GNU/Linux-based Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" AMD Athlon computer workstation. I then utilize a StarBasic macro to dynamically transpose the content into an XHTML document whose DOM I manipulate with CSS and JavaScript using advanced AJAX techniques I learned; this document is then propagated through the blogosphere so that it attains sufficient impact and increases the televisual capacity of my fellow netizens.

But that's just me.