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It’s “virtually impossible” for the TV industry to find prime time hits as more people watch shows on the Web or use digital video recording devices,” the Boston Globe has NBC Universal CEO Jeffrey Zucker saying.
Apple decided it wouldn’t bother with NBC for the upcoming TV season on iTune and would eventually drop all NBC shows.
NBC refused to renew its agreement with iTunes, “after Apple balked at paying fees that it said would more than double the wholesale price for each NBC TV episode,” said MarketWatch at the time.
In the Globe story, “The network got about $15 million from iTunes last year after its shows made up some 40 percent of TV downloads,” says Zucker, adding:
“We are at an inflection point. We don’t want to replace dollars with pennies on the digital side.”
It’s surprising NBC Universal general Rick Cotton hasn’t chipped in.
He’s the master of a well rounded phrase saying, recently, “In the absence of movie piracy, video retailers would sell and rent more titles. Movie theatres would sell more tickets and popcorn,” and:
“Corn growers would earn greater profits and buy more farm equipment.”
Cotton is leading the farcical Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy’s Campaign to Protect America of which NBC Universal is a founder member.
Also See:
Boston Globe – NBC looks for ways to put its shows online profitably, October 30, 2007
Greed. As usual – Apple, NBC iTunes rift, September 3, 2007
MarketWatch – Apple to stop selling NBC shows through iTunes, August 31, 2007
more tickets and popcorn – Hollywood plan to save corn farmers, June 27, 2007
farcical – Corporate Power vs People Power, June 16, 2007
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October 30th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Microsoft pays Universal for each Zune sold. I wonder if that has anything to do with their behavior.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=universal+zune&btnG=Google+Search