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...with iTunes to sell episodes of shows such as Lost and Desperate Housewives for $1.99 apiece. A few weeks later CBS and NBC Universal struck deals to sell shows, hours after their airing, via video on demand (VOD) for 99˘ a pop from cable company Comcast and satellite company DirecTV, respectively. (The CBS service debuts in January; NBC's, early next year...
...produced by their parent companies (including, for NBC, shows on sister cable channels USA and Sci Fi), because negotiations with outside producers would require haggling over fees. (Thus no My Name Is Earl for NBC, which buys it from Fox's production studio.) But the deals may multiply quickly. DirecTV has said it is pursuing deals with other networks, and Fox, its sister company in News Corp., is experimenting with distributing shows online. NBC and others are exploring an arrangement like ABC'S with iTunes. And while the networks are selling the same shows they put on-air, expect future...
...network," he says. Yes, but a mother ship can be part of a vast armada whose collective parts are just as important. You can see the point illustrated on Sci Fi network's Battlestar Galactica. Did you miss the show? You'll soon be able to order it on DirecTV...
...addition to lower ticket prices, JetBlue hopes to attract potential customers with its fleet of brand-new 100-seat Embraer 190 jets. Along with the traditional leather seats, travelers on the 70-minute Boston-New York flight can enjoy such amenities as 36 channels of free DIRECTV programming on 6.8” LCD monitors and more than 100 channels of XM Satellite Radio. While many students plan on taking advantage of the JetBlue promotion, not all potential travelers are impressed. “I am happy that it is there as another option,” said Divia...
...Dalai Lama, Beijing's longtime foe, as "a very political old monk shuffling around in Gucci shoes." News Corp. hired an American adviser last year to help China's state-run TV station spruce up the propaganda on its English channel, which is carried on News Corp.'s DirecTV (as well as Time Warner cable systems...