NBC to offer free "NBC Direct" download service, iTunes competitor

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jptech @ Sep 19th 2007 11:47PM

agreed about the torrents.

NBC is really trying to screw Apple here.

Personally, I use Tivo and torrent for television.

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siriusfox @ Sep 20th 2007 12:56AM

Fact is the only show I'd pay to download day after it came out is Battlestar Galactica. And the only reason I'm willing to download it, is because I can put it on an iPod, and plug it into the TV and play it their. This is just going to prompt me to get a DVR to record it, or just remember to record the VHS. I used iTunes because it was convenient, this is not.

Ah well though, only one season left and then I could care less what NBC does.

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silly peacock @ Sep 20th 2007 10:54AM

I bet if they looked into it, a big percentage of people who previously bought NBC content from iTunes were in fact Mac users. I think alienating a market share that not only indicates millions of users, but has been growing steadily is just plain stupid. Many Mac users are early adopters to new technologies, which in turn influence many others to follow suit, be it on a PC or Mac? I personally know quite a few. If you remove them from the equation, the rate at which your software use will not grow as fast. There may be less Mac users, but many influence a lot of others be it positve or negative.
Make it PC only, now you have a whole group of users that will advocate against your product, period. Hire better programmers, your NBC - you have the cash. Besides, if they lack the skills develop a Mac version, how lousy is the PC version going to be?

I predict failure on this effort by NBC.

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