[opendtv] CBS, NBC Offer On-Demand Replays of Shows
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 00:41:41 -0500
CBS, NBC Offer On-Demand Replays of Shows
- Nov 8, 2005 05:35 PM (AP Online)
By SETH SUTEL AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Will people pay to watch their favorite TV shows
when they want to? NBC and CBS are betting on it.
The two networks delivered a major challenge to the half-century old
business model of broadcast television Monday by offering on-demand
replays of several top shows including "CSI" and "Law & Order: SVU"
for 99 cents.
The replays of NBC shows on the satellite broadcaster DirecTV Inc.
will be commercial-free, but viewers will have to buy a new digital
video recording box which is going on sale next week.
The CBS shows will be offered to roughly 5 million subscribers to
Comcast Corp.'s digital cable service, a company spokeswoman said.
Those shows will still have commercials, but users will be able to
zap through them with their remote controls. Both services start up
early next year.
The announcements came just weeks after Walt Disney Co.'s ABC network
said it would make available episodes of its hit shows "Desperate
Housewives" and "Lost" for viewing on Apple Computer Inc.'s new video
iPod for $1.99.
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- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=52973740
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