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But the point you are missing
Want to take it with you overseas? Put it on your laptop.
Play it in the Den, and the Living Room, wherever you have a capable computer

How many people actually bother with that? Going forward, beyond the initial "ability" to be able to do so, how many people will continue to do so?

Downloads account for a minuscule portion of NBC's revenue that it would seem likely that by far, the vast majority of people who watch television have no need for downloading their favorite shows.

If, as you say, "A-la-carte, on-demand programming is the future" (with which I agree) then in the future it will be primarily conducted via the television not thru downlaoding to a computer or iPod like device.

Remeber: Apple is not a content provider (as in creating the music or programs) they are a distributer, nothing more.
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Apple is the future  People | 08/31/07
Have they missed?  GuidingLight | 08/31/07
AppleTV  People | 08/31/07
But the point you are missing  GuidingLight | 09/02/07
Nor is there much of a future for TV...  Laff | 09/04/07
NBC has more to lose  buzzl | 08/31/07
Message has been deleted.  FSB | 08/31/07
Are you for real?  7stringdude | 09/01/07
Did you hear the whistle of the wind ....  ShadeTree | 09/01/07
Boy do I feel dumb  7stringdude | 09/01/07
Is that you Reverend? (nt)  GuidingLight | 09/02/07
Waaaaahhhhh!  BitTwiddler | 08/31/07
they havent?  doh123 | 09/01/07
Then it's a wonder it survives...  BitTwiddler | 09/02/07
NBC accounts for 40 percent  GuidingLight | 09/02/07
Not for long...heh heh heh  Laff | 09/04/07
This is part of what content providers FEAR....  Laff | 09/04/07
You got any data to back this up?  UserLand | 09/05/07
Market in its infancy  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/01/07
I understand what you are saying, but?  7stringdude | 09/01/07
That sword cuts both ways  frgough | 09/01/07
The market is the market for iPods.  Anton Philidor | 09/03/07
KISS......  Laff | 09/04/07
Silly Zucker  yyuko@... | 09/01/07
No haggle pricing.  frgough | 09/01/07
Re: No Haggle Pricing  yyuko@... | 09/01/07
No Hassle Pricing  buddhistMonkey | 09/03/07
I think $1.99 per show is too high for a series  Osiramon@... | 09/01/07
desperately seeking the perfect distribution method  Non-Zealand | 09/01/07
Apple should share iPod profits with content providers! When  raycote | 09/01/07
All movies at the multiplex cost the same.  Anton Philidor | 09/03/07
I have paid different prices at different times.  osreinstall | 09/04/07
I don't think so.....  Laff | 09/04/07
Laff I don't think they have much choice in the matter.  osreinstall | 09/04/07
Not so fast there...  UserLand | 09/04/07
So MS cannot fix this?  osreinstall | 09/04/07
IP is king?  Laff | 09/05/07
It sure is Loki  osreinstall | 09/05/07
MS can't fix this.  UserLand | 09/05/07
Takes a few tries but they will have some marketshare.  osreinstall | 09/05/07
Apple is THE CAN, NBC is THE SOUP....  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 09/04/07
Interesting.....  Laff | 09/04/07
Actually, NBC is...  UserLand | 09/05/07
NBC Is Deluded  sah42 | 09/04/07
A BAD monopoly RAISES prices!  kd5auq | 09/04/07
Heroes and The Office  tobenning@... | 09/04/07

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