Comments on: Apple TV Digital Disruption at Work: iTunes Takes 91% of Video Download Market

By: iTunes’ Content Pricing Not in Crisis — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

iTunes’ Content Pricing Not in Crisis — RoughlyDrafted Magazine — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:38:12 +0000

[...] Apple TV Digital Disruption at Work: iTunes Takes 91% of Video Downloads Market The iTunes Monopoly/Failure Myth Get More, Pay More. When HBO announced its deal to sell its popular original series on iTunes, including the Sopranos, Deadwood, and Rome for $2.99, critics howled that Apple’s pricing model was falling apart and that the studios were going to hike up prices into the stratosphere. A number of iTunes users also cried foul, adding scores of comments on the new series that called the $1 premium “jaw dropping” and encouraged other users to boycott buying the shows. [...]

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Something in the Air: Anticipating Macworld 2008 — RoughlyDrafted Magazine — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:52:16 +0000

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By: Practical Technology » Why Apple TV will win, and win big

Practical Technology » Why Apple TV will win, and win big — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:21:19 +0000

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By: Ephilei

Ephilei — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:25:20 +0000

I went with a MacMini instead of AppleTV, which is actually quite bad for the consumer (tho good for Apple). The extra RAM, processor speed, and bluetooth on on a Mini is superfluous when all I wanted was something that play more formats and external drive support (without hacking).

By: pbreit

pbreit — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:08:03 +0000

“comparing 300M free streams with 50M paid downloads is a bit like comparing P2P torrents with iTunes music sold.”

Not even in the same universe. P2P torrents are not legal and certainly not content-owner-approved. NBC streams…the precise opposite. One (ONE!) network did 10x the volume in its first 10 months than iTunes’ in its last 12 months.

The point is: 1) people don’t want to pay $2-5 for one TV episode and 2) it’s asinine to assert that iTunes has 99% of the “TV Download” market.

By: dallasmay

dallasmay — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:31:38 +0000

I am a fan of the ?TV, but I -and most other people- will wait to spend our money on it until there is some form streaming service on it. There is no reason I can think of for there not to be. My wife and I have now completely dropped all TV viewing except for that which is streamed from network websites. I really believe the future is streamed, not owned. Period. And I would happily pay $15-20/month for it to be ad free.