Point number 4 is the most important part of your post. :-)
Mark Cuban on the iTunes/ABC deal
About the iTunes/ABC deal, Mark Cuban wrote:
It is a business marvel. Bob Iger has gone contrary to what every current and previous TV network head has and would have done had Bob not turned the industry on its head with his announcement with Apple yesterday. Bob Iger has saved Network TV.
I think Mark is right. There are four major reasons that I don’t watch much TV (other than sports or sometimes PBS):
- The few shows that I might be interested in aren’t on when I’m home.
- I hate commercials. Just ask Jenn.
- I spend a lot more time on my computer than in front of the television. I might watch more television programming if it were available on my computer.
- I think most television programming is bad.
Yes, reasons 1 and 2 can be solved by a digital video recorder. But reason 4 means that I don’t watch enough TV to make buying a DVR worth the money. And it doesn’t solve the portability problem.
I like distribution of programming via iTunes better, because it’s also portable. Now they just need to make shows I’m interested in available. Battlestar Galactica would be a good start.
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Bah. Battlestar Galactica is not the same without Lorne Greene.
BG isn’t BG anymore at all.
Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy the 3-hour pilot… But I wish they’d called it something different, because it is. The relation to the original is obscure; names only, at best. It’s like recreating the Mona Lisa in watercolor, making her a Cornish game hen, and claiming it’s the same thing.
Starbuck and Boomer GIRLS? Jolly DIES in the first ep? What the hell? :-)
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