Comments on: Note to HBO: Legacy Thinking is OK For You, But… http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726 Nielsen TV Show Ratings, Data and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:33:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-14977 Robert Seidman Tue, 13 May 2008 16:14:06 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-14977 Julia many of the episodes really are an hour, and considering the DVD pricing it's easy to understand why HBO wanted to do this. But what I don't like about this deal is that the episodes will ONLY be released to iTunes ONCE they are available on DVD. You will *not* be able to download HBO shows the day/week/etc after they aired -- at least not from iTunes :-) Julia many of the episodes really are an hour, and considering the DVD pricing it's easy to understand why HBO wanted to do this. But what I don't like about this deal is that the episodes will ONLY be released to iTunes ONCE they are available on DVD. You will *not* be able to download HBO shows the day/week/etc after they aired — at least not from iTunes :-)

]]> By: Julia http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-14976 Julia Tue, 13 May 2008 16:09:18 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-14976 You know, thinking about it, I can understand HBO's argument. While I think they would be better off with keeping prices low, their hour long episodes are really 60 minutes, as opposed to the 42 minutes you get with other networks. So you are paying more, but you are getting more.<br><br>But what I would like to do is pay HBO and/or Showtime a monthly fee to watch streams on their sites. I would be happy to pay whatever the monthly fee is for it through a cable network. Or an ala carte method would be really nice. You can get access to one show's streams, which are available within 24 hours of airing, for $5/month. Two shows for $7, etc. For those of us who don't want to get HBO on our TVs, I think it would be a great solution. You know, thinking about it, I can understand HBO's argument. While I think they would be better off with keeping prices low, their hour long episodes are really 60 minutes, as opposed to the 42 minutes you get with other networks. So you are paying more, but you are getting more.

But what I would like to do is pay HBO and/or Showtime a monthly fee to watch streams on their sites. I would be happy to pay whatever the monthly fee is for it through a cable network. Or an ala carte method would be really nice. You can get access to one show's streams, which are available within 24 hours of airing, for $5/month. Two shows for $7, etc. For those of us who don't want to get HBO on our TVs, I think it would be a great solution.

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-14975 Robert Seidman Tue, 13 May 2008 15:55:06 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-14975 While I don't think it would be a wildly used distribution method for HBO -- I encourage one and all to try out The Wire! While I don't think it would be a wildly used distribution method for HBO — I encourage one and all to try out The Wire!

]]> By: Julia http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-13966 Julia Tue, 13 May 2008 15:52:36 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-13966 Well, it appears HBO got what it wanted. They are now up on iTunes, and one hour series are $2.99 an episode. Half hour are $1.99. Well, it appears HBO got what it wanted. They are now up on iTunes, and one hour series are $2.99 an episode. Half hour are $1.99.

]]> By: dave http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-13965 dave Tue, 13 May 2008 00:56:13 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/12/note-to-hbo-legacy-thinking-is-ok-for-you-but/3726#comment-13965 nobody should be paying any amount of money for any television content when its so readily available for free. (albeit illegally) nobody should be paying any amount of money for any television content when its so readily available for free. (albeit illegally)

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