Comments on: Apple Kicks NBC to the Curb http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/08/31/apple-kicks-nbc-to-the-curb/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:20:41 -0500 hourly 1 By: Abhishek http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/08/31/apple-kicks-nbc-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-397215 Abhishek Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:06:23 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/08/31/apple-kicks-nbc-to-the-curb/#comment-397215 John, This is becoming quite a catfight. NBC now says that they did to explore alternative biz models. This is a growing trend among media entities. I am sure more content producers will go down this route. Apple does have a monopolistic position in the online media commerce, which is not conducive to these media entities. Read more of my thoughts here: http://abhishek.tiwari.com/2007/09/02/growing-ihate-for-itunes/ John,

This is becoming quite a catfight. NBC now says that they did to explore alternative biz models. This is a growing trend among media entities. I am sure more content producers will go down this route. Apple does have a monopolistic position in the online media commerce, which is not conducive to these media entities.

Read more of my thoughts here:
http://abhishek.tiwari.com/2007/09/02/growing-ihate-for-itunes/

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/08/31/apple-kicks-nbc-to-the-curb/comment-page-1/#comment-394622 David Mackey Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:15:13 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/08/31/apple-kicks-nbc-to-the-curb/#comment-394622 From an article I saw, NBC was asking for $4.99 per episode - which if true, is ridiculous. In any case, hopefully it will prompt some better competition. But you can get Heroes (streamed) for free off of NBC's site. From an article I saw, NBC was asking for $4.99 per episode – which if true, is ridiculous. In any case, hopefully it will prompt some better competition. But you can get Heroes (streamed) for free off of NBC’s site.

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