NBC ends contract on shows with Apple's iTunes: report
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NBC Universal has decided against renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on Apple Inc's iTunes after failing to come to an agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its online edition on Friday.
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NBC Universal said Tuesday it will sell episodes of its new fall television shows using Amazon's Unbox digital download service, after the network failed to reach an agreement with Apple Inc. last week to offer the shows on iTunes.
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TV programmes such as Heroes will not be available on iTunes after US broadcaster NBC ends a deal with Apple.
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NBC Universal, hamstrung by the Hollywood writers' strike, is near a decision to cancel the glitzy presentation it holds every May to introduce new prime-time TV shows to advertisers, affiliates and the media.
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NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. escalated a dispute with NBC Universal over the pricing of television shows by announcing Friday it would not sell any of NBC's programs for this fall season on iTunes.
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Agreement reached out of court Apple has settled a lawsuit alleging the company ripped off another firm's design when it coded its iTunes software's user interface. Terms of the deal reached with the plaintiff were not made public, but the case is now closed.â¦
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NBC Universal is ending  production on its low-rated daytime talk show "In the Loop With  iVillage."
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News Corp.  will not pull its television shows from Apple Inc's  iTunes as rival media group NBC Universal has done over a pricing dispute, President Peter Chernin said in an interview on Tuesday.
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NBC Universal and Apple were unable to come to an agreement on pricing, leading to the withdrawal which highlights escalating tensions between Apple and media companies.
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NBC Universal has decided not to renew its contract to sell television shows on iTunes, becoming the second major media company to challenge Apple Inc's dominance in digital entertainment.
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Research firm NPD Group says that, while Apple Computer&#39;s ITunes service remains the clear market leader in the sector, the number of paying customers using such services has declined since April.
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NBC Universal said on Tuesday it has  agreed to buy Sparrowhawk Media, which owns the international  operations of the Hallmark Channel, confirming an earlier  Reuters report.
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Network decides to yank show during Nov. sweeps and shelve it completely after last 6 episodes. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - NBC is preparing to put its new animated television show &quot;Father of the Pride&quot; on ice, according to a published report.
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News Corp. will not pull its television  shows from Apple&#39;s iTunes as rival media group NBC Universal  has done over a pricing dispute, President Peter Chernin said  in an interview on Tuesday.
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After ditching its iTunes partnership, NBC has found an unlikely new distribution partner for its online content -- it's SanDisk, a discount manufacturer of media players and storage devices.
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NBC Universal will pull its television programming from iTunes in December after the two sides failed to reach an agreement regarding the pricing of its video downloads.
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(InfoWorld) - NBC Universal's pullout from the iTunes online store is more of a loss for Apple and points to fierce resistance among media companies to potential Apple dominance of online video sales, an industry analyst said. On Friday, Apple announced it won't sell NBC TV shows for the upcoming television season after NBC's decision not to renew its iTunes contract. Apple explained that NBC wanted to increase its wholesale price for each episode by so much that Apple would have had to charge $4.99 per episode instead of the current rate of $1.99 for all videos on the site. Apple wouldn't agree to that price change. Shows from ABC, CBS, and News Corp.'s FOX and The CW, plus 50 cable networks, are available on iTunes for the flat rate. The incident reflects how poorly the iTunes video store has done relative to the iTunes music store, said James McQuivey, an analyst with Forrester Research. "It shows how paltry and uninfluential the video side of the iTunes house is," he said. Few major music labels could similarly afford to pull out of iTunes, which dominates the online music industry. iTunes does make up the bulk of the online video resale market, but the market is small. Because the segment is still budding, many of the media companies are resisting Apple's attempt to dominate the video market as it does the online music business, he said. Forrester expects the online video resale business to generate about $300 million this year with iTunes taking in most of that. He estimates that NBC will bring in about $60 million from iTunes video sales this year. The loss of that revenue would be "not that big of a cost if it helps them undermine Apple's monopoly aspirations in the video world," McQuivey said. In the meantime, NBC is building a new platform for watching shows on its own Web site for free with paid advertising. NBC has already sold its online advertising inventory for the upcoming season, which represents revenue it won't have to share with Apple. Revenue from that service is likely to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in a few short years, McQuivey said. The rift with NBC is more damaging to Apple than to NBC, he said, because Apple is pushing several video products, including the Apple TV, the iPhone, and video iPods. While other big content providers are probably cheering NBC's decision, they're unlikely to follow suit, McQuivey said. They may, however, use the incident to continue to push Apple to allow variable pricing. So far, Apple has insisted on a flat rate for all videos. Media companies would prefer to be able to charge more for exclusives or season finales, he said.