CBS Staying with iTunes as NBC Launches New Service
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While other networks are battling Apple over pricing for TV show downloads in the iTunes Store, CBS has announced that it will stick with iTunes.
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CBS Corp. said Wednesday it is buying Last.fm, a music-focused online social network, for $280 million in cash in a bid to attract younger viewers and listeners across its businesses.
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By GARY GENTILE  LOS ANGELES - NBC is about to join CBS, ABC and Fox in offering free, advertising-supported shows online. The network, starting Oct. 1, will begin streaming on the Internet episodes of all six of its new prime-time series one day after their network airing.
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NBC Universal and News Corp.'s long-awaited video service finally went into private beta on Monday, as the company announced two new partners.
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Come December, popular NBC shows like Battlestar Galactica and The Office will no longer be available through the iTunes Store, after NBC (the No. 1 supplier of digital videos to iTunes) decides not to renew its contract with Apple. The decision follows Universal music's shunning of the iTunes Store and announcement of the upcoming Hulu, NBC Universal's own stab at online television.
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Goodbye, $1.99 iTunes. Hello, free NBC rentals.
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News Corp. and NBC Universal Monday debuted their joint-venture online video service Hulu.com with a private beta, adding a new rival to Apple&#39;s iTunes and Google&#39;s YouTube services.Hulu joins Joost&#39;s video offerings in this increasingly hot and crowded space. While only opening on a limited basis to select users, Hulu is the first major initiative by content owners rather than technology companies who must rely on licensing agreements with television, film, and music providers for their content.Along with Hulu&#39;s own site, the company said its videos would be available through partners such as AOL, MSN, and MySpace, although links for Hulu on these sites were not apparent at the time of writing.The company also said it had closed a $100 million round of financing from Rhode Island-based private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.Hulu&#39;s beta and service--the launch date for which has yet to be announced--include a few full-length films, and clips and full episodes from shows such as &quot;The Simpsons,&quot; &quot;Prison Break,&quot; and &quot;House.&quot; Hulu will offer video content on a free, advertising-driven basis.
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment  Group on Tuesday became the latest division of a major  Hollywood studio to offer television shows, including the hit  sitcom "Friends," for sale on Apple Computer Inc's   iTunes Web site.
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BeInSync today announced that Apple iTunes&#8482;  users can easily sync and share their entire music, movies, TV shows or  podcasts collection across multiple computers over the Internet for free  with BeInSync 3.0.
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NBC Universal said yesterday 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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Comcast said it will make eight CBS prime-time series available to customers through its on-demand service at no extra cost.
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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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News Corp decision will keep popular Fox programs like '24' available on Apple iTunes.
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NBC Universal has decided against renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on Apple Inc's iTunes.
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CBS Corp said on Friday it is  launching a new music label as part of an effort to supply its  television shows with less expensive music. At the same time,  the television programs would promote the new acts signed by  the label, dubbed CBS Records.
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Swarmcast said its new technology can help a viewer download movies, music, or TV episodes from iTunes up to 10 times faster than usual.
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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.