Arts, Briefly : Good Deal for NBC
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NBC won a slim victory over second-place CBS in the ratings on Wednesday, largely because of its game-show programming at 8.
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NBC Universal announced plans for a service to make popular NBC programs available free for computers and other devices.
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Media conglomerate NBC Universal aims   to more than double revenue from its digital businesses to   about $1 billion by 2009 from an estimated $400 million this   year, a source familiar with its plans said on Monday.
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A look at NBC's coverage of the Summer Olympics from Athens:
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In the latest round of pilot pickups, NBC has given a cast-contingent order to the comedy "I Love Faron Hitchman," Fox has greenlit the drama "Murder Book," while UPN has given a nod to the drama "The Lot."
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NBC Universal said on Wednesday it   will offer episodes of some of its new prime-time shows for   free online viewing on personal computers in a bid to build an   audience for its fall schedule.
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NEW YORK - NBC Universal is trying to find profitable ways to make its TV programs available online after discontinuing sales of new shows on Apple Inc.'s iTunes, chief executive Jeffrey Zucker said.
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NBC Universal and News Corp.'s joint internet video venture, Hulu, launches to a limited number of test users today. We test-drove the service and found a slick interface, a good selection of premium content, and omnipresent yet relatively low-key advertising.
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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.
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Well iNever American TV network NBC is trumpeting its grand designs for iVillage, the women's lifestyle site it splurged $600m on in March.â¦
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NBC Universal said on Wednesday it  will offer episodes of some of its new prime-time shows for  free online viewing on personal computers in a bid to build an  audience for its fall schedule.
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Despite its critical  drubbing, Victoria Beckham&#39;s NBC special pulled in OK numbers  Monday night.
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It didn't take very long for NBC Universal to find a new outlet for its programming following its break with Apple. The channel's shows will now be available through Amazon for the same price they were on iTunes.
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As if to answer the question, "What's the real value of the paid content deals YouTube is not making with content providers like Viacom?" today, two new deals with NBC Universal were announced: one with the burgeoning player in the IPTV space, MobiTV, and the other with an emerging YouTube competitor, VMIX.com.
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NBC Universal and News Corp. have announced the inclusion of several cable networks in their online video venture expected this summer.
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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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NEW YORK  - Fueled by coverage of the first three nights of the Summer Olympics, NBC handily won primetime in the week ended Aug. 15, according to Nielsen Media Research data issued Tuesday.