In a move that blatantly rides on the video iPod ’s coattails , CBS and Comcast , as well as NBC and DirecTV , have made mass that will let you to watch current primetime display just hours after they ’re played over the air . show like CSI : Crime Scene Investigation and Law & Order lead the ingroup of program that will be available . ( Does n’t Law & Order already air 800,000 times per daylight on four different channels for free ? ) .
“ As with the Disney iPod slew , I think this trade is symbolic of the young years , ” said Leslie Moonves , carbon monoxide gas - Chief Executive and chief operating officer of Viacom Inc. and chair of CBS .
I ca n’t help but read the subtext of this statement as : “ We were too dull and miss the foresight to bend before Jobs , so instead we took all our toy dog and went to Leslie ’s theatre to play . ”
do January , you ’ll be treated to CBS - Comcast VOD like “ CSI , ” “ NCIS , ” “ Survivor ” and “ The Amazing Race . ” All of these will be available to you on PPV at midnight after the original show airs for .99 cents . ( That is so cheap that it ’s almost an insult — Survivor is only worth .99 cents ! ) Unlike the Apple / ABC deal , all the commercials will be leave behind intact . Although you should be able-bodied to fast forward through them if this is regular VOD , ripe ? Right ? ?
NBC ’s deal is a bit dissimilar . Here your show will be commercial - free on DirecTV , though you may only get them if you buy a DirecTV Plus synergistic DVR — which will be uncommitted in the next few calendar month . This will insure shows like Surface and The Office as well as the Law and Order dealership and even some shows from its cable networks like Monk and Battlestar Gallactica .
NBC , CBS to offer shows on demand for 99 cents[Reuters ]
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