NBC's iPad app doesn't support full episodes

I'm sure NBC dupports full commercials!

Sure, NBC wants to make money, so they want to control how people watch their shows. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is this app's raison d'etre. Why spend resources on this app if it doesn't do the one thing that people would want the app for in the first place? If they're not going to stream episodes through the app, then it wasn't worth it to create the app to begin with.

None of the shows mentioned in this post are NBC shows, which seems quite goofy to me. Ya couldn't watch enough clips in the app to figure out which shows aired on the network?

As far as wasting a couple hundred words complaining about it goes, I think you could've saved yourself some time.

"NBC iPad app doesn't offer full episodes because NBC already has you paying for them on Hulu."

Simple as that.

"Oh. My. God. I can't believe the ignorant people here. NBC shows are on Hulu!!!!!!!! As well as Fox and ABC shows. what a joke of a story as well as the idiot comments."

Who gets this worked up by a company, in this case NBC, crippling their content for one specific platform? I don't think you understand what the big people are talking about.

Oh. My. God. I can't believe the ignorant people here. NBC shows are on Hulu!!!!!!!! As well as Fox and ABC shows. what a joke of a story as well as the idiot comments.

Some company's are just fighting tooth-n-nail (or simply aren't just getting it) to give or sell at an affordable price, mobile media/content to those of us (my self included), who just want to watch media/tv shows/etc., generally shown on televisions, and also provide it for those of us whole like to relax where ever we may be, with an iPad 2 (in my case), or another iDevice or Android device and enjoy my favorite tv content? Perhaps Steve will eventually show them the way?

AreJay

I think other posts hit the point...
NBC is part of Comcast, so they already have one avenue of shows.
NBC was one of the founders of Hulu, so they have a second path to full episodes.
NBC was dragged back to iTunes literally kicking and screaming (and bleeding viewers from their cable shows)

There is no way there going to give Apple any way to make money off "them". iPad is a turf war for the next 20 years... where NBC has content and bandwidth, Apple has devices and apps..

It's bullsh*t like this that encourages piracy. Who wants to watch just a clip of an episode?

Doesn't Comcast own NBC?

NBC airs a program called Monday Night Football? you sure about that?

i don't think i've ever watched more than 5 minutes of a football game in my entire life... but even i am fairly certain that Monday Night Football was an ABC show.