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Filed under: iTS, Multimedia, iTunes

Survivor, other CBS shows in iTunes (US)

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Jun 8th, 2006

As you may remember, CBS's president of digital media Larry Kramer announced back in February his network's intention to sell downloadable episodes of Survivor - without iTunes. For $1.99US, you got a single episode that expired in 24 hours. He stated that CBS would be moving gradually into this new media frontier.

Today, they've taken what I think is a nice step forward. Survivor, Numb3rs and all three CSI's are now in the US iTunes Music Store [iTunes link]. Welcome to the party, CBS!

Tags: cbs, csi, itunes, itunes music store, ItunesMusicStore, numb3rs, survivor

Filed under: Cult of Mac, Odds and ends

Ejected Survivor contestant quotes Steve Jobs

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Mar 30th, 2006

While watching Survivor tonight, I noticed something interesting at the very end. The contestant who was voted off (don't worry, I won't spill the beans in case you haven't seen it yet) sort of quoted Steve Jobs during his/her exit interview. During his commencement address at Stanford University last year, Steve urged the graduates to "Stay hungry, stay foolish," and tonight's unfortunate survivor urged young people trying to make their way in the world to "be hungry, be foolish." I thought it was kind of cool.

Yes, I realize that this particular quote didn't originate from Steve, but I believe it's safe to say that most geeks today associate it with him.

Tags: commencement, stanford, steve jobs, SteveJobs, survivor

Filed under: iTS, Multimedia, Video

Download Survivor, but not via iTunes

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Feb 1st, 2006

File this under "What are they thinking?" CBS has announced that it will offer downloads of its mega-popular reality show Survivor: Panama* at $1.99 a pop. But here's the catch: The episodes will "expire" 24 hours after purchase, will not be iPod compatible and will not be sold via iTunes (CBS.com will distribute them). CBS's president of digital media Larry Kramer told Ruters, "We want to go gradually. We've never done this before."

I honestly do understand Mr. Kramer's hesitation. It's a new marketing venture and they don't want to get burned. But we know that the networks get the majority of the cut from iTunes sales. Plus, why would I pay for something that's going to "break" in a day? That's like saying, "After you listen to this CD once, I'm coming to your house and taking it away from you."

*Does anyone else think the theme should be changed to Panama by Van Halen for this season?

[Via MacDailyNews]

Tags: cbs, downloads, itunes, survivor, tv downloads, TvDownloads

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