Radiohead's 10 videos From the Basement

June 25, 2008   1 Comments
Radiohead, or perhaps just their label, has added 10 Live Music Videos from their 'In Rainbows' album. The live spontaneous music videos were a part of Nigel Goldrich's From the Basement series of TV shows. Performing live this collection captures the unique band that Radiohead is and how they perform live.

Music Video Tracks include:

• Bodysnatchers
• House of Cards
• Nude
• Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
• 15 Step
• Reckoner
• Go Slowly
• Videotape
• Bangers & Mash
• All I Need

The original In Rainbows album is available for purchase through iTunes Plus for $7.99. The Music Video track from 'From the Basement' are $0.99 each.

Labels: iTunes Plus, iTunes Store, Music Videos, TV Shows

Australia get iTunes TV Shows

June 24, 2008   0 Comments
The Australian iTunes store is the most recent store to now offer Television programming. ABC, Disney, MTv, Nine Network and the Australian Broadcasting Networks are all well represented in the store, with a standard $2.99 AUS cost per show. Australian shows such as, Sleek Geeks, We Can Be Heroes and McLeod's Daughters all appear in the store

One notable difference is the lack of season passes. This means Australian users will be checking for new episodes weekly, a trend we can't see lasting very long. We assume season passes will soon be added, as at the current rate a season of episodes will be much higher then purchasing the series on DVD.

--UPDATE--
We may have beaten Apple to the internet with this one... here's the official press release

Labels: iTunes Store, TV Shows

HBO show Debut in iTunes

May 13, 2008   0 Comments
HBO's Award winning programming has been added to the iTunes TV library. New programs include 'The Sporanos,' ' Sex and the City', 'Deadwood', and 'Rome' in addition to "Flight of the Conchords" and "The Wire." The availability of HBO shows opens the door for cable subscribers that do not receive the HBO channels.

Most episodes will be priced at the standard $1.99 per episode, while longer shows such as 'The Sporanos,' 'Deadwood,' and 'Rome' will be priced at $2.99 per episode. Full seasons are also available for immediate purchase.

This is great news... but we have one question.... where's Entourage?

Labels: iTunes Store, TV Shows

Hanna-Barbera for iTunes UK

March 4, 2008   0 Comments
Hanna-Barbera, the classic childrens cartoons, including Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear, and Huckleberry Hound have been made available for purchase through the iTunes UK Store.

Each hour-long classic cartoon are £1.89 each.

BBC has also put some earlier series of its shows up on iTunes UK as well. These include The Mighty Boosh and Life On Mars.

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BBC Shows in UK iTunes Store

February 19, 2008   0 Comments
BBC content has finally appeared in the iTunes UK Store overnight. Rumors have been circling about the publicly funded network bringing shows to iTunes to supplement their 'iplayer'. There were even rumors about using AppleTV's new rental program to allow for free viewing of these shows, but it looks like they are going with the standard purchase format.

Currently available are shows such as Torchwood, Spooks, The Mighty Boosh, Life on Mars, The Catherine Tate Show, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and finally Little Britain. These are all selling at £1.89

If your on the left side of the pond, your stuck looking for torrents of these shows. Currently BBC shows only appear in the UK version of the iTunes Store.

Labels: BBC, iTunes Store, TV Shows

Idol on iTunes

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Fox and Apple will be making the performances from American Idol Semifinalists available on iTunes on March 11th. In addition the videos which will sell for $1.99, the store will feature music track sfrom the top-24 semi-finalists for 99¢. Similar to TV-Show season passes Idol fans can pre-order performances which will automatically be downloaded when available.

iTunes will also be sponsoring streaming videos on American Idol's website, and the iPod has become their official MP3 player, and iPhone Handset. These items will show up in cheesy commercials filmed by the contestants, similar to other sponsors such as Coke, AT&T and Ford. Might be cool to see them pay homage to the silhouette ads.

To hold you all over iTunes currently has 'Exclusive Video Memorable Season 7 Audition' for free right now.

Labels: Fox, iTunes Store, TV Shows

Farscape and Fragile Rock in iTunes

January 29, 2008   0 Comments
The Jim Henson Company has joined iTunes with the first seasons of >Farscape and of Fraggle Rock
. I'm sure most of the sci-fi geeks are more excited about Farscape, but i have already found myself downloading a few random Fragile Rock episodes to reclaim some of my youth before its all gone.

Nicole Goldman, VP of Marketing and Publicity, says the Jim Henson Company "continue to be honored and thrilled by our fans’ ongoing desire to support their favorite shows and view them using all formats of media,... We know our fans have been asking for these titles on iTunes and through our partnership with New Video, we hope to serve our loyal supporters and also introduce these beloved shows to new audiences.”

Individual episodes are of course $1.99, and the season are $40.00 for Farscape and $35 for Fraggle Rock. In the next few months expect to see more seasons and shows by the Jim Henson Company appearing in iTunes.

Labels: iTunes Store, TV Shows

Canada gets iTunes TV Shows

December 11, 2007   0 Comments
All you Canadian HTPC owners out will soon no longer have to resort to torrents or crossing the US border to download TV Shows. It took over two years to arrive, but Apple will be adding TV Shows to the Canadian iTunes sometime on Wednesday of this week. Till this release iTunes have only made TV Shows available to the United States and United Kingdom. All the licensing terms and conditions were finalized with some canadian networks, as well as already existing itunes networks to allow for the distribution.

But before you expect a wealth of new content, the Canada's TV Shows will be rolled out slowly, adding a few shows and networks a day. Sometime Wednesday, CBC, CTV and a few US networks will add their content. NHL content is also expected relatively soon.

Labels: iTunes Store, TV Shows

NBC pulls out of the iTunes Store

December 3, 2007   0 Comments
We all knew it was coming. NBC has pulled all of their TV Shows from the iTunes Store. Last August the NBC vs. Apple spat went public, each accusing each other of not being fair to the other. NBC opted not to renew their contract with Apple's iTunes Store, in favor of their own download service, Hulu, and Amazon Unboxed. But these systems are packed with DRM and require IE and a windows box to play but a mac version is due sometime in 2008.

So as of today you won't find Bravo, NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, SciFi, USA, or Telemundo programming in iTunes. In disgust a good number of NBC TV Show customers have expressed their dissatisfaction with the network, encouraging other to download the shows via torrents or peer-to-peer solutions.

NBC had provided iTunes with three of the top ten selling shows last season, and accounts for 30% of all TV Show sales.

Labels: Hulu, iTunes Store, NBC, TV Shows

Scrubs Are On Call in iTunes

November 2, 2007   0 Comments
House may have left iTunes, thanks to the NBC tiff, but another group of doctors have arrived. Scrubs, now in its last season, has been added to the iTunes Store. Scrubs appears on NBC, but are owned by ABC/Disney. Steve may have some pull there being on their board of directors.

Currently only two episodes, My Own Worst Enemy, and My Hard Labor, from the current season are available. We hope that ABC/Disney will bring the earlier seasons.

Labels: iTunes Store, NBC, TV Shows

More NBC vs. Apple Fun...

October 29, 2007   0 Comments
The fun between Apple and NBC continued to day at a Syracyse University benefit. NBC Universal Chief Jeff Zucker, threw a few more punches at Apple, stating that NBC Universal has ONLY made $15 million of its iTunes deal with Apple. He continued on explaining how Apple has made millions of iPod sales 'backed by our content'. NBC was specifically looking for a piece of the Apple Hardware sales during their contract negotiations.

The NBC Chief explained that they proposed a $2.99 / TV Show price point for 1 show to test if the market was open to a flexible pricing schedule. Sticking with their set price points Apple immediately had declined. NBC was the largest contributor to the iTunes TV Show directory, and consistently featured best selling TV Shows, week-in, week-out. The studio counted for 4 out of 10 video sold through iTunes.

The most laughable statement Zuker made was saying that “Apple has destroyed the music business. If we don’t take control on the video side, they’ll do the same”. iTunes has been one of the few bright spots in downloadable music, giving consumers an easy alternative to file sharing systems. At the very least, Apple has saved the record industry millions each year, and made millions for them as well.


All of these harsh words thrown at Apple comes when NBC Universal is preparing to launch their very own video distribution servers Hulu.com. Still in the early beta stages, it appears it will host shows such as The Office, Bionic Women, House, Bones, Arrested Development, Miami Vice and content from E!, SciFi, and USA networks. From the screenshots and description it appears to be a flash-like browser that allows for emailing and sharing of videos. The Office episode it has an example was slow to load, and extremely choppy. We say, good luck with that!

Apple has not commented on these latest attacks. We will continue to monitor the NBC fun, and keep you updated on Hulu when its ready for prime-time.

Labels: Hulu, iTunes Store, NBC, TV Shows

Warner may reject iTunes renewal

October 26, 2007   1 Comments
It appears that on the day if Leopards release, Apple's iTunes may be receiving some more unfortunate news. Warner Music is considering joining Universal in rejecting a one-year deal with Apple. Warner Music include Atlantic Records, Elektra, Bad Boy, Rhino Records and Word Entertainment.

Apple's iTunes Store seems to be running into more and more difficulties with record labels, television studios, and perhaps movie studios. Apple wants to provide as much content for its iTunes users, while making a buck, and it would seem to me that the studios, labels, etc would want the same thing. Can't they all just get a long?

Labels: iTunes Store, TV Shows

NBC/Apple End Negotiations

October 25, 2007   0 Comments
NBC and Apple have decided to end their negotiations regarding the studio's television programming. As we reported last month, NBC has pulled all their Television shows from iTunes, despite their early success with iTunes. The fued is over iTunes pricing, where television shows appear at $1.99.

On December 1st, Apple's contract with NBC expires, and at that point all NBC shows including shows from SciFi, USA, and Bravo will be pulled from the iTunes Music Store. NBC sent a breach of contract letter on October 9, but no legal action will follow. NBC has already worked out deals with Amazon to distribute their shows through their Amazon Unboxed service, packed with DRM.

Reactions from the fans seemed to be mixed. Several want the two to work out the details and renew the contract, others are boycotting NBC, while others simply suggest using torrents to get their shows. If you can't live without your NBC content we recommend getting a mac tv capture device, and record for your personal library.

Labels: Apple, iTunes, iTunes Store, NBC, TV Shows

The doctor is no longer in.

October 2, 2007   0 Comments
NBC's tiff with apple is reaching beyond the shows aired on its network now. Broadcastingcable.com has confirmed that House, the popular Fox TV show will no longer release new episodes through iTunes. House is produced by Universal Media, a subsidiary of NBC Universal.

With more and more popular shows dropping from the iTunes Store, Apple will have to take another look at their profit margins. Perhaps TV shows were a small drop in the bucket, but this could become huge if it keeps up.

Until then most Mac HTPC users are turning to the torrents for their House, Heros, Office, and other NBC TV Shows.

Labels: iTunes Store, NBC, TV Shows

2 New NBC shows found in iTunes!

September 26, 2007   0 Comments
NBC had their falling out... or did they? Two of NBC's new shows have appeared in iTunes. Chuck and Jouneyman both appear in iTunes for your standard $1.99 price tag. Both of them also have the option to buy a season pass!

Are we to assume that NBC and iTunes's already had this in the works and continued to move forward as planned, or is this a new development. The pricing seems to be the same, so it doesn't seem to be on NBC's terms, unless the percentages changed. NBC seems to still be moving forward with (the unfriendly, DRM crippled) Amazon's Unboxed service as well, with Heros, My Name is Earl, and other NBC shows appearing.

Stay tuned as the Networks vs iTunes drama continues...

Labels: iTunes Store, NBC, TV Shows

Fox & CBS to offer Free TV Shows.

September 20, 2007   0 Comments
Fox and CBS have both decided to offer their season premiers, free, through iTunes. You may download Prison Break, K-Ville, and The Big Bang Theory.

On the other hand NBC is trying to counter with offering free episodes of the Office and Heros through their direct download service, which is heavy in DRM and not Mac friendly.

Labels: iTunes Store, NBC, TV Shows

CBS content with iTuneStore

September 19, 2007   0 Comments
Despite all the drama surrounding the NBC Universal's TV Shows, CBS's says that they are content with iTunes and continue to provide their programs in iTunes. CBS brings programs like one of my favorites, CSI. CBS utilized their iTunes content as a marketing strategy. The $2 shows introduce and allow viewers to catch up with seasons.

NBC recently decided to take actions to pull their programs in favor of a flexible pricing option for iTunes pricing. After breaking off their deal with iTunes, NBC elected to sell their shows on Amazon. These unfortunately are not iPod/AppleTV/iPhone compatible. News Corp has also been struggling to get gain more control of the pricing of their programs in iTunes.

The iTunes flexible pricing battle continues.

Labels: iTunes Store, TV Shows

iTunes UK FINALLY gets TV Shows

August 28, 2007   0 Comments
UK, Welcome to 2 Years Ago. Brits can now get TV Shows now. Apple snuck in several Television shows in their Thursday iTune Store update for the UK. The "TV Programmes" heading will present a list of shows from ABC, Viacom, Nickelodeon, MTV and Paramount. No real surprise to the studios that took the lead here. The episodes are priced at £1.89 each. TV Shows include, Grey's Anatomy, South Park, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, that 70's Show.

EntertainMac can't be alone in thinking that this was long over due. It seems odd for Apple to ignore one of their largest Apple supporter groups out there. Over the years it has always taken the UK iTunes a while to catch up with the states, but this is ridiculous. I guess its funny, they don't ignore their music, by sponsoring the iTunes Festival London last month. Just think it only too 2 years to get TV shows on iTunes UK. In another year you may just see movies! (gasp!)

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Sony throws in the TV Shows...

March 23, 2007   0 Comments Sony has joined the iTunes store with many of their television classics. The include "Starsky and Hutch", "Charlies Angles", "News Radio" and "Till Death".



It appears these shows are all ready to be downloaded and transfered to your AppleTV and/or iPod!

Labels: iTunes Store, TV Shows