MTV adds slew of content to iTunes
MTV Networks and Apple on Thursday announced that new television programming from Spike TV, Nick at Nite, TV Land, Logo, MTV and The N is now available on the iTunes Music Store.
Adding to MTV Networks content already on iTunes, the new round of programming "crosses virtually every genre," the companies said. It includes Spike TV's brand-new action series "Blade: The Series," MTV's prank-comedy show "Viva La Bam" and TV Land's "Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg."
MTV Networks' programming has been a huge success on iTunes since debuting earlier this year, with Comedy Central's "South Park" alone selling over one million episodes.
"MTV Networks' programming has been a hit with customers since launching on iTunes earlier this year," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "iTunes is the world's most popular online video store with over 35 million videos sold, and we continue to expand the catalog of great television content now with over 150 network and cable programs available."
Television shows cost $1.99 per episode.
Earlier this week, NBC said it has sold over 6 million videos through iTunes since December, generating it about $12 million in incremental revenue.
Adding to MTV Networks content already on iTunes, the new round of programming "crosses virtually every genre," the companies said. It includes Spike TV's brand-new action series "Blade: The Series," MTV's prank-comedy show "Viva La Bam" and TV Land's "Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg."
MTV Networks' programming has been a huge success on iTunes since debuting earlier this year, with Comedy Central's "South Park" alone selling over one million episodes.
"MTV Networks' programming has been a hit with customers since launching on iTunes earlier this year," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "iTunes is the world's most popular online video store with over 35 million videos sold, and we continue to expand the catalog of great television content now with over 150 network and cable programs available."
Television shows cost $1.99 per episode.
Earlier this week, NBC said it has sold over 6 million videos through iTunes since December, generating it about $12 million in incremental revenue.
Comments
Originally posted by sunilraman
Stargate Atlantis... okay. Stargate SG-1, dodgy. Do they have McGyver on iTMS ??! Let's take it old skool with Richard Dean Anderson...!
i would much rather have Farscape, which sci-fi cancelled largely to be able to bring stargate onto their schedule.
If you got into Firefly you should really check out the anime series and movie "Cowboy Bebop"...
Sweet. Thye willingness of content producers to add more content demonstrates Apple's leading position in the market for legal downloads.
And yet the Mac hovers at 3% marketshare. Damn PC users buying legal downloads!!!!
There's really not much left in terms of major content:
* Sony/Columbia and Warner Brothers still aren't at the table yet, and they have some huge catalog shows that will be big hits once they finally come around: "The Soprano's," "Seinfeld," "Friends," etc.
* Soap operas: seems perfect for the subscription model.
* "SportsCenter," "Oprah" and other daily talk shows and news shows: again, perfect for the subscription model.
Comcast and the satellite providers must be getting VERY nervous about all of this. Apple is a subscription model and a few technical hurdles away from getting me to cancel my cable service.
[Quantum Leap I mean]
Originally posted by Porchland
September will be gigantic. With all the major networks on on board -- ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox -- there will probably dozens of new shows coming online at the same time. I would really like to see iTunes work out deals to allow free pilot downloads for all the new shows.
There's really not much left in terms of major content:
Unless you're outside the US, in which case there's no TV show content on iTMS.
The concept is definitely the next step in TV. Unfortunately Microsoft have the clout to rollout a more global model so once again Apple's great idea will be made a commercial success by someone else.
With the US sliding down the ranks of global PC marketshare when will Apple learn? Unless they think bigger they really are just Redmond's R&D team!
McD
Probably the worlds last place to get a store, with France complaining send it to NZ , it would be greatly received I am sure.
Originally posted by dett
i would much rather have Farscape, which sci-fi cancelled largely to be able to bring stargate onto their schedule.
No, Farscape was cancelled because of costs. I don't know why you would think it was to bring SG-1 onto the schedule.
Originally posted by ChevalierMalFet
Didn't MTV just launch a competing online music service? I wonder why they aren't selling the content on their storefront. Or not.
That whole thing is strange.
I don't know how they could sell music content on iTunes, as they own almost none of it, and if they continue to put their Tv content, which they do own, onto iTunes, it seems that they are giving Apple the chance to make those extra few cents that they could have been making themselves by putting it on their own service instead.
As most music services are losing money, I just can't see the point of companies continually setting up new ones. Several have already gone out of business, and several others look pretty shakey. We all know that Coke has dropped theirs.
But, MS seems determined to do something, and I suppose they made some deal with MYV which would shield them from some potential losses. We'll see how that works out.
Originally posted by DeaPeaJay
Still no Stargate
ANY Richard Dean Anderson on iTunes would be step in the right direction.
And am I the only one that wants to see Adult Swim programming on the Music Store?
[edit] ANY Amanda Tapping would be a step in the right direction as well. ^_^