DirectTV to offer BSG downloads
As part of a new download service announced last week, DirecTV will soon be offering episodes of Battlestar Galactica for download.
Downloads will be priced at 99 cents each and will be commercial-free. Notably, though, fans will only be able to download episodes to their DirecTV setop boxes — you won’t be able to transfer these episodes to a computer or iPod.
More from SciFi Wire:
NBC will charge 99 cents per episode to access such series as Surface. The news coincides with a similar announcement from CBS and Comcast and follows a widely reported deal between ABC and Apple’s iPod.
NBC’s deal with DirecTV, which will offer the programs free of commercials, will cover not only NBC shows such as the Law & Order series, but also a few shows on its cable networks, including USA Network. The NBC-DirecTV programming will be available only to subscribers who purchase the new DirecTV Plus Interactive DVR, which will begin rolling out in stores and online during the next few months. NBC Universal owns SCIFI.COM.
There’s also more in this press release from DirecTV.
The benefit with Apple/ABC has is that you can watch it on your PC or iPod, and get prior seasons.
The NBC and CBS deals are no better than: “Forgot to Tivo it, buy it for 99c for the next week.”
Bad idea going down in flames.
Please, I want BSG second half season 2 on iTunes!!!