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DirecTV to Offer NBC Shows On-Demand Via Digital Recorder Set-top

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 8, 2005 - 10:53am.
El Segundo, Calif. - Satellite TV provider DirecTV announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with NBC Universal, to offer episodes of programs from the company's NBC, USA, Sci-Fi and Bravo networks for 99 cents each through its video-on-demand service. The multi-year agreement includes rights to episodes of "Law & Order: SVU," "Law & Order: CI," "The Office," "Monk," "Surface" and "Battlestar Galactica," which will be available until the following week's episode airs on television. Programs will be offered through the satellite TV firm's new DirecTV Plus interactive digital video recorder, which began deployment with its subscribers this week. "Through this agreement with DirecTV, consumers will be able to watch top NBC content on demand for just $0.99, when they want, without commercials. It's a huge sea change," said NBC Universal Cable president David Zaslav.
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Phish Selling MP3 Downloads of Live Shows 48 Hours After Completion

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 6, 2003 - 3:50am.
New York -- Elektra recording artists Phish announced that they will sell downloads of recordings of each of the twelve shows on their winter tour within 48 hours of each show's completion. Both MP3 and "lossless" Shorten file formats will be offered without any digital rights management, meaning sets may be easily burned onto CD or transferred to portable devices. The Live Phish Downloads service -- which uses Marina del Rey, Calif.-based CinemaNow's PatchBay technology to deliver the music -- also includes custom-designed printable booklets, inlay trays and CD labels. The band has always allowed fans to set up recording equipment and tape their live performances, and said its fans purchased 25,000 downloads of the four shows from its hiatus-ending tour at the end of 2002. Phish is also offering a selection of older shows for download, and plans to expand the service further into its archives.
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