Comments on: NBC wanted cut of iPod revenues http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/ Where TV Finds the Future Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543904 Dan Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:13:20 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543904 He was always described as some kind of genius in his Today Show producing days. Now he looks like a idiot. What is his big example of one industry that gave another industry money because one made money for the other one? Electric utility companies should pay light bulb makers because without light bulbs no one would need electricity? I mean, really now. How long before the board sees this guy as sending their company down the wrong road? Dan He was always described as some kind of genius
in his Today Show producing days. Now he looks like a
idiot. What is his big example of one industry that gave
another industry money because one made money
for the other one? Electric utility companies should
pay light bulb makers because without light bulbs
no one would need electricity? I mean, really now.
How long before the board sees this guy as sending
their company down the wrong road?

Dan

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543864 Anonymous Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:35:52 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543864 Funny, I always thought ego size was *inversely* related to testicle size. Funny, I always thought ego size was *inversely* related to testicle size.

]]> By: Kid3 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543631 Kid3 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:34:09 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543631 For many years, NBC was used as a vehicle for RCA to sell consumer electronics. For many years, NBC was used as a vehicle for RCA to sell consumer electronics.

]]> By: News Consumer http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543607 News Consumer Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:11:38 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543607 Funny, I didn't hear Zucker demanding a dollar for every TV Sony sells or for every DVD player from Toshiba. Demands like that just make the media companies look grossly greedy. I sympathize with their desire to set the prices for their own products, but to blame Apple for their own problems just doesn't cut it. They've used radio and television to essentially distribute their products for free for 50+ years, now they have to convince people to buy it. That's not an easy assignment. Charging more for something people perceive as having little or no long term value ain't gonna help. If companies want flexible pricing, why don't they start by lowering the price of lesser content? Selling old shows for 99 cents now might make it more palitable to sell newer stuff for 2.99 in a year or so. Funny, I didn’t hear Zucker demanding a dollar for every TV Sony sells or for every DVD player from Toshiba. Demands like that just make the media companies look grossly greedy.

I sympathize with their desire to set the prices for their own products, but to blame Apple for their own problems just doesn’t cut it. They’ve used radio and television to essentially distribute their products for free for 50+ years, now they have to convince people to buy it. That’s not an easy assignment.

Charging more for something people perceive as having little or no long term value ain’t gonna help. If companies want flexible pricing, why don’t they start by lowering the price of lesser content? Selling old shows for 99 cents now might make it more palitable to sell newer stuff for 2.99 in a year or so.

]]> By: Steve Safran http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543594 Steve Safran Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:05:36 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/29/report-nbc-wanted-cut-of-ipod-revenues/#comment-543594 Odd. They never asked Sony for a cut of television set sales. Odd. They never asked Sony for a cut of television set sales.

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