![]() But the TV shows they could watch for free the day before? We'll see. I'm not saying that there isn't some video people will pay for - the music fans who flock to iTunes may very well be willing to pay for special programming such as music videos, movie shorts and even movies, plus items they can’t watch anywhere else for any price. If you miss an ABC show you’ll be able to buy that episode for $1.99 the next day. Still others are content to wait for a rerun to catch a show they’ve missed.Īpple and ABC are betting that you’re willing to pay. ![]() Others record shows on DVRs (digital video recorder) like TiVo, etc. Yes, people pay monthly fees for cable and satellite services, but for the most part, millions still watch network TV shows every night. People were reacting to having to buy a $15 CD when all they wanted to listen to was one song on the album. MP3s originally became popular because they allowed people to listen to the songs they wanted. The rest is history.īut video is a very different medium - and I don't just mean the moving pictures. They designed a beautiful device with a lot of storage and figured out how to wean people away from illegally downloading music files for free and convince them to willingly spend a buck a song to download songs legally. Apple wasn’t the first to market a portable compressed music file player - but they took the idea and ran with it. ![]() But the new video iPod so far doesn't seem different enough from many similar past devices that underestimated the public’s willingness to embrace a portable unit that requires a home computer. Don't get me wrong: If there's any chance of a portable video device being a smashing success, I think Apple has the best shot of making it happen.
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