The fuse under TV
More evidence of exploding broadcast:
: 1 million videos sold (read: revenue) on iTunes in just 19 days.
: 4 million podcast subscriptions (read: loyal audience) for NPR.
: As soon as iTunes promotes video, popular podcast Diggnation gets more audience on video than audio (read: demand).
: CORRECTION: On NPR, that is indeed 4 million downloads, not subscriptions. I linked to the Live Remote post, which said subs. Paid Content said downloads. (Thanks to John Davidson in the comments for the correx.)
Tags: Exploding_TV
November 1st, 2005 at 12:23 pm
More evidence indeed that big media still controls the money-making gateways, despite the trickle at the edges….
November 1st, 2005 at 1:07 pm
The NPR experience is impressive, but it’s important to note that’s four million downloads, not subscriptions. Big difference.
It’s even more amazing that Apple’s done that well, given that they have so few shows available yet. I think you’re right about pent-up demand.
November 1st, 2005 at 1:09 pm
(Off-topic) Jeff, do you run this site from a server on a drilling platform in the North Atlantic? The time-stamps are two hours later than they should be.
November 2nd, 2005 at 8:59 am
also, four million downloads doesn’t mean 4 million plays. Cheap storage makes it easy to be a massive collector of podcasts (or, obviously, for that matter, anything digital like music/movies/pictures/p0rn, etc.)
Nevertheless, the number shows a pretty strong interest in the content without relying on Neilson or Arbitron.
November 2nd, 2005 at 2:34 pm
I dropped my cable since I rarely watched anything and the price was excessive, but I’d gladly pay $1.99 every now and then to watch something from the major networks, like a favorite band or two on Letterman or Conan. Networks, are you working on this? And dare I ask that Howard Stern’s future antics on Sirius be available as podcasts a week after they’re first broadcast?
November 6th, 2005 at 9:50 am
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November 22nd, 2005 at 10:36 am
[...] What will be interesting is seeing how this works with all the other means of video distribution that are popular: Bittorrent, of course; plus iTunes; plus TiVo to iPods and PCs…. There is no question that there is pentup demand for video among consumers and even more among advertisers, who’ve wanted to turn the internet into TV from day one. [...]