Update: Atlantis on iTunes? Y!

[dmarley]

Stargate Atlantis Season 5 will be on iTunes after all.

W00t, I say, w00t.

According to the article, MGM--not NBC or SciFi--owns the rights and distribution of Stargate Atlantis and therefore doesn't give a crap what NBC does. And since MGM sees fit to distribute on a system that supports Macs and doesn't mysteriously delete downloads, MGM will be getting some $$ from me.

Obviously, I debated the wisdom of paying for a show twice--on iTunes and then later on DVD--but once I figured out that buying a season pass to every show I'm interested in seeing was *still* significantly cheaper than the cable bill we no longer have, I didn't feel so bad about it.

Of course, according to Nielson this means that I don't watch any television at all, despite the fact that I actually pay money for the express purpose of seeing specific shows, but that's a rant for another day. Now, I'm just happy to be able to buy convenience. :)

Comments

[sanba38.livejournal.com]

We can only hope that the direct money from you, the consumer, speaks a little louder than the indirect impact on revenue Neilsen ratings have via unpredictable advertisersw who may or may not watch the show.

[dmarley.livejournal.com]

Ironically enough, we were, in fact, a Neilson family last week. They sent us the diary, and as I read through the instructions it became very, very obvious that they only want you to write down the advertising you saw within a week of said advertising airing (well, okay, there was kind of stupid show attached to the advertising, but that, clearly, wasn't important). If you bought a show on iTunes and watched it the next day? Didn't count. Bought on DVD? Didn't count. Watched a show more than a week after you taped it? Didn't count.

There was a space on the diary for my thoughts about television, but since my thoughts were pretty well summed up by, "*You* are everthing that's wrong with television," I just left it blank.