somedaybitch

from todays showbizdata.com newsletter, a snippet from MediaWeek re the downloads of Lost and Desperate Housewives.

Following the session, Staggs told Media Week that he expected that the $1.99 per-episode price would stick, saying, "Right now, it looks like that price is what people are willing to pay." He also indicated that the figure had not been set by Apple. As for concerns that on-demand, commercial-free viewing would cannibalize the TV audience, Staggs told the trade publication that there has been no indication of audience loss and that some ratings have actually gone up. He said that he also expected downloads to rise after people purchase Apple's video iPod during the holidays.

given the opportunity, most people will do the right thing, and they will STILL watch the show they love you dumb bastards.

hopefully, this will be a step in the right direction...especially in light of Apple's new media distribution deal that looks they are going to bone the consumer by forcing them to have an iDisk account which costs like $100 bucks a year.