NBC Begins Selling Programs At Amazon

It’s been quite an eventful week for NBC. Last weekend, they packed up their things and left iTunes only to launch a whack of media confusion. Why would they leave iTunes? Piracy aside, their just sitting there would make them more money. Now, either this deal happened really quickly, or this is the true reason for the move, but NBC has fallen into the arms of Amazon.

Amazon’s Unbox service already offers NBC Universal’s movies, so the addition of their television shows wasn’t exactly a difficult process. Prices are currently not known, but what is known is that NBC plans to allow consumers to download free pilot episodes of a few upcoming shows. After that point, episodes can be purchased each week, with a “bundle” available at the end of a shows season.

Today NBC found a friend in Amazon, announcing a deal to sell the network’s digital TV content. Amazon already sells NBC Universal’s movies. NBC shows available on Amazon Unbox will include The Office, Heroes, and 30 Rock. They will also be selling content from their subsidiaries: USA Network, SCI FI Channel, Bravo, Telemundo, mun2, NBC Sports, and NBC News.

Source: TechCrunch