TV Shows come to Zune
No I still don’t have one but I know a lot of you out there listen in to U360 via your Zune so I wanted to share the news that TV shows have made their way to the Zune with the latest Spring update. You can now choose from more than 800 episodes of popular television series to download and watch on your computer or Zune, including COMEDY CENTRAL’s “South Park,” FUNimation’s “Afro Samurai” and “Witchblade,” MTV’s “The Hills,” NBC’s “The Office,” “Heroes” and “30 Rock,” and much, much more!
Each television show will be priced at 160 Microsoft Points per episode (approximately $1.99) at launch. With more than 3.5 million tracks, two-thirds of which are available in pure MP3 format, 800 television shows, 4,800 music videos and 3,500 audio and video podcasts, the Zune online store is a great place for consumers to find the entertainment content they want.
“Partnering with Zune will allow us to develop innovative content offerings for their customers, including flexible pricing and packaging options beginning this fall,” said JB Perrette, president of NBC Universal Digital Distribution. “NBC Universal is excited to offer our hit television shows to Zune customers.”
I’m going to get a Zune Original at some point so it’s good to see the Zune Marketplace expanding especially when it includes one of my favorite TV shows, Heroes. It’ll be great watching Peter lay the smack down on Sylar while I’m riding the train home or flying out to an event. Anyone have a spare Zune Original?
May 6th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I picked up a Zune 80GB a few weeks ago and have to say that I enjoy it a lot more than my ipod 30GB video device. Matter of fact, unlike the unfriendly itunes software, Ole Zune was happy to add all the music, pics, and videos to my collection without a problem. (even the ones I ripped originally for my ipod)
May 6th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Cool news for the Zuner’s!
May 6th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I wonder if the shows you purchase will be cross platform. Say you buy the HD version of tv show “XYZ” on the 360, will you be able to download the SD version through the Zune software?
May 6th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
No. Not at this time. From my understanding the licensing between the two medias (Xbox and Zune) are different with the related companies. However, it would be nice to ’sync’ them in the future.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
well im still going to be DLing my south park at southparkzone.com cause its free, and the producers said it should be free. so y pay for it?
May 6th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
How much are the 80gb zunes? I need to pick one up sometime…I’m slacking.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:57 am
I want one also, I just want one in all white…
::goes back to waiting on the new 80 gig in white::
May 7th, 2008 at 9:20 am
apple ipod’s sold 10+ million in the first 3 months of 2008. the Zune has sold 2 million since release.
May 7th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
…and on the heels of the Zune update we have the XNA Studio 3.0 CTP which allows you to develop games for the Zune.
http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2008/05/07/announcing-xna-game-studio-3-0-community-technical-preview-ctp.aspx
May 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
nice info Green.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:01 am
For the 18 people who still use their Zunes, I congratulate you on being able to d/l TV shows.