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6 December 2005 | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news
NBC Universal announced today (Tuesday) that it will make programs from its NBC broadcast network, the USA cable network, Sci If Channel and other cable outlets available for downloading from Apple's iTunes Music Store. Among the shows that will become available -- for $1.99 per download -- are Law & Order, The Office, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Surface, Monk, and Battlestar Galactica. A number of "classic" NBC shows will also be purchaseable, including episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dragnet, Adam-12 and Knight Rider.The programs are also expected to include highlights from the upcoming Winter Olympics. Apple said that, with the earlier announced programs from Disney's ABC and the Disney channel, it can now offer 300 episodes from 16 TV shows that can be viewed on personal computers or its iPod devices. Meanwhile, ESPN chief George Bodenheimer, who is also president of ABC Sports, said that the cable sports network is also considering distributing some of its programs via the Apple service. Speaking to the annual UBS Securities Conference in New York, Bodenheimer said, "Consistent with ESPN's position as a platform-agnostic distributor, we serve any platform we can."
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