Post by badcop187 on Jan 5, 2006 20:41:46 GMT -5
Looks like Spoilers will be rampant for direct tv customers!!!!!!
Fox to sell TV episodes on DirecTV
Thu Jan 5, 2006 12:48 PM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp.'s Fox Entertainment Group on Thursday said it plans to make some of its cable and broadcast television shows available to DirecTV viewers for a fee.
The owners of the FX cable network and Fox Broadcasting will begin selling episodes of FX's "The Shield" and "Rescue Me" up to two days before they air on the network for $2.99 per show to DirecTV customers who own new digital video recorder from the satellite TV operator.
Fox will sell access to episodes of "24" and "Prison Break" for six to seven days after the initial broadcast for 99 cents.
"For the very first time, viewers will be able to watch their favorite shows before the rest of the world," Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer of News Corp. said in a statement.
The service will launch later this year, the company said.
Media companies have begun offering more of their programing over the Internet and on digital media devices following Apple Computer Inc began selling episodes of Walt Disney Co.'s "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" last year for its iPod digital music and video player.
DirecTV is controlled by News Corp.
Fox to sell TV episodes on DirecTV
Thu Jan 5, 2006 12:48 PM ET
Printer Friendly | Email Article | Reprints | RSS
Top News
DeLay's bid to return to US leadership in jeopardy
Doctors battle to save Sharon after severe stroke
Some 120 killed in one of Iraq's bloodiest days
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PICTURES: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon in Critical Condition
PICTURES: U.S. Mining Disaster
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp.'s Fox Entertainment Group on Thursday said it plans to make some of its cable and broadcast television shows available to DirecTV viewers for a fee.
The owners of the FX cable network and Fox Broadcasting will begin selling episodes of FX's "The Shield" and "Rescue Me" up to two days before they air on the network for $2.99 per show to DirecTV customers who own new digital video recorder from the satellite TV operator.
Fox will sell access to episodes of "24" and "Prison Break" for six to seven days after the initial broadcast for 99 cents.
"For the very first time, viewers will be able to watch their favorite shows before the rest of the world," Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer of News Corp. said in a statement.
The service will launch later this year, the company said.
Media companies have begun offering more of their programing over the Internet and on digital media devices following Apple Computer Inc began selling episodes of Walt Disney Co.'s "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives" last year for its iPod digital music and video player.
DirecTV is controlled by News Corp.