Nice story at the New York Times on the rise of mythtv and the implications of bit torrent meets the network line-up.

Mr. Poltrack of CBS said that according to his network's research, a large number of viewers would welcome the chance to pay $1 to watch each television show, if they could do it on their own schedule and with the ability to skip commercials. With commercials, they'd be willing to pay 50 cents. And because the average viewer sees only half of a show's episodes, he said, this on-demand viewing won't hurt the regular showing.

By Gary Lerhaupt, 11:32 PM in general | Comments (0)