What's new
Apple iPad Forum 🍎

Welcome to the Apple iPad Forum, your one stop source for all things iPad. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Apple to sell TV shows for $1 at iPad launch?

iDan

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Jan 17, 2010
Messages
1,411
Reaction score
139
ipad-itunes-tv1dollar.jpg
Apple could surprise iPad buyers by halving the price of TV shows on iTunes by the time the tablet is in stores, a leak hinted Wednesday night. A number of unnamed studios have supposedly agreed to repeated calls from Apple to cut the price per episode to $1 in a "test" that would gauge interest in lower-priced standard definition shows. The drop would hopefully result in disproportionately higher sales by attracting those otherwise scared off by the normal $2 price tag.

Read the entire article @ Apple to sell TV shows for $1 at iPad launch? | Electronista
 
OP
iDan

iDan

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Jan 17, 2010
Messages
1,411
Reaction score
139
Not a bad price at all. I think if they kept this pricing structure permeant, it would result in more sales and more profit.
 

TheBaron

iPF Noob
Joined
Mar 1, 2010
Messages
106
Reaction score
0
Location
Arizona
I really hope this is true. I'd definitely purchase tv shows from itunes if they were 99 cents. I'd probably even considering doing away with cable and just paying for the shows I want to watch.
 

JohnnyApple

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Jan 17, 2010
Messages
846
Reaction score
116
At $1 per episode, it's hard to make a case NOT to buy them :)
 

iDoug

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Jan 18, 2010
Messages
280
Reaction score
8
Yeah lets see...cable is about $100 a month if you get anything decent, so I could see buying all my shows and only spending about $50 :)
 

TheBaron

iPF Noob
Joined
Mar 1, 2010
Messages
106
Reaction score
0
Location
Arizona
Exactly. Plus, there'd be no more flipping through a ridiculous number of channels only to find that nothing good is on. You could actually download the shows you want to watch, when you want to watch them, and without commercials. Yes, I think 99 cents per show would be a great incentive for me to ditch cable based on these reasons alone. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they do drop the prices.
 

Most reactions

Latest posts

Top