Tech analyst Forrester Research, which in May predicted Apple TV sales this year of one million units, says Apple has sold only 400,000 and will be lucky to sell another 400,000 before the end of the year. The report says Apple TV’s sales forecast tracks about the same as the GarageBand loop library CD-ROMs. Ouch! [...]
Posts Tagged ‘NBC’
Analyst says Apple TV sales below initial projections
Posted in Apple TV, iTunes, iTunes Store, tagged Apple TV, iPhone, iPod touch, iTunes, iTunes Store, NBC on December 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
NBC Direct: ‘Reviews are almost uniformly grim’
Posted in iTunes Store, tagged iTunes, NBC, New York Times on November 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Big shocker here: People don’t like NBC’s new NBC Direct service. So says the TV Decoder blog at nytimes.com, which links negative reviews from PaidContent.org (“not quite ready for prime time”), Silicon Alley Insider (“better hope hulu works because this won’t”) and Media 3.0 (“if you live in the Dark Ages, this might be a [...]
Zucker, Eisner: Apple stole our lunch money
Posted in iTunes Store, Uncategorized, tagged iTunes Store, Jeff Zucker, Michael Eisner, NBC, Oprah on November 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A network shirt and former network shirt took swipes at Apple this week. Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal president: “We know that Apple has destroyed the music business – in terms of pricing – and if we don’t take control, they’ll do the same thing on the video side.” Huh? Zucker is pulling NBC content off [...]