It's really more of a legal issue; we have to look at what the functionality is. |
Our partnership with Time Warner Cable will provide viewers with a robust 2006 Olympic Winter Games experience. NBC is committed to providing our distribution partners with unique digital offerings to help them drive their businesses. |
Our unprecedented network and cable coverage this year will provide viewers with a more extensive and interactive Olympics experience including up-to-the-minute updates and medal count. |
Since NBC's acquisition of Bravo in December 2002, twelve million subscribers have been added reflecting an overwhelming support from our cable and satellite affiliate partners. This marked growth in distribution exemplifies NBC Universal Cable's commitment to building and extending the Bravo brand to consumers and distributors. Bravo is clearly meeting and will continue to meet the demand for strong programming in the arts and pop culture niche. |
The overwhelming majority of people are still going to watch television in a linear fashion. But there's a growing group of people who aren't looking to see what's the best show on in that time slot, but what's the best show available. We need to stay ahead of that. |
There's momentum in the marketplace with portability. Everyone is getting more comfortable with VOD. |
We expect Start Over will help deliver more engaged viewers to our advertisers. |
We have one of the best crime and mystery movie and TV libraries. We have great content at a low cost to us. |
We need to be aggressive about being on all of these platforms. |
We've taken a couple of steps forward, but there really isn't a clear business model yet. |