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When will we be able to buy video of the majors and other big tourneys on services like iTunes?


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On iTunes, if you are a football, basketball or baseball fan, you can buy playoff games and in addition, for football, seasons by team. Yes, there's a time delay and other glitches, but in theory, this season and other past seasons are available. Plus no commercials.

PGA Tour (I assume you own the rights along with the USGA and R&A; and Disney and Comcast and Viacom) you and your buddies should get with the times and figure out how to put the majors up for purchase on iTunes. People have been posting full rounds on YouTube for awhile now, Aren't you tired of pulling them off? I'd think you'd get the picture by now. Revenue stream. People are comfortable buying video off the internet. Doesn't this make sense?

Steve

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Yes, good idea. In a similar vein, I have been begging UEFA for about 3 years to do the same thing with the Champions League games. (Maybe soccer isn't your thing, but I feel the pain).

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I agree, I wish there was a better system. I know every year MLB releases a set of DVDs for the World Series champ, but they only include a few games. I'll link to the 2007 Red Sox one, just because I'm going to buy it at some point and have it bookmarked on Safari: http://www.amazon.com/Boston-Red-2007-World-Collectors/dp/B000WOSAZQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie;=UTF8&qid;=1351639503&sr;=1-3&keywords;=red+sox It's nice that they have all of the World Series games, but they only have the last three ALCS games? And no ALDS games? I'd pay more if they just included all of the games. Even key regular season games I would buy. I know with the NFL you can subscribe to stream all of the current season's games, and you get to watch it with the nifty all-22 camera views. I think MLB.TV lets you do something similar, as does NBA League Pass. But for games from past seasons it's much more choppy. You can find some stuff on iTunes, but not much. But yeah. If you offered me rounds 1-4 coverage of Tiger's 14 majors I'd put down a chunk of cash for them. I'd prefer they not be DRM-crippled, but baby steps.

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Yes, good idea. In a similar vein, I have been begging UEFA for about 3 years to do the same thing with the Champions League games. (Maybe soccer isn't your thing, but I feel the pain).

Football? I watch. Yeah, I'd buy the PL finals, some World Cup and MLS playoffs.

It's nice that they have all of the World Series games, but they only have the last three ALCS games? And no ALDS games? I'd pay more if they just included all of the games. Even key regular season games I would buy.

They're on iTunes now, $3 per game, HD. I think only the last one or two games are missing. I'd post a link, but I'm on Windows w/no iTunes.

Steve

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