Showtime Goes Green
Every year at Emmy time, the voters are bombarded with DVDs galore from studios trying to make sure they see every single episode of every single season in time to make the “right” choice. This year, Showtime is doing it a little different.
Instead of sending out the usual 20 disks, they’re paring it down to just three, full of select episodes. In the packet that will come with these three disks, there will be a password that the Emmy voters can use to view every episode of every show. Online.
The site will give them access to Dexter, The L Word, and new seasons of The Tudors and This American Life, along with Weeds and Californication (did I miss anything?) for three months.
This isn’t just going to help cut down on clutter, though. It’s helping the environment, AND it’s saving Showtime thousands of dollars. Possibly more. It’s also a way to test out this HD-quality streaming, something Showtime is interested in making wider use of in the future?
What this means for us? If all goes well, we could be able to stream Showtime shows in HD quality right to our tvs (much like using ITunes now, but better quality pictures), instead of having to buy the DVDs. It’s about time!
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