NBC Launching Direct Download

Missed Chuck on Monday? Don’t want to stream it on NBC’s website? You’re about to get more options! Beginning in October, NBC will launch NBC Direct, a service that will offer its shows as free, ad-supported downloads. The downloads will come with standard “chapter pre-roll” ads, such as we see when watching streaming video on the network’s website. Future plans include a free subscription option, which will allow users to pre-select series to be automatically delivered to their computers, and high-resolution versions of programming made available via a closed peer-to-peer distribution network.