No, season 5 is not being made available online on any legal sites. We expect it will show up after the series finale on January 27.
]]>3.38 million viewers isnt a lot. And while I do agree with Mel that they get revenue from the websites, its not significant compared to the revenue they earn live.
]]>I’m not sure what you mean, Salta. Can you elaborate?
]]>Web viewers DO benefit NBC if they’re watching the streaming video on NBC.com or Hulu. NBC gets the advertising revenue from those sources. Warner Bros. receives the revenue from purchasing episodes on iTunes or Amazon Instant Video.
]]>NBC gets its revenue from ads and advertisers are willing to pay only for 18-49 yo viewers who watch the show live. If NBC can’t sell enough ads with high enough price to cover the costs of an episode and bring in some profit on top of that then it’s just bad business.
Web viewers do not benefit the advertisers and thus they don’t benefit NBC.
]]>But NBC-president, he’s forgetting the viewers on the web.
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