Classic Warner Bros shows now sold online

from broadcasting and cable

Warner Bros. Shares With Guba
By Anne Becker

Video-sharing site Guba has paired with Warner Bros. to distribute
licensed Warner Bros. content online.

The site, through its "Guba Premium" section, has begun offering more
than 200 Warner Bros. movie titles including Syriana and Good Night
and Good Luck, as well as the TV programs Babylon 5, Dukes of Hazard,
The Flintstones, and The Jetsons.

The deal marks the first time an independent, non-studio-affiliated
Internet company is offering downloads of video from a studio.

The content can be downloaded and played on computers, streamed to a
TV or loaded to portable video devices. The price starts at $1.99 per
movie title for unlimited viewing within 24 hours. They can also be
bought. Older movies will go for $9.99 and new movies, released the
same day as their DVDs hit stores, will go for $19.99. TV shows will
go for $1.79 an episode.

shawn...

I guess they figure no one will go to this site for a series download
given that price for older shows. Especially since the price is
apparently the same for 30 minute and 60 minute shows.

Guba is in talks with other studios and with Warner Bros. to get more
current TV content, according to CEO/founder Tom McInerney. "We view
this as relationship-building and them getting comfortable with us and
developing trust and confidence over time," he said.