From the Economist, Net Dreams, an article from March 16, discussing Big Media's rush to digitize their offerings and make them available on the Web.
The most obvious opportunity is to put the content they already own on new platforms. Media companies can charge people directly, or sell ads around it. In October last year Disney took the big step of allowing two of its hit dramas—“Lost” and “Desperate Housewives”—to be downloaded from Apple's iTunes download service on to iPods for $1.99 an episode
This will undoubtedly place more emphasis on issues like copyright, DRM, and the interoperability of content across players. For example, if I download "Lost" from Itunes, can I share it across multiple devices? The French think so.
