Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex is one of the big names listed. Unfortunately, unless I hear otherwise, these are going to be dubbed, not subbed. Mainly this is due to licensing issues, as far as I know. When I worked for a large internet media company in the past, we talked to several anime distributors and they all said they are required to put dubbed videos on television rather than subbed. The companies in Japan are worried about things like piracy apparently. It’s too bad, because I for one cannot stand to watch dubbed anime. Here’s the article:
Source: Starz to Sell on iTunes « NewTeeVee
DeBevoise said that consumers have demonstrated that they will buy content “as long as it feels like free,” attributing that idea to Fred Seibert of Next New Networks.
“I think they’re probably the best in episodic television,” said DeBevoise of Apple. “Netflix is big in subscription, other people VOD.” The studio representatives on the panel all said they are embracing multiple platforms. “I want my shows and feature films on every one of them,” said Joe Patrick, EVP North American television distribution at MGM.
Starz Media content, which includes brands like Manga Entertainment and Film Roman, is already available on Xbox and Amazon Unbox. We’ll tackle DeBevoise after his panel to find out what content will be available on iTunes.
DeBevoise said that while Starz is the largest seller of fitness content, “We have not even explored what to do with that digitally, to make as much money as we make on DVD and selling in the supermarket.”
Update: DeBevoise tells us after the panel (see video embedded above) that Starz will post six series on on iTunes any minute now. Those will be two half-hour sitcoms, Hollywood Residential and Head Case, as well as four Anime favorites.
“We’re trying to put it anywhere, everywhere, all those platforms;
we want to reach the audience wherever they are, and get it as many
places as possible, it just took us a little longer to get the iTunes
one,” he said. But that flexibility isn’t without limits. DeBevoise
added, “Certainly our subscription base, we don’t really muck around
with that.”
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