NBC news shows offered on iTunes

NBC News this week said it will offer "NBC Nightly News" and "Meet the Press" as free video podcasts on iTunes. The company, which has been streaming its video on MSNBC.com as well as offering audio of both shows as audio podcasts, will be offering video downloads of the shows for the first time. "NBC Nightly News" will be available every weeknight at 10 p.m. EST, while "Meet the Press" will be available via video podcast at 1 p.m. EST -- both after their West Coast airings. The "NBC Nightly News" video podcast begins Tuesday. "It makes sense to provide the content to viewers in whatever format they prefer," MSNBC.com deputy editor Randy Stearns said. He said that MSNBC.com still believes that streaming ad-supported video-on-demand is what users want. The new video podcast will be the first full evening newscast available as a video download. ABC News began "World News Now" as a 15-minute daily newscast in January, and CBS News simulcasts "CBS Evening News" on the Web, according to the Washington Post. Meanwhile, ESPN said that it has begun offering iTunes podcasts of such local ESPN radio shows as "The Michael Kay Show" in New York and "The Big Show With Mason and Ireland" in Los Angeles.

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