For Better or Werts : TV Worth Watching

TV DVD: Digital copies, ringtones, text-back freebies

DVD is soooo 1998. TV studios aren't just releasing discs now, they're pushing free iPod copies, ringtones and other goodies to keep consumer dollars flowing in a time of lagging DVD interest.

At least that's how Heroes, The Office, One Tree Hill and even Adam-12 are currently trying to get us engaged.

Here's how to grab some DVD-related freebies:

Heroes Season 2 (out Aug. 26) -- Fans can text "SNEAK" to 62288 now to get a 45-second reply video teasing the upcoming Season 3, starting on NBC Sept. 22.

The Office Season 4 (out Sept. 2) -- Fans can text "SCENE" to 62288 now for a reply that includes a deleted scene from the DVD.

One Tree Hill Season 5 (out Aug. 26) -- Buying the DVD gets you a promo sheet explaining how to download digital copies of all 18 episodes from iTunes for free. (The included code can be used only once, so don't expect to supply your friends.) That would otherwise incur an iTunes cost of $35.82, so it's an easy, inexpensive way to watch episodes across different formats.

Adam-12 Season 2 (out Sept. 30) -- Buying the DVD gets you a promo sheet giving info for text or web access to obtain a free ringtone (for use with certain providers).

Name

Email Address

URL

Remember personal info?

Comments (You may use HTML tags for style)

Nothing personal, but prove to us that you are a human being, and not an evil automated computer bent on posting spam on this website. Type the characters you see in the picture below.

Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

ARCHIVES

August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
March 2008
February 2008