Fox will market seriess through iTunes.

[roma_turok]

LOS ANGELES and CUPERTINO, California—May 9, 2006—Fox Entertainment Group (FEG) and Apple® today announced hit television programming from FOX, FX, SPEED, FUEL TV and 20th Century Fox Television library is now available for purchase on the iTunes® Music Store (www.itunes.com). The new Fox programming features 16 series including “24,” “Prison Break” and “The Shield,” is the largest network debut to date on iTunes and spans current hit programming from the drama, comedy and reality genres, plus several classic favorites. iTunes now offers over 90 TV shows for $1.99 per episode for viewing on a computer or iPod®.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/may/09fox.html

[ROF]

Good cheap pricing. I wonder if they will sell episodes on the same night they premiere?

[JoeTheDude]

Let's see...
90 x $1.99 = $179.10
(if no sales tax is charged)

I wonder if it has some kind of DRM preventing one from archiving and retriving what they bought, or an auto-expire time limit...

If not, it might be worth the time saved capturing with an HTPC and converting it on your own.

Editted to add:
Now that I think about it, this service would be handy if I had a prolonged power outage that prevented my HTPC from doing it's thing.
8)
*cough*torrents*cough*

[oldfart13]

*cough* *cough* High wattage UPS....*cough* *cough* Hooked to my Dishnetwork PVR...*cough* *cough*