Battlestar Galactica on demand

Where Steve Jobs leads, other will follow...

Sci Fi Wire is reporting (via The Hollywood Reporter) that NBC Universal is set to launch video on demand via DirecTV. CBS and Comcast (who?) have announced similar deals, however the intersting part of the NBC deal for us lot is that it includes Battlestar Galactica and Surface. (NBC Universal own SciFi Channel).

Sketchy details so far, 99 cents per episode (nicely undercutting iTunes), and what do you bet some nasty DRM? And how about opening it up to the rest of the world? Presumably if it's via DirecTV it will be some sort of cable download thing?

Here's a suggestion, forget selling the show abroad, just open it up on your website store for us all to download! Go on! (Pretty unlikely I guess as I imagine non-US stations can get into bidding wars for good shows and up the price significantly.)