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iTunes Movie Rentals With All Major Movie Studios Onboard
During todays Keynote presentation Apple announced that iTunes Movie Rentals featuring movies from all the major movie studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lionsgate and New Line Cinema. Users can…
Warner, Disney, Fox, Lions Gate, and Paramount in on iTunes Rentals
Bloomberg is reporting that Warner Brothers studios, Disney, Fox, Lions Gate and Paramount are all involved in Apple's iTunes rental deal, the details of which are widely expected to arrive at next weeks keynote address at Macworld on January 15th. Bloomberg states that new and…
Apple to Standardise European iTunes Pricing
Apple has announced today that within six months it will lower prices on its UK iTunes Store to match already standardised pricing on iTunes across Europe in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. Apple…
Fox DVDs Include Digital Copy, Apple Prepping iTunes 7.6
TUAW reports that one tipster has received the Family Guy DVD 'Blue Harvest' a week ahead of the January 15th release, the tipster has provided several screenshots of a Digital Copy file suitable for playing on iPods that is included on the DVD. Fox Digital…
24-Hour Variable Price iTunes Rentals, Disney and Fox?
Variety is citing studio sources and confirms two other reports from major news outlets that Apple will be announcing iTunes Movie Rentals at next months Macworld San Francisco. The report states that both Fox and Disney have signed up to the deal to provide movies…
NY Times Adds Credence to iTunes Rentals
The New York Times has confirmed earlier rumours that Apple will be launching an iTunes movie rental service at Macworld Expo, San Francisco. According to the papers sources more than one studio will be involved in the deal. Apple has been trying to interest a…
TV Programming Hits iTunes Canada
True to yesterdays rumours , Apple has begun selling TV shows on the iTunes Store in Canada. Shows will be available for $1.99. ITunes customers can choose from Canadian-produced favorites such as the top-rated, award-winning “Corner Gas” from CTV, smash hit comedy “Little Mosque on…
TV Shows Coming to iTunes Canada This Week?
Ars Technica reports that iTunes users in Canada could be greeted with the arrival of TV Shows to the store in the coming days. The company plans to begin adding shows quietly to the store as early as tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon or evening, with an…
iPhone and iTunes Produce Evidence of Future Rentals Scheme
With the release of iTunes 7.5 a while back one user noticed some interesting strings in the new iTunes 7.5 binary. The strings of code point towards the future existence of some kind of rental facility on the iTunes Store. In September one user discovered…
Zeppelin Reaches iTunes Store
One of the worlds leading rock bands, Led Zeppelin have had their entire catalogue published on the iTunes Store. Apple is yet to release a press statement regarding this breakthrough release on iTunes but the following blurb is available on the Led Zeppelin iTunes page…
NBC Universal Breaks Off TV Talks, Warner Music May Not Renew Annual Contract
The Washington Post has published a three-page report on Thursday discussing Apple's current problems negotiating between NBC Universal and Warner Music. In August NBC Universal announced that it did not intend to renew its iTunes contract, this subsequently led to Apple showing NBC up and…
In Brief: iTunes Store Selling Zeppelin Discography, Movie to Debut on iTunes Store
iTunes Store Selling Zeppelin Discography Apple announced today that it would be offering a special digital box set containing Led Zeppelin's entire discography on the iTunes Store. “The Complete Led Zeppelin” is a 165-track collection of all 13 of the legendary group’s albums, including the…
Two Million iTunes Plus Tracks Now 99 cents Each
Following yesterdays revealing from Steve Jobs that Apple would lower the price of iTunes Plus tracks, Apple has officially announced that it has expanded the selection and lowered the price. iTunes Plus now offers over two million tracks. The iTunes Plus catalog is now the…
Apple Plans to Drop Price of iTunes Plus Tracks
Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that the company plans to reduce the price of iTunes plus songs by .30 cents either later today or tomorrow. Songs on iTunes Plus originally came at a premium though: 30% more than the…
In Brief: 10 Millionth London Store Visitor, Facebook and iTunes Tie-in
10 Millionth London Store Visitor Apple's Regent Street Apple met a major milestone today, welcoming its 10 millionth customer through the doors since it opened in November 2004 . Store staff surrounded the shopper, Michal Revivo and gave her more than she bargained for. The…
In Brief: iPhone in Canada Soon? HD Content on iTS?
iPhone in Canada Soon? Digital Journal claims to have information that the retailer Holt Renfrew will carry the iPhone by mid-October throughout Canada. The Holt Renfrew source says the 8GB phone will be a GSM phone, retailing across the country for $799. Anyone familiar with…
Starbucks Announces "Now Playing" Date, 50 Million Song Give-a-Way
Starbucks has today announced that the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, which features Starbucks exclusive “Now Playing” service, will go live in more than 600 Starbucks locations in New York and Seattle on October 2nd. In celebration of this historic launch, Starbucks announced today that it…
iPhone Ringtones Activated
As Apple promised last week at its Special Event, Ringtones have finally been enabled on the iTunes Store. A new column has appeared in the sidebar called "Ringtones" and there is now an option under the store menu to "Create Ringtone". Currently songs available to…
iTunes Movie Rentals Coming Soon?
One user over at Flickr has posted a screenshot of iTunes which appears to point towards future Movie rentals. iTunes Movie Rentals? The user writes: I was trying to report a problem via iTunes, and this pop-up for selecting a reason contains some interesting/revealing strings…
Stream of Today's Special Event Posted Online
Apple has posted the QuickTime stream of today's special event on its website. Lets just recap on today's news: Refreshed iPod shuffle New iPod nano New iPod classic Introducing iPod touch Price drop for iPhone iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store iTunes now with iPhone ringtone support…