iTunes adds MGM Films
Watch out BitTorrent Entertainment Network, for beginning today, iTunes customers will be able to purchase video content from the “largest modern film library in the world.”
A month back iTunes added content from Lionsgate films to its popular online movie download store, and today it has announced that it has secured access to MGM Studios film [...]
iTunes adds more movie titles
More bad news for the BitTorrent Entertainment Network.
iTunes, the world’s most popular online movie download store, has announced that movies from Lionsgate films will be available for download on the site starting today.
Among the titles to be included are “Terminator 2,” “LA Story,” “Basic Instinct,” “The Blair Witch Project,” “Dirty Dancing,” “Total Recall,” ” [...]
Music’s New Gatekeeper
Every day, the roughly one million people who visit the iTunes Store home page are presented with several dozen albums, TV shows and movie downloads to consider buying — out of the four million such goods the Apple site offers. This prime promotion is analogous to a CD being displayed at [...]
Does BitTorrent Inc.’s new video store live up to the hype?
After months and months of hype, curiosity, wonder, and just about every other emotion possible under the sun, BitTorrent Inc opens its movie download service for business.
Offering more than 5,000 titles, from digital movies, TV shows, games, Japanese anime, and other media, the BitTorrent Entertainment Network (BEN) aims to succeed in finally making its [...]
Beatles iTunes deal is reached, report claims
With the iPhone announced, the Mac news and rumour machine is taking new steps to get ahead of the curve.
This week’s leading rumour relates to The Beatles, with a report claiming the act will release music through iTunes, perhaps as soon as 14 February — Valentine’s Day.
A popular Beatles fan website, Abbeyrd, reports an “unnamed [...]
70 cents per track is “in the correct range,” says UMG attorney
There’s a new development from yesterday’s story on wholesale download pricing. While the record labels are still unwilling to divulge their wholesale pricing structure for online music sales in UMG v. Lindor without strict confidentiality provisions, an attorney for UMG has told opposing counsel Ray Beckerman that the 70¢ per track figure is in the [...]
Apple denies download sales fall
Apple has denied a report which claims US sales at its iTunes Music Store fell by 65% in the first half of 2006.
Research group Forrester said it was too soon to say whether its findings showed that buyers were “reaching their saturation level for digital music”.
Apple said the report is “simply incorrect”, but will not [...]
Beatles To Sign with Apple’s iTunes?
The potential creation of an exclusive contract between Apple and the Beatles is especially notable given the legal wrangles between the band’s record label and the computer company. Apple Corps and Apple Computer have been playing tug-of-war over the Apple name for over 20 years, with iTunes garnering a recent win in a London courtroom [...]
Microsoft to pay Universal Music royalties on new Zune player
Microsoft and Universal Music have announced a new deal with one another that allows Microsoft to begin offering selections from Universal Music’s vast musical library for download on its Urge digital music download service.
According to the terms of the deal, Universal Music is set to garner a much larger share of the profits [...]
Apple gives iTunes a Latin beat
Apple infused iTunes with a Latin beat by dedicating part of the online digital entertainment store to Spanish-language music, videos, audio books, podcasts and television shows.
The iTunes Latino portion of the website featured music genres including Mexican, alternative rock, pop, Reggaeton and classic rock. Some artists provided exclusive offerings for iTunes, Apple said.
“We’re thrilled to [...]
