APPLE TO BEGIN FILM 'RENTALS' AT ONLINE STORE

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APPLE TO BEGIN FILM 'RENTALS' AT ONLINE STORE
Thursday, December 27 2007

Apple, which has been unable to persuade most movie studios -- with the exception of Disney -- to make available recent releases for sale on its iTunes store, has reached a deal with 20th Century Fox that would allow its movies to be viewed on a "rental" basis -- that is, consumers would only be able to view them on their PCs or video iPods for a limited time frame. (The website TechCrunch said that the movies will expire after 30 days and that the rental fee will be about $2.99.) The deal, which was reported in today's (Thursday) London Financial Times, pushed Apple shares over the $200 mark. (In early trading they had reached $203 but retreated to around $201 at midday.)

FOX BITES APPLE
Tuesday, December 4 2007

Twentieth Century Fox has apparently been successful in persuading Apple to increase the wholesale fee it pays for movies on its iTunes Music Store. Several industry-related websites on Monday reported that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had relented in his insistence on keeping the price of movie downloads significantly below the price charged for DVDs in retail stores. Currently, only Disney, in which Jobs is the largest shareholder, makes its movies available on the iTunes store (more)

NBC YANKS ITS SHOWS OFF ITUNES STORE
Monday, December 3 2007

The peacock has flown the coop at Apple's iTunes Store. NBC officially removed all of its programs from the website over the weekend following a long-running dispute over Apple's pricing. Neither Apple nor NBC had anything new to say about the matter. In September, iTunes chief Eddy Cue expressed hope that NBC execs "will change their minds." (more)

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VIDEO CLIP: ITUNES TARGETS MOVIE RENTALS