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FOX MOVIES TO FIND A PLACE ON IPODS Friday, December 28 2007 
As
part
of
20th
Century
Fox's
agreement
to
permit
its
latest
DVD
releases
to
be
available
for
"rent"
on
Apple's
iTunes
Store,
the
studio
has
also
agreed
to
employ
Apple's
Fairplay
copy
protection
scheme
that
will
allow
its
DVDs
to
be
transferred
to
Apple's
video
iPods
(and
presumably
iPhones),
according
to
published
reports.
Analysts
are
unsure
whether
the
deal
is
likely
to
mark
a
turning
point
in
mobile
video.
Relatively
few
full-length
features
have
been
(more)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 (more) |
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Apple is expected to announce at its MacWorld conference in San Francisco that Disney, Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM will make new and old movies available for "rent" on Apple's iTunes Store. according to several published reports. It had previously been reported that 20th Century Fox would also provide films that could be downloaded and viewed during a 30-day window. The MacWorld conference is due to take place from January 14-18.
