| Apple's iTunes Plans to Offer Viacom Movie Titles | | Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:20:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes movie service is set to bulk up with the addition of catalog movie titles owned by Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures. In a deal that Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs could announce as early as Tuesday at his Macworld conference, Apple plans to start selling Paramount titles on its iTunes service, according to people familiar with the situation. For the moment, the deal will only cover Paramount's back catalog, the people said. Paramount's catalog includes titles such as "Forrest Gump," "Mission: Impossible" and "The Truman Show." The Hollywood studio has stopped short of also providing ... .... | |
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| | | Court denies motion to dismiss lawsuit accusing Apple of unlawfully tying iPod+iTunes | | Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:05:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | "Apple Computer Inc. said Friday it is facing [a lawsuit] alleging the company created an illegal monopoly by tying iTunes music and video sales to its market-leading iPod portable players," Betsy Schiffman reports for The Associated Press. "The case, filed July 21, is over Apple's use of a copy-protection system that generally prevents iTunes music and video from playing on rival players. Likewise, songs purchased elsewhere aren't easily playable on iPods," Schiffman reports. Schiffman reports, "The plaintiff is seeking unspecified damages and other relief. The court denied Apple's motion to dismiss the complaint on Dec. 20." Full article here. From Apple's 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006: Tucker v. Apple Computer, Inc. Plaintiff filed this purported class action on July 21, 2006 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging various claims including alleged unlawful tying of music and videos purchased on the iTunes Store with the purchase of iPods and vice versa and unlawful acquisition or maintenance of monopoly market power.... | |
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| | | iTunes Music Store Sells Ten Millionth Song | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 7:03:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over ten million songs from the iTunes Music Store since its launch just over four months ago, averaging over 500,000 songs per week. The ten millionth song, "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne, was purchased and downloaded at 11:34 p.m. (PDT) on September 3. The combination of the iTunes digital music jukebox, the pioneering iTunes Music Store and the market-leading iPod digital music player provide users with a complete solution for buying, managing and listening to their digital music collections anywhere. The iTunes Music Store will be available to Windows users by the end of this year. "Legally selling ten million songs online in just four months is a historic milestone for the music industry, musicians and music lovers everywhere," said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO.... | |
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| | | Disney CEO: Almost 500,000 movies sold via iTunes | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:27:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | Disney President and CEO Bob Iger remarked during the company's recent fourth quarter earnings call that Disney has sold nearly 500,000 movies through the iTunes Store, since the service launched movie downloads in mid-September, 2006. "This underlines the strength and uniqueness of our film library, and indicates there is a consumer appetite for movie downloads that complements demand for DVD," said Iger. So far, Disney is the only major movie producer to offer content for download from iTunes. Iger later remarked that Disney has seen downloads totally approximately 85 million over the past year — combining TV shows, movies and shorts made available via the iTunes Store, disneychannel.com and abc.com. Twelve million ABC TV programs have been purchased since they first went online through the iTunes Store, Iger said.... | |
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| | | Darth Vader on iTunes? | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:27:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | News Corp., the media conglomerate that owns the Fox movie studio, is in talks with Apple about a deal to sell its films on Apple's popular iTunes music store. Peter Chernin, News Corp.'s president and chief operating officer, disclosed the discussions with Apple during a conference call with analysts and reporters following the release of News Corp.'s (Charts) fiscal first-quarter results Wednesday. .... | |
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| | | Sundance Channel Programming Available On the iTunes Store Beginning Tuesday, November 7, 2006 | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:09:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | Sundance Channel today announced the availability of select television programming on the iTunes Store (http://www.itunes.com). The announcement was made today by Christopher Barry, Vice President, Digital Media and Business Strategy, Sundance Channel. Episodes of groundbreaking Sundance Channel documentary series "The Hill," "The First Amendment Project," and "The Staircase" are available beginning November 7, 2006, for purchase and download priced at $1.99 (US) each. Additionally, a sneak peek of the first episode of the six-part documentary series "One Punk Under God" featuring alternative Christian minister Jay Bakker, will be available as a free download on iTunes from December 5 to 12th, 2006. The series launches on Sundance Channel, on December 13th. The series airs every Wednesday night at 9:00pm and each successive episode will be available on iTunes the day after it premieres on Sundance Channel for $1.99 (US) each.... | |
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| | | Apple iTunes store opens Latin section | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 7:34:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday launched iTunes Latino, a dedicated area within its U.S. online store for Latin music, videos, audio books and podcasts. The iTunes store, the world's leading digital music outlet with more than 1.5 billion songs sold since its launch, had previously included Latin as a music genre, but company officials said customers were asking for more Latin content. Offering a dedicated Latino section with a broader product mix also made sense given the nation's growing Hispanic population, of which more than half are Internet users, said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. » Full story @ Mercury News .... | |
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| | | Raven iTunes | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:09:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | (PR) With the success of a top 10 album and #1 single in Japan, Marion Raven is primed to make waves in the U.S. Eleven Seven Music will release Marions 6-song ep titled Heads Will Roll exclusively through iTunes on October 24th with her full-length U.S. debut coming out first quarter 2007. The songs on Marions EP reflect a broken relationship and the feelings that follow. At times the music is dark, vengeful and powerful, but ultimately uplifting and cathartic. Marion collaborated with some of rocks biggest names including Nikki Sixx (Mtley Cre), Keith Nelson (Buckcherry), Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace) and Scott Stevens (The Exies). In addition to writing and singing, Marion also plays the piano, electric and acoustic guitar on many of her songs.[see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story Click here to read the full Day in Rock report for 10/30/06 Related News for Marion Raven Preview and Purchase Marion Raven music Marion Raven Tickets tell a friend about this article know of a news item we should cover? antiMUSIC News featured on RockNews.info and Yahoo News .... | |
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| | | Programmer unlocks iPod-iTunes exclusive linkage | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:15:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | A 22-year-old programmer has picked the lock which guards the exclusive relationship between Apple's iPod players and its iTunes online music and video store, his company said. Norwegian-born Jon Lech Johansen found a way for rival MP3 players to download songs or shows from iTunes and for digital content from other vendors to be played on iPods, according to his San Francisco firm DoubleTwist Ventures. DoubleTwist managing director Monique Farantzos insisted the firm was doing nothing illegal, and said they plan to license the technology to Apple competitors "in the near future." "What it does is it fools iTunes into thinking that whatever you're synching to your computer is an iPod," Farantzos told AFP. "And it fools the iPod into thinking content came from iTunes." Apple Computer engineered iPod players and iTunes as an exclusive pairing of hardware and content, shutting out rival MP3 players and online stores.... | |
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| | | iPod- Perfect Thing or Perfect Timing? | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:53:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Innovation is often thought of in terms of a great new idea, when more often than not successful innovation requires the right market timing. How can companies identify when the timing is right? There's no better example than Apple's iPod. Apple's iPod – now celebrating its five year anniversary – gets the credit for revolutionizing the music industry. In the new book The Perfect Thing, author Steve Levy says the iPod “set the technology world, the business world, and especially the music industry on its head." He's right. And so are many others that have made similar claims. But not necessarily for the reasons they suggest. The Apple wasn't a revolutionary product. In fact, most of its capabilities existed in other products before it launched in 2001. Yet it caused a revolution.... | |
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