Apple to sell movies on release date
Published in: Audio/Music, Industry News
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Tags: Apple Movies, iTunes
In a recent news, Apple has announced that it will start selling movies from various movie studios and independant film companies on the same day as their DVD releases in the market. Apple is to sell the movies via their iTunes store for $14.99.
This is perhaps an exciting news for people from outside the Unites States, where the movies are released at a much later date after there release in USA. Now they could buy and download a movie as soon as the DVDs are out in the US or the international market. The movies can be viewed on video iPods, iPhones and personal computers. People who purchase a movie through iTunes can play it as many times as they like, just like a normal DVD.
Titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios.
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A. N. Nanda Said,
May 4, 2008 @ 10:48 am
No doubt, this will help both the film makers and the viewers. Not only would the films from the US studios get distributed to people outside the US but also the Indian films to the diaspora abroad. Really, it’s a good news. But the question still remains: how to combat piracy?
Nanda
http://ramblingnanda.blogspot.com
Raj Said,
May 5, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
Hello Nanda Ji,
Welcome to Bloghash! Yes, I agree with you. Indian film industry will get a shot in their arm if they really use something like this. On the other side, piracy can’t be tackled immediately. It will be a gradual process. The DVD/CDs should be made available for a very cheap price such that everyone could buy it at a cost that will be lower than a pirated copy of the same DVD.
I think I have started dreaming again!