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Tags: realnetworks, rhapsody, music, itunes, music without limits, drm, drm-free
And another legal alternative to iTunes. Rhapsody announced today their new service, "Music Without Limits." It basically emulates the model of iTunes, selling music at 99cents a pop and $9.99 an album. Oh, and did I already say? It's DRM-free!
According to the press release , Realnetworks, the company behind Rhapsody is making it easier for people to decide what to do with their music. DRM-free means customers can use the music anywhere. Moreover, Realnetworks has partnered with music labels to distribute music on the Rhapsody music store including the big four Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI — and an extensive number of independent label...more
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Tags: itunes, ipod, iphone, apple, mac
Well, isn't this just a week for breaking records? Yes it is.
Yesterday, Apple announced that their iTunes music store has hit the 5-billion-songs-sold mark since the day they started five years ago. According to AppleInsider , "The digital download service is the number one music retailer in the US, according to the most recent data from NPD Group's MusicWatch survey, and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs."
iTunes has indeed changed the way people purchase music (when they purchase them at all). The iTunes+iPod/iPhone infrastructure makes it undeniably easy to consume media hence the popularity of the gadgets and the sto...more
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It's official. There were rumors that HBO and Apple would come up with a partnership sometime and now that time is here.
In a nutshell, HBO will sell “The Sopranos,” “Sex and the City,” “Deadwood” and “Rome,” “Flight of the Conchords” and “The Wire,” among others, on the iTunes store. All 94 episodes of “Sex in the City” will be available (a mere $187 for the whole run!) at $1.99 each while more popular shows like the “Sopranos” and “Deadwood” will cost $2.99. [TechCrunch]
PRESS RELEASE [Apple ]:
NEW YORK and CUPERTINO, California—May 13, 2008—HBO a...more
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Tags: apple, itunes, video, fox
Apple has gone into contract with NewsCorp's Fox. The contract stipulates that FoxDVD releases will be available to rent on iTunes.
Currently, only Walt Disney is selling their new movie releases on the popular Apple platform iTunes. Other hollywood studios, MGM, Paramount and LionsGate are only selling older titles on iTunes.
This new deal between Fox and Apple will change movie rentals forever. Users will be able to get new movies on demand by only paying a small fee to rent brand new Fox DVD releases. Rent means that the downloaded videos w...more
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20th Century Fox , a direct competitor of NBC Universal , has struck a deal with Apple. The Fox-Apple team up will be offering some of Fox's TV shows for free on iTunes."Fox and Apple have reached an agreement to offer free downloads of the shows Fox is trying to promote this sweeps season: that is, the ones people aren't watching as much as they'd like. No Simpsons or Family Guy clips are among the five shows currently available for free on the iTunes Store. But episodes of shows sure to be forgotten in the sands of time, like Back To You, Til' Death and K-Ville, are currently available for free at the iTunes Store." (WebWare)
According to Fox's senior vice preside...more
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