HBO Might Be Coming To iTunes

Porfolio.com is reporting that you might soon be able to find Tony Soprano in the iTunes Store. HBO, the premium cable channel known for their original programming, is in talks with Apple to add their programming to the iTunes Store.
This is good news for fans of HBO shows, but the real story here is the [...]

Hitman on iTunes Free (Unintentionally)

If you were among the ten people to actually see this videogame-to-movie adaptation in the theaters, well, now you can watch it for free in your own home thanks to a mis-price by iTunes. Just follow the instructions below, and you’ll be able to download all 1.09 GB of bald gunplay for yourself — all [...]

iTunes Movie Downloads Now Available Same Day As DVD Release

Given the choice between buying a physical DVD and grabbing a downloadable iTunes version of the same movie, you might choose what’s behind door #2 for convenience, iPod playability and speed; that is, if you’re willing to wait it out while the DVD-only window ticks away. Up until now it’s been about 30-45 days post-DVD [...]

iTunes Store Adds 4 Manga Entertainment Titles

The media company Starz has begun offering television episodes on Apple’s iTunes Store in the United States, including four series from Starz’ anime unit Manga Entertainment. Those four series are Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Season 1), Tokko, Noein, and Tactics. Apple iTunes Store video purchases are 640 by 480 in resolution and [...]

CA Lawmakers Want To Tax iTunes Downloads

The California Assembly, apparently facing an $8 billion deficit, has introduced a bill that would apply sales taxes to “media downloads,” namely the music sales going through iTunes (which, as we’ve reported, is challenging even retailer giant Walmart for music sales numbers). But it seems as though they’re going about it in a pretty weird way (since new taxes require a [...]

Paul McCartney Finally Signs iTunes Deal For The Beatles Catalog

Finally! Paul McCartney has signed a $400 million deal, which will see the Beatles catalog make its way to iTunes, at long last.
Though McCartney will probably make off with the lion’s share of the cash sum, Ringo Starr and the families of the late John Lennon and George Harrison will also benefit. Michael Jackson, EMI [...]

iTunes, the #2 U.S. Music Retailer

I have a couple of iPods, and I manage all my music with iTunes as I am sure many, many other people out there do as well. Why do I mention this? Because some of my purchases (and yours too) contributed to making the iTunes Store the second largest music retailer in the US (according [...]

BBC Sells Shows Through iTunes

BBC Worldwide has struck a deal with iTunes to sell its programming through the popular online shop in the UK.
Titles will appear on iTunes after they’ve had their seven day run on the iPlayer, and cost the standard £1.89 per episode, though discounts will be available on full series. Shows initially showing up include Torchwood, [...]

Making Sense of iTunes’ Movie Options

Now that iTunes rentals have launched, it has become kind of tricky deciphering what movies are available to rent, what movies are available to purchase, and what movies are available and what movies can be rented or purchased.
While Apple promises that more than 1000 movies will be available to rent by the end of February [...]

iTunes Movie Rentals and the System Date

Here’s an interesting tip from a certain “Jack”, who noted that you could affect the time remaining on an iTunes movie rental by altering your system time. I gave it a shot here at work to be sure, and it’s true. If you’re willing to offset the date on your computer until you finally have [...]

iTunes Now Supports Movie Rentals

iTunes 7.6 is out, and it finally has something we’ve been hearing about for a long time: movie rentals. As announced at the Macworld Keynote earlier today, Apple has made deals with all of the major studios to provide streaming, downloadable flicks for you to watch on your computer, iPod or iPhone. Library titles are [...]

Apple Will Lower UK iTunes Prices, Standardize Across Europe

Within the next six months, Apple plans to lower the prices it charges for music on its UK iTunes Store, in order to match the already standardized pricing on iTunes across Europe in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. Because Apple must pay [...]

iPod’s Victims: First CDs, and Now DVDs?

Forbes’ Brian Caulfield suggests that Blockbuster and Netflix should be very concerned about Apple’s rumored move into digital movie rentals. He suggests that history has proven the iPod to be a very disruptive device. Just look at CD sales, says Mr. Cauflied, their decline over the last several years certainly proves that people want their [...]

iTunes Movie Rentals Coming, 20th Century Fox Only Studio So Far

The Financial Times is reporting that Apple and Twentieth Century Fox have reached a deal to provide movie rentals on the iTunes Store, likely to be announced at Macworld. While Disney sells a full line of films on iTunes and other studios provide catalog titles, this is the first rental arrangement to date. Movies are [...]

SimplifyMedia iTunes Sharing Plugin, Now for Linux

Simplify Media, the mother of all iTunes plugins, lets you share your iTunes collection over the net, and now works with iPhones and Linux.
From the Website: “The Simplify Media Mobile alpha enables you to access your entire music collection on your iPhone or iPod Touch wherever you have WiFi. You can also listen to the [...]