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Apple Lands Day and Date Access To New DVDs for iTunes |
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Home Theater News What Is On In HD News
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Written by Jerry Del Colliano
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
In a striking move toward success in the world of PC convergence, Apple today announced they have secured a deal that will get them day and date access to movies as they are released on DVD (or Blu-ray). The studios signing on to the deal include: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal Home Entertainment, Sony, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios. New releases like Juno, American Gangster and I am Legend will sell for $14.95 as a download. Catalog titles will sell for $9.99.
No mention was made of the resolution of the film being releases.
Rumors have Apple looking at a pay-per-view type of HD download
service, but the maximum resolution would be only 720p at its onset
when the current state of the art of HDTV is 1080p at the consumer
level.
If you are a subscriber to the theory of the “Long Tail” this move on
Apple’s part is a very big deal. The concept of the long tail states
that the idea of being number one (at the box office, on the Billboard
charts or even in a search result) isn’t nearly as important as having
a vast reach of smaller, more specific elements. For example, I am
Legend will sell nicely as a download but could easily be outsold by
the aggregate of 100 far less popular back catalog titles. Now Apple
gets both.
This move will directly compete with cable and satellite companies who
are offering more and more content “on-demand”. Apple’s bet, and it’s
a good one, is that people will want to actually own a title even if
they only own it on a hard drive (don’t forget to back that sucker
up). The need for wireless connectivity and overall home networking
will become more and more pressing for mainstream consumers who want to
access movies throughout their homes. Up until now, it took systems
like the unbelievably pricey Kaleidescape video server to deliver this
kind of video throughout your home. Now you can do it with Apple TV
for a tiny fraction of the price and paired with the easiest and most
robust download service. It’s a powerful value proposition for
consumers as iTunes also merges with a customer’s music collection and
other media.
Convergence just got a lot closer to mainstream success.
Sources: Apple.com
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