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NBC Universal Pulling the Plug on iTunes Content
NBC Universal is ending its iTunes support, meaning no more "Heroes," "The Office" or "To Catch a Predator" in the iTunes store after December, when the current contract expires. What makes the rift somewhat serious for Apple is that NBC is iTunes' biggest video supplier, pulling in about 40 percent of downloads. On top of that, it could spur a mini-revolt among other media companies like CBS and News Corp., whose contracts are also coming due. More »
12:53 AM on Fri Aug 31 2007
By Matt Buchanan
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Latest by N/A: Funny how these content people want to play hardball with online stores but with brick-and-mortar stores like Wal-Mart they're totally more »
wishlist
What iPhone Third-Party Apps Would You Like?
While the dust is still clearing from yesterday's All Things D (as in Digital, Damned, Drowsy, completely Delightful and even Dildonic at times), the best news for me has been Jobs' announcement that Apple is planning to open the Mac OS X Messiah-phone to developers. To achieve their need to balance security and openness, my guess is that they will follow more or less the iPod model: controlled distribution of Apple-certified, high-quality apps through a secure channel like the iTunes Music Store. More »
second fab four in
Paul McCartney's New Album Is iTMS Exclusive, Probably as Boring as Previous Ones
Well, two in, two to go: following up on yesterday's announcement, Sir Paul McCartney's new album Memory Almost Full is available now for pre-order exclusively in the iTunes Music Store. Macca's new album, a very personal work according to him, will be available for download on June 5. More »
home entertainment
MGM and UA On Board iTunes Now, First 720p Movies in the Offing?
Something's afoot on the iTunes store. First we notice MGM/United Artists (MGM/UA) movies start showing up on the store in the New Releases area, with a few MGM flicks on board, albeit moldy oldies such as Mad Max, Rocky, Dances with Wolves and Robocop. United Artists (which is actually an MGM company) so far checks in with just one movie, the don't-forget-to-miss-it Ronin. Slim pickings so far, but added to the current iTunes list of movies from Lionsgate, Paramount and Disney, at least it's a little better. More »
portable media
New Sony Walkman Series E Will Never Reach 100 Million Units
No, it's not a new L'Oreal eyeliner but the new Sony Walkman Series E. It's like, they come in trendy-schmancy colors and they are oh-so-shiny and the three-line LCD screen magically appears and it has newly arranged buttons and stuff. And if you charge them for three minutes, they will give you three hours, with one hour of charge giving you 30 hours of looping music hell, although only if you use the ATRAC 132kbps format. More »
eu bureaucrats
Another Clueless Eurobureaucrat Wants Apple To Open iTunes
Rather than focusing on kicking all the european RIAA-equivalents' butt, the useless European Union bureaucrats continue to spend money on pointless stuff, like pressuring Apple to open the iTunes Music Store's DRM system. At least according to EU Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva, who thinks that "something has to change". More »
software
iTunes Beefs Up Store with Babylon 5 and More
Thanks to an announcement from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, fans of Babylon 5, Friends, MADtv (there are fans of this show?), The Jetsons and The Flintstones will be able to feed their cravings whenever they want. iTunes has made these shows available for purchase and download at the iTunes Music Store. Each episode will retail for $1.99 and can be viewed on the computer or an iPod video. More »
home entertainment
Universal Embraces Simple CDs To Compete With iTunes: Now Less For More!
The big music companies sure must hate the Fraunhofer Institute for creating the MP3 codec. As we all know, MP3s, burning CDs and, more recently, legal downloads have turned the industry on its head and caused executives to starve inside of their ivory towers. Over in the UK, Universal is trying to right this wretched wrong by doing something a little different: they're going to be offering simple, stripped down CDs at a price that's competitive with the iTunes Music Store. The catch? (Come on, it's the record companies—there has to be a catch.) You'll end up paying about the same, or even more, than what you would pay now for regular CDs. That's right: Universal's grand strategy to winning back your hearts is to offer stripped down CDs for the price of regular CDs, defined as CDs that come in jewel cases and have a full booklet. Great thinking, guys! More »
home entertainment
Apple Lossless On the Way to iTunes?
Although some of us here at Gizmodo are near-deaf from spending way too much time in musical environments exceeding 130dB, we're still happy to hear the rumor that Apple will soon distribute tracks compressed in its Apple Lossless compression format on the iTunes Music Store. More »
home entertainment
ABC Uses iTunes To Debut Pilot
Apple must be doing something right, since yet another major network has decided to put more of its content on Apple's iTunes Music Store. The latest is ABC, which is debuting Kyle XY on the iTMS on June 20, a show about "a mysterious teenage savant who is devoid of such human instinctive behavior as anger, joy and love, and the family who found him." Sound like pure gold. Users will be able to download the first episode of the show for free from the iTMS, with later episodes, which start appearing after June 27, costing $1.99 per episode. More »
home entertainment
iTMS Adding NHL Hockey, More NBC Programs
As the NHL season heads into its 19th straight month of play, fans can now look forward to catching highlights of this year's playoff games on iTunes. Similar to the NBA before it, the NHL will be offering highlights of both conference finals as well as the finals proper via a "season pass" for $4.99 per series, or individual game highlights for $1.99 each. More »
rumors
Yet Another Video iPod Rumor
Gear Live's making some claims that due to a hidden video button in iTunes 5, there may be an upcoming video iPod announcement coming in November. We've speculated on video iPods for a couple years now, and frankly we're getting a little tired of the boy crying wolf. But maybe, just maybe, we'll get it this time. Or maybe we're just dumb optimists. More »
portable media
Whoopie! ITMS Japan Launched
So now Japan basically has everything cool we have and more. Japan, it seems, is Sony territory, and Steve Jobs is pretty excited about selling a few iPods here and there and maybe selling a track or two, depending on how the Japanese citizenry feels about things on any particular day. He doesn't want to insult anyone, obviously, and he really respects the market and all. So there you go, Japan. ITMS! Eat it up. Please don't ignore Apple. They need your pan-Asian market share. More »
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