Video: Exploring iTunes Movie Rentals
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As far as I'm concerned, the most important deal to come out of the annual Mac trade show was Apple's decision to offer movie rentals through its iTunes Store.
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Apple and News Corp. have signed an agreement to offer Twentieth Century Fox movies for rent through the iTunes Music Store, the Financial Times reported Thursday.Users would be able to download the latest Twentieth Century Fox movies from iTunes and view them for a limited time, the Financial Times reported, citing &quot;a person familiar with the situation.&quot;As part of the agreement, Twentieth Century Fox will use Apple&#39;s FairPlay digital rights management technology in future DVD releases, marking the first time someone other than Apple has used the technology, the report said. Using this technology would allow users to copy movies from a DVD onto an iPod, it said.The deal between Apple and Twentieth Century Fox will &quot;likely&quot; be announced on January 14 at the Macworld conference, the Financial Times said.Besides Twentieth Century Fox, Apple is holding similar talks about online movie rentals and FairPlay with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount and Warner Bros., the Financial Times said.Apple, which saw its share price top $200 for the first time on Wednesday, currently offers some movies from Walt Disney and other studios on iTunes, but these are only available for purchase, not for rent.
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If Apple decides to sell movie downloads, what is the magic price?
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Apple gets into the movie rental business, digitally.
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Here's an interesting Howto on connecting FlickrFan to the Mac desktop. I love this stuff.  Here's a movie that demonstrates this coolest of hacks.
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Apple Inc  and News Corp.'s   Twentieth Century Fox are set to announce a deal that  will allow consumers to rent movies through Apple's digital  iTunes Store, media reports said on Thursday.
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Investor's Business Daily - Macrovision is likely to get a boost from Apple's announcement Tuesday that it will add a movie downloading feature to its iTunes online music store.
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iTunes users might soon be able to download Fox movies, and Apple could also be ready to reverse its stance on licensing its FairPlay DRM, according to reports.
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The video rental company takes a pointed swipe at Netflix -- but will it matter?
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Netflix subscribers who have unlimited DVD rental plans will be able to stream as many movies and television shows as they want online for no additional charge. The step is seen as a response to Apple's expected launch of an online movie rental service.
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The new price of 99 cents per song sold online without copy protection puts Appleâs iTunes store closer in line with its rivals.
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As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced "one more thing" on Tuesday: movie downloads through iTunes. Customers will initially have access to 75 films, with more being added each week. For now, however, only movies from Disney will be offered.
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Available today with the free download of iTunes 7.6, iTunes Movie Rentals allows customers to rent movies for as little as $2.99 and watch them on their Macs or PCs, all current generation iPods, iPhone and Apple TV. Featuring movies from all the major movie studiosâ20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lionsgate and New Line CinemaâiTunes Movie Rentals is expected to offer more than 1,000 movie titles by the end of February, including over 100 titles featuring stunning high definition video with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. Movies can be rented directly from a widescreen TV using Apple TV.
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Apple is reportedly in talks to bring movie rentals to its iTunes store, with the company reportedly planning to offer rentals for $2.99 USD for 30 days.
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(InfoWorld) - Amazon.com unveiled the Unbox Video Store on Thursday, a direct rival to Apple's iTunes 24-7 video store, which allows U.S. users to buy or rent TV shows, movies and other video content from the Internet. Amazon Unbox is offering thousands of DVD-quality videos from over 30 movie and TV studios, which can be stored on up to two PCs and two portable video players at once, the company said. When a user downloads a movie or show, Unbox automatically sends a second download file optimized for Windows Media-compatible portable devices. It also keeps track of media purchases on a personal page at Amazon's Your Media Library, and acts as a backup, allowing users to download video purchases onto an additional PC. Unbox is one of many new services aimed at capturing the growing interest in downloading video from the Internet. The service will compete with similar video download stores such as Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes, and is a direct threat to traditional DVD services from companies such as Blockbuster Inc. and Netflix Inc. Users interested in trying Unbox can go toÂ http://www.amazon.com/unbox. Amazon Unbox is offering a $1.99 rebate on a user's first purchase, enough for one free TV show. But new users will have to enter their credit card information into the system first as part of the registration process, and then download the Amazon Unbox Video Player software. Unbox is charging between $7.99 and $14.99 for most movies, and rentals of the latest movies for $3.99. Videos can also be sent as a gift. The company's Unbox RemoteLoad technology enables users to buy video from one PC, such as their home computer, and download it to another, Amazon said. Apple Computer OS users can not shop at Unbox. The service only works on Microsoft's Windows XP. Users with older PCs may also find it difficult to meet Unbox's hardware requirements. At minimum, a PC needs a 1.5GHz microprocessor and 512MB of memory, such as DRAM (dynamic RAM), in addition to a DirectX compliant video (64MB) and sound card. Users must also have an Internet connection capable of sustained 800Kbps data transfer rates, Amazon said. Unbox is offering a host of special offers to attract new users. From Sept. 14 through Sept. 27, for example, all of the final, cliffhanger episodes from last season's "CSI," including Las Vegas, Miami and New York, will be on sale for just $0.01, to promote the launch of the new season for all three series. The company is also offering all 79 episodes of the original "Star Trek" series, including the original pilot. Some of the movies available on Unbox include "Inside Man," "Failure to Launch," "Walk the Line," and "V is for Vendetta," as well as classics such as "Ben Hur," and "Poseidon Adventure." Some of the major movie studios signed on with Unbox include Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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In anticipation of Apple's move into the video rental industry, Netflix is expanding subscribers' options for watching movies and TV shows online.
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Privately held Swarmcast, which  specializes in streaming video over Web connections, on Tuesday  unveiled a new application to accelerate video downloads from  Apple Inc.&#39;s popular iTunes store.