NBC Universal ends contract with iTunes
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NBC Universal has decided not to renew  its contract to sell television shows on iTunes, becoming the  second major media company to challenge Apple Inc's   dominance in digital entertainment.
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NBC Universal announced plans for a service to make popular NBC programs available free for computers and other devices.
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NBC Universal has reached a deal  for online retailer Amazon.com Inc  to sell television  show downloads, it said on Tuesday, just days after the media  company pulled the plug on a contract with Apple Inc's  iTunes.
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The EU antitrust investigation into Apple has ended after the company agreed to reduce the price of music downloads.
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Taxing the hardware? Column Earlier this month, Universal Music Group (UMG) - the world's largest record company with acts like U2 and Jay-Z - decided not to renew its contract with Apple's iTunes music store. Universal will continue to supply iTunes its vast catalogue but may cancel that supply at any time. In the company's own words, "Universal Music Group will now market its music to iTunes in an 'at will' capacity, as it does with its other retail partners."â¦
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RealNetworks Inc. is ending its 49 cent-per-song music download service but will keep the promotional prices in place for top 10 songs, the Internet media and software company said on Thursday.
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NBC is pulling the plug on its comedy "The Men's Room."
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RealNetworks Inc. is ending a temporary promotion that slashed the price of its downloadable songs to 49 cents, but bargain hunters will still be able to find some deals at its online music store.
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Goodbye, $1.99 iTunes. Hello, free NBC rentals.
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Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, has declined to sign a long-term deal with Apple Inc.'s  iTunes music store, leaving open the possibility for exclusive deals with other services, an industry source said on Sunday.
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News Corp. will not pull its television shows from Apple's iTunes as rival media group NBC Universal has done over a pricing dispute, President Peter Chernin said in an interview on Tuesday.
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While other networks are battling Apple over pricing for TV show downloads in the iTunes Store, CBS has announced that it will stick with iTunes.
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Apple Inc. has agreed to scrap its online pricing policies across Europe for its iTunes music downloads
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Come December, popular NBC shows like Battlestar Galactica and The Office will no longer be available through the iTunes Store, after NBC (the No. 1 supplier of digital videos to iTunes) decides not to renew its contract with Apple. The decision follows Universal music's shunning of the iTunes Store and announcement of the upcoming Hulu, NBC Universal's own stab at online television.
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Apple escalated a dispute with NBC Universal over the pricing of television shows by announcing it would not sell any of NBCâs programs for this fall season on iTunes.
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Though neither side is calling it a quid pro quo, Apple Inc. has agreed to drop the price of iTunes music downloads in the U.K. and, in return, the European Union's antitrust agency ended its probe into the U.S. company's pricing practices.
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Apple Inc. and the Beatles ended their dispute over rights to use the Apple name and logos, potentially clearing the way for the company to distribute the group's music through its iTunes online store.