ITunes Movie Rentals and Netflix Online: Different Markets
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The movie download offering from Netflix only offers older movies, so it is not a direct competitor to the new iTunes movie rental service, which emphasizes new releases.
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Now that Apple has conquered the online music arena with iTunes and its iPod, is it ready to do the same for movies?
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I noted yesterday that there seems to be some media fanfare surrounding Amazon's launch of a digital book tablet. It occurred to me that the markets surrounding media such as books, music and movies bear more than a passing resemblance to financial markets, and as such, perhaps they were amenable to a similar method of analysis. Being the owner of a sizable collection of paper books, this led me to consider the drawbacks one faces when Digital Rights Management restrictions are put in place.
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Apple Inc and Twentieth Century Fox  are set to announce a deal that will allow consumers to rent  Fox movies through Apple's digital iTunes Store, according to  media reports on Thursday.
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Apple and 20th Century Fox are to announce a deal that will allow people to rent films via iTunes, reports say.
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Online DVD rental company Netflix  Inc on Tuesday said it is considering a broad range of options  as part of its strategy to allow subscribers to download movies  from the Internet.
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Millions of us flip on the TV set after a hard day's work. But a large and growing number reach instead for the power buttons on their home computers. They buy the latest tunes over the Internet, through services like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store, or rent films through services like CinemaNow. The flicks sit on their hard drives, ...
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In an obvious attempt to attract its rival's customers to its own online movie rental service, Blockbuster will let Netflix subscribers with a Blockbuster membership rent movies from its stores for free through December 21.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. is lowering the price of its two most popular subscription plans by a $1 per month, relinquishing millions of dollars in revenue in an attempt to regain the upper hand in a cutthroat battle with Blockbuster Inc.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES  - Netflix Inc will not cutits price for online DVD rentals to match lower fees set onWednesday by rival Blockbuster Inc.  in an escalatingbattle for online subscribers, Netflix Chief Executive ReedHastings said.
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Available as a free automatic download later this month, the new software announced today lets movie fans rent movies on the iTunes Store directly from their widescreen TV. With iTunes Movie Rentals and Apple TVâand with no computer requiredâcustomers can effortlessly rent movies just by clicking a button on their remote. By the end of February, theyâll be able to choose from a catalog of more than 1,000 titles, including over 100 titles in stunning high definition video with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. DVD-quality iTunes Movie Rentals cost just $2.99 for library titles and $3.99 for new releases. High-definition versions are just one dollar more with library titles at $3.99 and new releases at $4.99.
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Steve Jobs reveals that iTunes will offer downloadable movies, and provided a sneak peek of a media box that will stream movies, music and TV shows from a nearby computer to the living room TV. Plus:
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Apple Inc  and Twentieth  Century Fox are set to announce a deal that will allow  consumers to rent Fox movies through Apple's digital iTunes  Store, according to media reports on Thursday.
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Apple makes it easy to (legally) download films. But it faces stiff competition
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Apple's new video-rental service requires a late-model iPod or iPhone, customers have discovered. Video rentals from iTunes won't play on iPods that predate the latest models, released in September 2007.
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Online movie rental war in the United States is heating up between the world&#39;s largest movie rental chain Blockbuster and the number one online movie rental service, Netflix.
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Blockbuster for your iPod More details are emerging of the deal to make Fox films and TV shows available for rent through Apple's iTunes service.â¦