June 11, 2007 at 19:29Video from iTunes Movie for $ 2.99 per month for rent?
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FinancialTimes reports that Apple is currently negotiating with Hollywood studios to launch a new service that provides rental video content, that is, video on demand.
For $ 2.99 per month, the user can download the movie to his computer, and then later transfer it once to another medium, such as an iPhone or iPod.
If Apple manages to sign agreements with a large number of studios, then the user will get access to a huge exclusive content. At the moment, agreements have already been signed with Walt Disney and Paramount. However, the rest are still shying away from entering into agreements, because they fear for the fall of regular DVD sales due to the release of films in digital form using video-on-demand technology.
Despite these statements by some, Apple still plans to launch its project in the fall. This will be their video-on-demand debut.
The cost of one video will be $ 2.99 per month. A special kind of DRM technology will allow you to download video once and only on one medium for a period of a month.
One company also said that Apple’s entry into this market would be a huge blow to corporations that provide video-on-demand for home users. Companies like Comcast and DirecTV will be under attack. There are also many portals that provide these services and online - Microsoft's Xbox Live, Movielink and Unbox. But Apple still has a user base far exceeding the base of the above companies.
Other large companies like Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros and Disney declined to comment on Apple's statement.
And we can only say that if Apple enters this market, then the company will win a huge niche in this area.
For $ 2.99 per month, the user can download the movie to his computer, and then later transfer it once to another medium, such as an iPhone or iPod.
If Apple manages to sign agreements with a large number of studios, then the user will get access to a huge exclusive content. At the moment, agreements have already been signed with Walt Disney and Paramount. However, the rest are still shying away from entering into agreements, because they fear for the fall of regular DVD sales due to the release of films in digital form using video-on-demand technology.
Despite these statements by some, Apple still plans to launch its project in the fall. This will be their video-on-demand debut.
The cost of one video will be $ 2.99 per month. A special kind of DRM technology will allow you to download video once and only on one medium for a period of a month.
One company also said that Apple’s entry into this market would be a huge blow to corporations that provide video-on-demand for home users. Companies like Comcast and DirecTV will be under attack. There are also many portals that provide these services and online - Microsoft's Xbox Live, Movielink and Unbox. But Apple still has a user base far exceeding the base of the above companies.
Other large companies like Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros and Disney declined to comment on Apple's statement.
And we can only say that if Apple enters this market, then the company will win a huge niche in this area.