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Disney Sold 1.3 Million Movies on iTunes, Other Studios to Follow?

Friday February 2, 2007 4:47 am PST by Arnold Kim
Financial Times reports that Disney has reached 1.3 million movie sales on iTunes after three months. Disney's chief executive, Bob Iger, claims that digital distribution is "creating more consumption of media" rather than cannibalizing DVD sales, which some traditional retailers have feared.

Target and Wal-Mart reportedly expressed concerns about Apple's entry into the online movie sales on the effect of traditional DVD sales.

Since the original launch of movie sales in September 2006, Paramount Pictures added their movies to the iTunes Store in January 2007.
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macintel4me
66 months ago
That's an impressive about of movies sold. Go Apple and I'll ditch my cable company!
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zwida
66 months ago
Here's hoping the next few months bring some depth and breadth to the catalog. Amazing that they've done as well as they have given the limited current offerings.

And I can't wait to start downloading over N.
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Scarlet Fever
66 months ago
i wonder how many have been sold on iTS outside of the States? :rolleyes:
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Shagrat
66 months ago

Here's hoping the next few months bring some depth and breadth to the catalog. Amazing that they've done as well as they have given the limited current offerings.

And I can't wait to start downloading over N.


and i can't wait to see ANY movies on iTunes UK.

Oh, I'll probably have to.
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Shagrat
66 months ago

i wonder how many have been sold on iTS outside of the States? :rolleyes:


Dang it, you beat me to the punch!
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MacBoobsPro
66 months ago
I always knew it wouldn't canibalise the dvd market. Even before iTS I hardly bought DVDs but I buy loads of movies from iTunes. :)

Just need a bigger HD now :D
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mikeinternet
66 months ago

That's an impressive about of movies sold. Go Apple and I'll ditch my cable company!


for real! why pay around 75 bucks a month for cable movie channel package. when you can download just what you want to see? just need to get all the other movie companies on board.

...dream sequence...and then make them ALL available streaming. so you can watch any movie/show ever made at anytime with no commercials. of course this should be offered at a revolutionary cheap price. maybe just through it in with a .mac account.
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bbergie
66 months ago
Other studios to follow? How about other international iTunes Music Stores receiving the capacity to offer TV shows and movies? Yet another announcement that I'm waiting for from Apple.
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jelloshotsrule
66 months ago

i wonder how many have been sold on iTS outside of the States? :rolleyes:


yeah seriously. and we all realize apple is holding out on this simply because they hate other countries. after all, why else would they hold out on getting access to more people and therefore drawing more people and making more money? must be xenophobia!! :rolleyes: :p
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Queso
66 months ago

yeah seriously. and we all realize apple is holding out on this simply because they hate other countries. after all, why else would they hold out on getting access to more people and therefore drawing more people and making more money? must be xenophobia!! :rolleyes: :p

Or more likely apathy.
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