Fox and Disney iTunes Movie Rentals, 24 Hours Only?
Variety cites studio sources and confirms previous reports that Apple will be announcing iTunes movie rentals at Macworld San Francisco 2008.
They also report that both Fox and Disney have signed on to provide movies for the new iTunes movie rental service. Variety, however, expects rental costs between $2 to $5 for only a 24 hour period. This is a significantly shorter window than earlier rumors which reported 30-day rentals. Variety does not cite specific sources for its pricing information, so could represent speculation.
Apple will be kicking off Macworld San Francisco with a keynote address on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008.
They also report that both Fox and Disney have signed on to provide movies for the new iTunes movie rental service. Variety, however, expects rental costs between $2 to $5 for only a 24 hour period. This is a significantly shorter window than earlier rumors which reported 30-day rentals. Variety does not cite specific sources for its pricing information, so could represent speculation.
Apple will be kicking off Macworld San Francisco with a keynote address on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008.
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54 months ago
It's probably just like the Xbox Live movie rental service, with a 30 day time limit on the download, which turns into 24 hours after you start watching the movie.
54 months ago
Fox, eh? 1-day rentals, eh?
Anyone remember DIVX?
(No, not the video codec)
Anyone remember DIVX?
(No, not the video codec)
54 months ago
that's a terrible deal for that price
thats pretty much what Comcast charges for their movies on OnDemand :/
54 months ago
It's probably just like the Xbox Live movie rental service, with a 30 day time limit on the download, which turns into 24 hours after you start watching the movie.
Yeah, I hate that idea too, but I can see it happening that way. 30 days would be excellent, but a bit unrealistic to hope for I feel. If its $5 for NEW movies, I'm sorry that's just a laugh. It's like these studios don't WANT to make money or something. If it was $1.99 for new releases AND old releases, they'd be making money HAND over FIST, and not losing anything for it. Right now, its like they like giving Redbox and Netflix the money instead. Silly. --Though, its probably all that "on-demand" cable money interfering with things now. I don't have cable, so I couldn't care less about those.~ CB
54 months ago
thats pretty much what Comcast charges for their movies on OnDemand :/
Yep and so does Time Warner...And to me thats just great! 24 hours to watch a movie I will only see once...
If I want to see the movie more, I'll go buy the DVD....
And I believe thats what the industry wants consumers to do...
54 months ago
30 days did seem far too long for only $2.99. I think 7-10 days would be a good amount of time for rental.
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