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06/28/2006, 11:05am, EDT
Wednesday, June 28th
iTunes movie downloads to falter?
A new poll suggests that most internet consumers are uninterested in purchasing movies online for $9.99. Apple has been lobbying Hollywood to offer full-length movies via its iTunes Music Store, asking for fixed-rate pricing of $9.99 per movie in an effort to replicate the simple pricing structure of its musical offerings. The question posed in the iTWire online poll read: "Would you pay $9.99 for a movie download?" The response sample totaled fewer than 300 people, and while 19.4 percent of those queried answered yes, a majority of 80.6 percent said they would not pay just under $10 for a movie download. Hollywood is resisting Apple's attempts to negotiate flat-rate pricing for movie downloads. The Cupertino-based company proved victorious over record labels with music pricing on iTunes in the recent past, but movie companies must maintain relationships with cinema chains.
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Movie downloads need to be in full res or even hd and be burnable to a disk. I have a feeling Apple won't provide either. I was looking forward to Apple's Tivo competitor but it looks like their leaning more towards an iTunes pay per movie solution.
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At $9.99 I can't help but think that they would want it to play back on a 30" LCD and be able to make a copy onto a dvd disc.
The challenge is file size. I think Apple knows that no one will pay $9.99 for a movie that is ONLY good on iPods and low res crt's/LCD's
1. The movie was HD. 2. The movie could be converted to play on the iPod. 3. The movie could be burned to a DVD at least once. I have no interest in watching a movie on my computer.
Otherwise I will just buy the DVD.
As it is the rules for iTunes are to strict. I lost my connection to iTunes when downloading a set of songs from an iTunes FFXI gift card. None of the songs were transferred and Apple WON'T let me "redownload" them. meh
TV shows & sports are where it's at. I'm amazed Apple didn't cash in on the World Cup through iTMS, watching the game/highlights on the commute to work is a given! Euro ex-pats alone are a huge market!
McD