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iTunes Announces Same-Day DVD Releases

By soulxtc

Could the country's largest music retailer soon become the country's largest DVD retailer? Since Apple first launched its online movie rental service back in January it has suffered from a combination of selection and availability. First it was the number of major and independent movie studios who made their libraries available, which has since been resolved, and then it was the 30-day lag time between a movie's release to DVD and it's offering for purchase - not merely rental - on iTunes, a policy which has been announced will change starting today. For Apple announced this morning that new movie releases will be available for purchase on the iTunes on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and catalog titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).