http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=3801That was quick, wasn't it? On 12th October Apple made videos available on iTunes, to tie-in with the launch of the 5th generation iPod, which features video playback support (but don't call it a video iPod, or hardcore iFanatics will lynch you). As the month closes, Apple has announced 1 million video downloads from iTunes.
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Wow that was startlingly quick. Does this offer a legal alternative to TV series like Desperate Housewives as opposed to the illegal popular way with torrents? No wonder its done so well... because I know that 1 million video iPods haven't been sold
Bollocks read the story wrong...dont mind me.
Originally Posted by TheAnimus
Gorgeous,
Why not say exactly what you mean?
Bottom line here, of course, is that if you have the latest iTunes installed - Mac or Windows - and fancy downloading some legal videos, Apple's going to sell them to you, and you can watch them on your computer even if you don't have a video-capable iPod.
Currently, Apple's real strength is in music videos (at £1.89 per song), but I'd be massively surprised if the company wasn't able, worldwide, to do deals soon with a whole lot of TV companies for the sort of TV-programme downloads it's already made available in the States.
I'm usually VERY cynical about Apple - and that's unlikely to change - but have to say that I think the company has likely hit on a goldmine of unmet demand for legal video downloads, and will really start creaming it when it's able to tie up deals with TV companies and, quite possibly, with movie companies that are willing to have their stuff distributed this way, too.
Bob
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