mudimba writes “Apple and Twentieth Century Fox are about to announce a deal so as to permit customers to appoint Fox films over iTunes. The deal will allow people to obtain motion pictures with a view to only play for a limited amount of time. ‘Pali research analyst Stacey Widlitz said the deal follows a trend of Hollywood studios promoting immediately to customers and slicing out the intermediary. “it is only a signal the studios feel … that some other distribution channel is the place they are choosing to head, and incrementally it hurts Blockbuster and Netflix,” Widlitz stated.'”
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