iTunes movie rental fire gets a poke: Warner Bros, Fox, Disney, Paramount and Lionsgate all on board?

January 09th, 2008 | Category: Gadget News

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Rumors have been swirling that Apple will be offering movie rentals by iTunes for weeks now. Now it would seem that Warner Bros have joined Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Lionsgate and Paramount in the initial launch. that, according to sources speaking anonymously to Bloomberg. The announcement is expected to be made

on January 15th according to the report, presumably during Jobs’ MacWorld keynote. Both new releases and older titles will rent for $3.99 for 24 hours. Bloomberg’s sources additionally indicate that Fox may join as a supplier of movie downloads. While the details may change, an iTunes rental service announcement on Tuesday seems a near certainty given the recent multi-source, confluence of documents.

[Via Appleinsider]

Thomas Ricker

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