(sub. req.) Disney’s dealings with Apple are interesting but its connection with Pixar Animation Studios is close to vital — and a top prio… Read more »
Everyone has gotten excited by the recent filing of the trademark “Mobile Me” by Apple…far more than is warranted. It’s as if everyone wan… Read more »
Disney CFO Tom Staggs had a conference call with analysts earlier today (archived webcast here), and spoke at length about the company’s dea… Read more »
Work in progress. Apple Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs pre-released some earnings numbers during his keynote at Macworld Expo. Now we get the d… Read more »
If this claim is true, this has bigger implications: NBC’s show “The Office” delivered a 5.1, its highest ratings ever-last Thursday among a… Read more »
Comparing today’s iPods to home answering machines, Sun CEO ScotT McNealy predicts, “It’s going to be hard to sell a lot of iPods five years… Read more »
I spent a few minutes thinking about what kind of iPod/iTunes announcement Steve Jobs might make today — and a lot more wondering what the… Read more »
– Apple Wows Investors: Gene Munster, analyst, Piper Jaffray: “The iPod number was shocking.” Apple’s shares rose 5.5 percent, up $4.18 to… Read more »
Thanks, Engadget, for keeping us up-to-date during the live Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld SF. Here’s my own take now that I can watch the v… Read more »
The Steve Jobs Show at Macworld is running a tad late. Engadget, the Mac Observer and others are blogging live from the event — Apple isn’t… Read more »
Expect more content announcements tomorrow as MacWorld starts: for now, Apple will sell a limited number of archived “Saturday Night” skits… Read more »
The 2006 Macworld Expo, starting tomorrow in SF, will see a slew of major announcement from Apple, or so analysts expect. Among them, conten… Read more »
Some good news for RealNetworks after a dry spell…after several years of distributing Apple’s iTunes software with its new PCs, HP is shif… Read more »
Everyone and their peacock wants to be distributing their video through iTunes…and the wheeling-dealings on which TV network gets most con… Read more »
Music.com Now Offers Online Radio Stations Powered by Pandora’s Music Genome Project: Music.com users can create and share online radio stat… Read more »
I’ve been waiting for this one. I’d guess “Grey’s Anatomy” will be next if they can work out the rights kinks. Price: $1.99, just like the… Read more »
Apple has scrapped a project to sell ringtones via the iTunes store, although the reasons are unclear.
“iRingTones”, as we’ll call it, inte… Read more »
MacWorld Expo is on the horizon and the rumor mills are nearing full steam.
– Apple’s Eye on DVR for Mac Mini: Kaan Yigit, analyst, Solutio… Read more »
NBC Universal will be making more announcements soon about making additional shows available for download via iTunes, NBC U Television Group… Read more »
Disney SVP/CFO Tom Staggs told investors and analysts at CSFB that iTunes has sold some 800,000 downloads of ABC’s “Lost” and “Desperate Hou… Read more »
Take that, Bob Iger. NBC Universal sees Disney’s bet and raises it with a major iTunes content deal: 11 primetime, late-night, cable and “Vi… Read more »
Well, both Fox and Clear Channel want to, for distribution of video and audio:
– Fox: Fox Filmed Entertainment is open to a deal with iTune… Read more »
– Downloads of the Dead are Not Dead Yet: Trying to back away from what charitably can be termed a debacle, the Grateful Dead is allowing t… Read more »
One great way to get some consumer-press publicity these days — make it easy for content to be viewed on video iPods. Internet video start-… Read more »
Code-named Kaleidescope, according to Think Secret, “Apple’s Mac mini will be reborn as the digital hub centerpiece it was originally concei… Read more »
I’m sure Apple may have some issues with it, but this is nifty…shows you the video economy which can develop around iPod and other portabl… Read more »
Some TV networks are incensed at Tivo’s move to announce a service to take shows on portable devices like iPod and PSP, and are mulling lega… Read more »
Talk about potentially disruptive technology … TiVo is adapting its TiVoToGo software, currently designed only for Windows Mobile Portable… Read more »
EMI chief executive Alain Levy has been quoted as saying that he discussed the issue of a single 99c price point for downloaded music with S… Read more »
Sounds like EMI and Apple may have a failure to communicate monolingually. EMI says its upcoming CDs copy protected with Macrovision technol… Read more »
Not necessarily a statement of fact, but so says EMI Music CEO Alain Levy…he said EMI had discussed the issue with Steve Jobs and believed… Read more »
Not much in Audible’s Q3 10-Q (filed last week) besides the numbers, but some points about the relationship with Apple iTunes and revenues f… Read more »
While I was working on a mobile content/tech piece for Sports Business Journal, I kept hearing about another reporter looking at the sports… Read more »
Maybe, just maybe, there’s a business in portable video after all. If Steve Jobs had listened to, well, last year’s Steve Jobs, he wouldn’t… Read more »
Washingtonpost.com may be the first site without a strong TV tie-in to make video available via iTunes. Unlike Disney, this is no fancy deal… Read more »
iTunes VP Eddy Cue frames the launch of iTunes Australia as a new offensive in that country’s battle against illegal P2P. Downplaying to ZDN… Read more »
The rumors were true…the site is here. Music downloads will be $1.69 AUD per song, or about $1.20 US, with videos costing $3.39 AUD and mo… Read more »
Not that it was unexpected: As many as six times more customers are returning the [Apple iTunes] Rokr phones than is normal for new handset… Read more »