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Apple Ends TV Episode Rentals, Sticks with Purchases

Chris Burns, Aug 26th 2011 Discuss [5]

If you're one of the 10 people in the world that actually simply rented a bunch of television shows from iTunes over the last year or so, you're going to need a tissue. Apple has decided to pull the plug on all TV show rentals from iTunes, leaving only two options for the viewing of TV-related media: the purchase of individual episodes or the "Season Pass" for a year of your favorite show. This should come as no shock to the public, but does point toward a couple of future options for Apple as far as how they handle television content, the first being the relatively new "iTunes in the Cloud" service we first saw a few months ago. Read The Full Story

iTunes Replay mired in studio negotiations say sources

Chris Davies, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [3]

Reports that Apple will imminently offer re-downloads and streaming access to purchased movie and TV show content as part of an iTunes Replay system are premature, new sources have suggested, amid claims that in fact the Cupertino company is yet to secure most of the necessary licensing agreements. So far, deals with at least four of the six top film studios are yet to be inked, CNET's sources tell them, leaving an iTunes Replay launch several months off, in all probability. Read The Full Story

Orange Film To Go offers free iTunes movie rental each week

Chris Davies, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

UK carrier Orange is offering its customers a free iTunes movie rental each week, in a new promotion called Orange Film To Go. Offering a pre-selected title each Thursday, which can be accessed via either texting for a code or using Orange's new app, the rental is a standard iTunes download which can be started any time over the following 30 days (though expires 48hrs after first being played). Read The Full Story

iTunes Replay to offer TV/movie re-downloads, maybe streaming, imminently

Chris Davies, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [1]

Apple's streaming ambitions are again under the microscope, with rumors of an iTunes Replay service that would allow TV shows and movies to be re-downloaded and, potentially, streamed to an Apple TV. Working much as iCloud will for music purchases, AppAdvice suggests, iTunes Replay will apparently give users access to content they bought through iTunes as far back as January 1 2009. Read The Full Story

Super Ball Escape HD is free for iPad this week

Shane McGlaun, Jul 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you have an iPad and like video games on the device Super Ball Escape HD may be a title you want to check out. Playlithium is the company behind the game and it claims that the app has been downloaded over 500,000 times so far. The game is normally a few bucks to download. This week only you can grab the game at no cost on iTunes. Read The Full Story

Apple scoops Entourage Special for iTunes: who needs DVD? [Video]

Chris Davies, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

With HBO's Entourage beginning its final season this weekend, we can't blame you if you're wanting to catch up on the action so far and perhaps reminisce a little over your favorite characters. Apple has again shown the growing might of digital by scooping the Season 7 DVD to get a specially-cut "Hollywood Sunset: A Farewell Tribute to Entourage" special, available through iTunes. Read The Full Story

iTunes 10.4 and iWork 6 Updates Released For OS X Lion Full-Screen Support

Rue Liu, Jul 20th 2011 Discuss [3]

Apple has just released an update for iTunes bringing it up to version 10.4 along with an update for iWorks to version 6. This comes shortly after the major release today of Apple's Mac OS X Lion, which ushers in over 250 new features, including support for full-screen apps. That particular feature is what the iTunes update addresses. Read The Full Story

Google+ For iPhone Now The Top Free App In iTunes

Rue Liu, Jul 20th 2011 Discuss [4]

The Google+ for iPhone app was released yesterday and it's already hit the top of the list for the most popular free apps in the iTunes App Store. This is fascinating since Google+ is limited to the invite-only beta users currently on the network. That number was announced as 10 million last week during Google's earnings call, but is now estimated to be at 18 million. Read The Full Story

CNN Touts First 24-hour Streaming Mobile News Network, For Some, Not All

Chris Burns, Jul 18th 2011 Discuss [4]

The folks at CNN can be proud today to call themselves the first ever news network to have fully active 24-hour streaming news via both new-world sources. The news team at CNN have CNN.com for anyone to view a 24-hour stream via their web browser at the same time as having Apple iOS apps for both iPhone and iPod Touch as well as iPad, all of these starting on July 18th, that being the day this post was published. This makes CNN Worldwide the very first news organization to stream its linear television channels online and via mobile devices owned by those who subscribe to a multi-channel video service. Read The Full Story

Apple iTunes HD+ 1080p Movies Coming In September?

Rue Liu, Jul 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

New reports have surfaced that suggest Apple may begin testing a limited selection of 1080p HD movies on iTunes. Up unil now, most Apple products max out at HD 720p (1280 x 720) and the existing Apple TV even downscales 1080p content to 720p. But all this could change come this fall. Read The Full Story