Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal - Valleywag Comments

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

Owen Thomas — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:31:55 PST

@hungarian33: As we mentioned, Disney bought Pixar from Jobs.

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

Netterly — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:31:54 PST

The article mentions that Netflix and Amazon has foundered, but I suspect (unmentioned) CinemaNow.com's sizable adult content library subsidizes the more "legit" family entertainment library they offer. Perhaps the combination of Appie TV and a widely used, well executed UI (iTunes) will help, but I'm not convinced that this pay-for-play model - apart for adult entertainment - is viable. Good luck to them, though, always nice to have more legal channels for online content!

Netterly

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

Jordan Golson — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:42:11 PST

@Ireland: @Brian Lam: Ow! OK, my arm is broken from patting myself on the back. Apologies, apologies...

Jordan Golson

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

hungarian33 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:11:29 PST

i also heard that apple and pixar might be on together, it used to be owned by Jobs. This article is great, and I posted it on my blog with extra comments, [www.opentopix.com]

hungarian33

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

originalanalog — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:40:08 PST

This makes total sense for Apple. Rentals could be the trojan horse for both the Apple TV and to get more users going to iTunes for video. Once he can get the studios into bed, it's just a matter of time before they will allow video purchases. I can eventually see season passes on TV - this won't threaten DVD sales. This may not seem like a huge announcement now, but it should lead to really cool opportunities down the road.

originalanalog

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

Rusdude — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:34:13 PST

I think this may not be good news for Vudu (of which I am a user). If Apple manages to deal their way into same or better terms (more titles, less restrictions on viewing times, faster availability, etc.), Vudu would be wise to add media extender functionality to their unit so it could compete with Apple TV.

Rusdude

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

Brian Lam — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:42:50 PST

@Deprong Mori: True. What VW should have taken credit for is spotting this story pretty quick. I don't like the patting on own back they do either. Just saying. Great find, Jordan! Spliced to Giz.

Brian Lam

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

gyakuzuki — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:42:28 PST

dear steve,
now that you seem to be ready to let me rent movies, can I please rent songs on itunes? i'm sick of stealing them from limewire and would like to pay money but my catalog is, like, massive, and to pay a buck for each tune would bankrupt me. I'll pay $20 per month.
namaste,
gyaku

gyakuzuki

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

Deprong Mori — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:32:19 PST

@johnnypotatoes:

Actually, Ireland has been right each time. It would be hard to sustain that sort of accuracy after hundreds or thousands of posts, but the fact the he/she has nailed it on two threads is unsurprising.

Deprong Mori

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

johnnypotatoes — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:58:18 PST

So far you've posted here three times, Ireland. Each post is nasty and/or angry. Problems?

johnnypotatoes

Apple and 20th Century Fox strike digital movie rental deal

Ireland — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:04:31 PST

"We mentioned the possibility of Apple setting up a movie rental service back in November." Gosh such visionaries, wow. Everybody mentioned that, don't dare try and take credit for that one.

Ireland