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Apple Unveils Music-Themed Movie Push
November 03, 2009 - Digital and Mobile By Antony Bruno, Denver Apple today will launch a new marketing and promotional effort designed to drive music buyers to music-themed movies in its video store. The most visible change to the iTunes service will be a Music Movies landing page dedicated to ...
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Apple gets into music-related movie sales through iTunes
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... Apple also plans to “negotiate exclusive access to new music-themed movies to make them available for home distribution on iTunes before the physical DVD makes its way to retail shelves or rental stores,” reports Billboard. ...

Apple launches iTunes Music Movies with exclusive content
AppleInsider — ... movies on the iTunes Store with a new landing page, a place the company plans to fill with exclusive content. The new Music Movies section currently promotes the documentary "It Might Get Loud," featuring guitarists Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White. iTunes will offer the film from Dec. 8 through Dec. 22 before anyone else. Currently available is a concert film featuring the Kings of Leon, an iTunes exclusive from Nov. 3 through Nov. 10. According to Billboard , Apple aims to negotiate exclusive early access to more music-themed movies and promote them through the Music ...

News: Apple planning Music Movies push on iTunes
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... in the iTunes Store’s Movies section, ahead of a broader push that will see the company attempting to negotiate exclusive access to new music-themed movies to make them available on iTunes prior to the physical DVD release. Billboard reports that the first such exclusive will be for It Might Get Loud , a documentary about guitarists Jimmy Page, Jack White, and The Edge; iTunes will offer it from December 8-22, before any other outlet, and pre-orders are available now. Another exclusive is the Kings of Leon concert film Kings of Leon, Live at the O2 . In addition, Apple is ...

Apple launches Music Movies on iTunes
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Apple also plans to negotiate early access to music-themed movies and is trying to make the content available for download long before it is available in stores. ...

Apple Launches “Music Movies” on iTunes
The iPhone Blog — Apple has launched a new sub-section of iTunes devoted to music movies. Why music movies? It seems like while iTunes sells a lot of music, they’re not yet selling as much video and Apple seems to think they can use the music tie-in to promote the movies. (We’ll spare you the iTunes LP-esque “and it will look great on an iTablet!” line this time. Whoops.) According to Billboard: One of the first exclusives is “It Might Get Loud,” the documentary about guitar gods Jimmy Page, ...

iTunes Moves Into Music Movies
EverythingiCafe — ... Apple has rolled out a new “Music Movies” page on iTunes, filled with back stage videos, concerts, documentaries, musicals, and films with a strong music link (think Staying Alive). The movies’ purchase price ranges from $5-$15, in general. According to Billboard.biz, Apple is also trying to get rights to music related content before it comes on DVD. If Cupertino succeeds in this endeavour, it will be interesting to see if they try and arrange something similar for feature films. Being able to get a movie on iTunes before it hits DVD is one less reason ...

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