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news.cnet.com - 12/10/2008

TV has license to kill movies at iTunes, Netflix

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CBS was one of the first TV broadcasters to lock up a lucrative broadcast license for the Wizard of Oz . (Credit: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer) Apple is an Internet retailer and Netflix is a Web video rental service, but Hollywood treats them as if they are potential competitors to TV broadcasters. ...

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AppleInsider:  TV deals causing movies to disappear from iTunes Store

MacMagazine:  Explicada a indisponibilidade de alguns filmes na iTunes Store (que também afeta a Netflix)

I4U News:  Movies Disappear at iTunes and Netflix Thanks to TV

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TV deals causing movies to disappear from iTunes Store
AppleInsider — ... purchase or rental. There was also no sign of them anywhere on the store. For the most part, the releases were fairly new titles, such as Atonement, Charlie Wilson’s War, Eastern Promises, and Michael Clayton . Essentially, they're movies that were released in theaters last year, have since made their way to DVD, and are now in line to turn up on pay-per-view and premium television stations. What's happening, CNet News.com explains in a new report, is that Apple and Netflix are being affected by "release windows," an industry term used to describe a period of time in ...

Explicada a indisponibilidade de alguns filmes na iTunes Store (que também afeta a Netflix)
MacMagazine — ... , agora está explicado: a razão de alguns filmes terem desaparecido da iTunes Store (e da Netflix, também) são contratos de licenciamento entre estúdios e a Apple, diz a CNET News. ...

Movies Disappear at iTunes and Netflix Thanks to TV
I4U News — ... buys rights to a film and says it doesn’t want iTunes or Netflix offering streaming rentals of the films, which is what happens. As long as iTunes and Netflix aren’t making a significant profit for studios, this will be how it is. The real rub is that as long as streaming services don’t have enough films to make them attractive to watchers, they can't get more popular and bring in more revenue. This all looks like a way to limit the growth of streaming rental services to me. Via CNET News Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...