Tag: Itunes
Apple iTunes to sell TV shows to Europe from the spring
Apple may begin selling TV shows to Europe from the spring, according to Luxembourg's economic minister Jeannot Krecke, who said that Apple had been in talks with Luxembourg authorities for several months. "Apple is going to extend its electronic retail…
Apple faces legal action from EU nations over iTunes lock-in
Apple is coming under increasing pressure from several EU nations who want to force the company to unlock its iTunes software to make it operable with third-party (ie not iPod) MP3 players. Organisations representing France, Germany, Finland, and Norway, are…
Major record labels to ditch copy protection for digital downloads?
The music industry has spent this week living it up in Cannes at the MIDEM conference, and there are some intriguing rumours coming out as a result. Pick of the bunch is the notion that within the next few months,…
NexTune launches desktop music player that cracks Apple's iTunes DRM
Everyone knows you can't play the songs you've downloaded from the iTunes Music Store in any other application, right? Well, unless you burn them to a CD and then re-rip them, of course. But US firm NexTune says its new…
Apple aiming for 10 million iPhone sales in 2008
So, Apple announced its 'fiscal first quarter' results yesterday for the last three months of 2006. The key news was that the company shifted over 21 million iPods, which is 50% up on the same period in 2005. In the…
Beatles songs on iTunes? Rumours mount of Superbowl announcement
You can't buy any Beatles songs on iTunes at the moment: they're the last big band to hold out, mainly due to their Apple label's lawsuit with, er, Apple. However, that could be about to change, with strong rumours that…
Beatles may allow iTunes to sell latest album
In an interesting twist, Apple Corps may allow Apple to sell the latest Beatles album on iTunes, according to Fortune magazine. Though both companies have declined to confirm any negotiations yet, it could see both "Love" and the back catalogue…
Goombah music discovery community goes live today
A new community driven music discovery service called Goombah has come out of its beta testing phase today and is now live to sign up to. It's a free desktop application for both PC and Mac that analyses your iTunes…
Bookbytes launches 15 minute audio business books on iTunes and Audible
Bookbytes, who publish 10-15 minute audio books that summarise a range of business books, have teamed up with Audible.co.uk to make their products available at both Apple's iTunes Store and at Audible's site. Bookbytes feature a range of renowned business…
Beatles music catalogue going online… soon
An EMI chief has suggested that The Beatles may well let songs from their extensive music catalogue go online, sometime soon. There aren't many more details at present, but you can probably imagine that Apple's iTunes could be some way…
