Briefly: 125K Disney movies from iTunes
updated 04:00 pm EDT, Tue September 19, 2006
Disney sees $50m revenue
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Huh???
09/19, 04:20pm reply
Is this a case of "it's new let's try it" or does Apple really have a money making service on its hand.
kerryb
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Crucial 2GB is entrysweep
09/19, 04:22pm reply
"Three (3) winners will be selected in a random drawing on September 20, 2006, from among all eligible entries received."
iPodnn made it seem like a giveaway by not saying that it's an entry.
Eccent
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$8/movie
09/19, 07:28pm reply
So Disney got $8 for each download for doing what exactly? I assume they provided the video file to Apple, but after that they did next to nothing. No disc to press, no packaging, no shipping, no retail space, no messy returns of defective product, little if any marketing.
How much profit is there in DVD sales? How long before other studios realize it's the easiest $8 they'll ever make?
ender
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Exactly what Iger said!
09/19, 09:58pm reply
That's exactly what Iger (Disney's new CEO) said the other day. Unlike Eisner (who treated download business as rogue pirate operation), Iger is totally on board with the download model. He (correctly) sees it as another avenue for growth. He also (smartly) explained why Disney is only on iTunes and not on others (UnBox anyone?). It's all about the right amount of DRM, smooth, integrated end-to-end solution, etc. With Napster on the auction block, it's clear who's the long-term player in the industry. Give it five more weeks and other studios will figure it out too.
vasic
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I wonder about Amazon...
09/20, 12:15pm reply
It would be interesting to see comparitive numbers to Amazon's move download start-up (Unbox). I hope this news will get other studios onboard with iTS.
loudpedal
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