Movies And TV Programmes Direct To Your Computer

Posted Thursday 5th June 2008 by Catherine in Uncategorized.

A new service opening up to internet users is that of being able to download movies the day they become available on DVD for the UK ITunes website.

This is the first time Apple have offered film downloads to British consumers and is expected to become increasing popular as the credit crunch bites and people do not want to keep paying out for DVD’s.

The films will be available to watch on iPods, iPhones or TV via an Apple set top box and can be rented or bought. In total, 700 films will be made available from a library and a deal has been secured between Apple and top Hollywood film studios Warner Bros, Walt Disney, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and 20^th Century Fox to continue supplying movies over the internet into the future.

Viewing films this way promises to be cheaper than buying DVD’s with library titles starting with a purchase price of £6.99 and latest releases at £10.99. For film rental prices start at £2.49 and allows customers 30 days to watch it.

Other firms have made films available via this service but the library is limited. Apples deal with the major film producers mean that the service will be revolutionised and the changes could see DVD’s losing favour in a big way.

The next few months will also see the BBC broadcasting its flagship channel on the internet. This means you no longer have to be near a TV set to watch your favourite programmes, as long as you have computer and broadband access. This brings the TV channels concerns about how to enforce a licensing fee, which would be impractical and virtually impossible. ITV recently announced the same intentions so it looks like we have a choice between working at work or watching Jeremy Kyle!

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