MGM flicks arrive on Apple's iTunes Store
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Apple announced Wednesday that MGM is now offering titles from its catalog of feature films for purchase and download on the iTunes Store.
Beginning today, iTunes customers will be able to purchase flicks such as ?Dances With Wolves,? ?Mad Max,? ?The Great Train Robbery? and ?Rocky,? with other titles to be added in the coming weeks.
Of the major studios, MGM has the largest modern film library in the world and has received 208 Academy Awards in its history, making it one of the biggest award winning collections of films.
?It?s exciting to be bringing so many amazing films from our catalog to iTunes,? said Douglas A. Lee, MGM?s executive vice president of Worldwide Digital Media. ?We have an unrivaled movie library and are looking forward to adding even more films in the future so users can take their favorite movies with them wherever they go.?
Titles from MGM?s collection of blockbusters and classics that will be available on iTunes will include ?The Thomas Crown Affair,? ?Ronin,? and the acclaimed musical ?Lilies of the Field.? Movies downloaded from the iTunes Store are downloaded in near-DVD quality at a resolution of 640x480 (up to 480, depending on the aspect ratio) and can be viewed on a computer, fifth generation iPod or widescreen TV with Apple TV.
?More than two million movies have now been downloaded from the iTunes Store making it the world?s most popular online movie store,? said Eddy Cue, Apple?s vice president of iTunes. ?We?re absolutely thrilled so many legendary MGM films are joining an iTunes film catalog that now has over 500 movies.?
Apple's iTunes Store features the world?s largest catalog with over five million songs, 350 television shows and, with the addition of the MGM catalog, over 500 movies. The store has sold over 2.5 billion songs, 50 million TV shows and over two million movies, making it the world?s most popular online music, TV and movie store.
Beginning today, iTunes customers will be able to purchase flicks such as ?Dances With Wolves,? ?Mad Max,? ?The Great Train Robbery? and ?Rocky,? with other titles to be added in the coming weeks.
Of the major studios, MGM has the largest modern film library in the world and has received 208 Academy Awards in its history, making it one of the biggest award winning collections of films.
?It?s exciting to be bringing so many amazing films from our catalog to iTunes,? said Douglas A. Lee, MGM?s executive vice president of Worldwide Digital Media. ?We have an unrivaled movie library and are looking forward to adding even more films in the future so users can take their favorite movies with them wherever they go.?
Titles from MGM?s collection of blockbusters and classics that will be available on iTunes will include ?The Thomas Crown Affair,? ?Ronin,? and the acclaimed musical ?Lilies of the Field.? Movies downloaded from the iTunes Store are downloaded in near-DVD quality at a resolution of 640x480 (up to 480, depending on the aspect ratio) and can be viewed on a computer, fifth generation iPod or widescreen TV with Apple TV.
?More than two million movies have now been downloaded from the iTunes Store making it the world?s most popular online movie store,? said Eddy Cue, Apple?s vice president of iTunes. ?We?re absolutely thrilled so many legendary MGM films are joining an iTunes film catalog that now has over 500 movies.?
Apple's iTunes Store features the world?s largest catalog with over five million songs, 350 television shows and, with the addition of the MGM catalog, over 500 movies. The store has sold over 2.5 billion songs, 50 million TV shows and over two million movies, making it the world?s most popular online music, TV and movie store.
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2) I thought we'd have 720p DL by now.
1) I though MGM was owned by Disney.
You are probably thinking of Miramax. MGM is partly owned by Sony. Disney-MGM appears to just be a theme park attraction.
I found better info on their site:
MGM is owned by an investor consortium comprised of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corporation of America, Comcast Corporation, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group.
http://www.mgm.com/corp_main.php
Hope downloads are coming to Japan soon... how I envy all you living in the States. 640X480 is plenty good for me; I usually watch movies in the corner of my monitor anyways while working...
You are probably thinking of Miramax. MGM is partly owned by Sony. Disney-MGM appears to just be a theme park attraction.
Yeah, I just wikied it.
And no, I'm not holding my breathe for that. But I don't have any interest in iTunes movies until that happens.
Yeah, I just wikied it.
Cool, a new verb! Haven't seen this yet,but I like it. Kinda like "I googled it".
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/11itunes.html
Cool, a new verb! Haven't seen this yet,but I like it. Kinda like "I googled it".
Google gets 15,000 hits. I'd say that is relatively low considering the popularity of Wikipedia.
http://www.systemshootouts.org/ipod_itunes_sales.html
Also click the "iPod Sales" and "iTunes Sales" links at the top for line graphs of each.
[INDENT]Sony Pictures:
- Columbia
- Tri-Star
That probably only counts total ownership. Sony does own 20% of MGM, according to Apple's press release.
FWIW, I've compiled virtually every significant milestone since the release of the original iTunes 1.0:
http://www.systemshootouts.org/ipod_itunes_sales.html
Also click the "iPod Sales" and "iTunes Sales" links at the top for line graphs of each.
Very Nice.
People are supposed to buy an Apple TV to watch barely SD programming? All this stuff is so 2-3 years ago. Much of this stuff is in the bargain bin for $7, better resolution, no DRM, doesn't waste disk space or require a computer to play back.
Thanks for pointing that out.
People are supposed to buy an Apple TV to watch barely SD programming? All this stuff is so 2-3 years ago. Much of this stuff is in the bargain bin for $7, better resolution, no DRM, doesn't waste disk space or require a computer to play back.
But it's perfect for the iPod Video, which, I'm guessing, is the most common way people currently watch their iTunes video content.
720p will come. Don't you worry about that.
FWIW, I've compiled virtually every significant milestone since the release of the original iTunes 1.0:
http://www.systemshootouts.org/ipod_itunes_sales.html
Also click the "iPod Sales" and "iTunes Sales" links at the top for line graphs of each.
I take my last comment back. Wow! What a great website you've made! Congrats!
For everyone, this site is a great repository of Apple information. Take a look.
FWIW, I've compiled virtually every significant milestone since the release of the original iTunes 1.0:
http://www.systemshootouts.org/ipod_itunes_sales.html
Also click the "iPod Sales" and "iTunes Sales" links at the top for line graphs of each.
I will be referencing your site the next time I read "Macs are way more expensive than PCs"
Excellent work.
PS: Looking at the iPod chart, it took 5.5 years to get to 100M and yet it will probably take less than 18 months to get to a 100M more.
All of them -- except Weinstein Co., which I don't think has produced any TV shows yet -- have TV shows in iTS. It's just a matter of time before all of the film distribution companies are on board.