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iTunes Hikes Vid Prices with Debut of HBO Content

HBO and Apple have partnered to sell HBO shows on iTunes. Starting today episodes of HBO shows The Wire, Rome, Sex and the City, Flight of the Conchords, The Sopranos, and Deadwood can be purchased for as much as $3. That's a price hike for the standard iTunes pricing for series episodes.

HBO & Apple Bring Critically Acclaimed Television Programming to the iTunes Store

NEW YORK and CUPERTINO, Calif., May 13/ -- HBO and Apple today announced that programming from HBO is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store ( http://www.itunes.com ). New HBO programs on iTunes include the Emmy Award-winning programs "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City," "Deadwood" and "Rome," as well as the critically acclaimed hits "Flight of the Conchords" and "The Wire." The iTunes Store is the world's most popular online TV store with over 150 million episodes sold and features the world's largest catalog with over 800 shows (over 20,000 episodes).

HBO, NBC may be cracking Apple's uniform iTunes pricing

HBO may soon be making its way to the iTunes Store with its popular TV content, a deal that could make a splash in more ways than one. The agreement could lure the network's exclusive content, such as Entourage, The Wire, and John Adams outside of HBO's own walled garden—and may also indicate that Apple is willing to make exceptions to its rigid, uniform pricing structure for the iTunes Store.

Sync your iTunes libraries

iTunes can easily share its content over your local network. But if you want a complete copy of your media library on more than one Mac, you’ll need to synchronize some files. However, merely copying, say, a folder full of AAC files from one Mac to another is not enough; you must also copy the iTunes Library files containing metadata, playlists, and other important information. And therein lies the rub: If you’ve changed the contents of iTunes on both Macs, merely copying the iTunes Library files in one direction or the other (manually or with a file-synchronization utility) won’t synchronize their contents, so neither iTunes library will be correct. For example, songs present on both Macs’ hard disks may not actually show up in iTunes on one Mac or the other, and one Mac’s playlists might entirely overwrite the other’s.

HBO Programs Available on iTunes

Keeping alive the rumors of HBO and Apple coming together for making HBO TV shows available on iTunes, Apple has now officially announced that shows from HBO, premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner, would be available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store.

HBO Comes to iTunes as Apple Caves on Pricing

Apple has been adamant about pricing of videos on iTunes, and in fact that’s one of the reasons that NBC left the iTunes store and eventually wound up at the Zune Marketplace. But now it appears they have become more flexible, as HBO and Apple announced on Tuesday that HBO shows are now available on iTunes - and some are priced above the $1.99 price Apple had previously set as a ceiling.

iTunes Gets HBO Content

HBO and Apple today officially announced that programming from HBO is now available for purchase and download via the iTunes Store. Programs include “The Sopranos,� “Sex and the City,� “Deadwood� “Rome,� “Flight of the Conchords� and “The Wire.�

HBO Content To iTunes?

People close to the situation have been reporting that HBO content could finally be making its way to iTunes:

iTunes K-12 launches with resources for students, parents

Since its launch a little over a year ago, iTunes U has grown into a large collection of educational material and resources from over 70 colleges and universities worldwide. Yesterday, at the National Education Computing Conference in San Antonio, Texas, iTunes K-12 was announced as a service on the iTunes Store, similar to that of iTunes U, but aimed at primary and secondary education. "K-12 on iTunes U" is a modest start in comparison to what iTunes U has become, but with 11 entities already, it's a start.

HBO Hits iTunes

HBO and Apple announced the availability of original HBO programming on iTunes today. iTunes users can now download "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City," "Deadwood," "Rome," "The Wire," and Mac|Life favorite, "Flight of the Conchords."

Insiders point to video on French iTunes Store soon

When Apple began adding video content to the German iTunes Store in early April, the country became just the third non-US iTunes Store to get TV shows. But there are more than just three countries where the iTunes music is available (21 by my count), so of course, there is continuing speculation over which country might be the next to get video. That speculation has now centered upon France, as French site ElectronLibre recently reported that video content may appear on the French iTunes Store sometime soon.

HBO on iTunes: Pricing adjusted on "show by show basis"

This show is brilliant. Really. Yesterday, there was news that HBO may have just gotten Apple to budge a little on the fixed $1.99 price for TV episodes as part of an impending deal to bring content to the iTunes Store. Closely following the news from yesterday, HBO and Apple made six popular series available this morning, including the hits Sopranos and Sex and the City, as well as Deadwood, Rome, The Wire, and that awesome band of New Zealanders Flight of the Conchords.

HBO Heading to iTunes?

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) could soon land a deal in which its iTunes store would sell variably priced HBO content. Squabbles over a similar pricing structure led NBC Universal to remove its content from the store last summer.

iTunes U expanded to universities in UK, Ireland, and more

iTunes has been chugging along for a while now, slowly picking up content from various universities and organizations along the way. Late in May, University of California Television videos popped up on the site, and just this week, University of Arizona content from the Phoenix Mars Mission was added. Mars lander videos weren't all that were added this week, though. In a fairly large expansion of the university content available on iTunes U, Apple added even more universities from four new countries to the service.

iTunes Store Tops Over Five Billion Songs Sold

CUPERTINO, California - June 19, 2008 - Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store (http://www.itunes.com). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US* and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. Also, iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes the world’s most popular online movie store.

iTunes Store Tops Over Five Billion Songs Sold

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes(R) Store (http://www.itunes.com/). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US* and features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. Also, iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes the world's most popular online movie store.

About iTunes library files

In any good tutorial related to moving iTunes playlists and libraries from Point A to Point Z you’ll see some mention of iTunes’ library files—specifically, the iTunes Library and iTunes Music Library.xml files. On the Mac these files are stored at this location: youruserfolder/Music/iTunes. Swell, but what purpose do these files serve? It’s like this:

Signal offers iTunes control from iPhone

iPhone software developer Alloysoft this week released Signal 1.1.2, its new software that allows an iPhone, iPod touch or Pocket PC device to be used as an advanced wireless remote for iTunes and other applications. Controlling either iTunes on a Mac, or iTunes, Winamp and Windows Media Player on a PC, Signal gives the user control not only of content playback, but also the browsing of content, searching of media libraries, creation and editing of playlists, and even the ability to remotely change music album art on a remote machine.

Partnership to create iTunes storefronts for radio stations

As part of its recent efforts to expand the reach of the iTunes Store, Apple has been getting quite cozy with radio, and coming up with as many iTunes tie-ins as it can. First, we saw iTunes tagging and purchasing for HD radio tracks, but Apple is casting a wider net for its next tie-in and integrating iTunes with radio stations as a whole. Just what is this new venture? Well, Macworld has some coverage on a recent partnership between Apple and a company called Emmis Interactive, which will provide radio stations with web-based iTunes storefronts.

Apple Premieres Movies on the iTunes Store in Canada and UK

"Apple today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate and Maple Pictures are now available on the iTunes® Store in Canada (www.itunes.ca). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Canada features over 1,200 films available for rent or purchase, with titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including recent blockbusters such as..."

Apple Premieres Movies on the iTunes Store in Canada

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 4 /CNW/ -- Apple(R) today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate and Maple Pictures are now available on the iTunes(R) Store in Canada (http://www.itunes.ca). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes' legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Canada features over 1,200 films available for rent or purchase, with titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including recent blockbusters such as "Juno," "I Am Legend," "National Treasure 2: Book of Secret

Apple and HBO agree iTunes deal

itunes iTunes customers will soon be able to purchase critically acclaimed TV shows such as The Sopranos and The Wire following an agreement between Apple to sell movies and TV shows from HBO.

iTunes U launches K-12 educational content

Apple iTunes"Previously reserved just for college and university material, iTunes U is now opening its doors to content suitable for students between kindergarten and grade 12 as well as their parents and teachers," Aidan Malley reports for AppleInsider.

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