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Sony wants an 'iTunes for movies'

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Sony wants an 'iTunes for movies'

Sony is to make its top 500 films available digitally in the next year. Michael Arrieta, senior vice president of Sony Pictures, said at a US Digital Hollywood conference that it wanted to create an "iTunes" for films.

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Post Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:57 pm 
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I think they've been planning to do this for some time now. They just released new hardware in North America, and that's like Sony's version of iPod.
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Post Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:46 pm 
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everything is going digital..its good
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everything is going digital..its good

It is only inevitable, though I'm pretty sure that analog will find its place in the new market.
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Post Thu May 05, 2005 2:45 am 
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true but if you think about it..relying solely on these things can often be dangerous..not to mention now that microsoft wants to have an os in your living room and kitchen..wants to control your washer and dryer for you..wants to have make sure everything in your fridge is as it should be..but do we really want that?
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quote:
Originally posted by adill420:
true but if you think about it..relying solely on these things can often be dangerous..not to mention now that microsoft wants to have an os in your living room and kitchen..wants to control your washer and dryer for you..wants to have make sure everything in your fridge is as it should be..but do we really want that?

There needs to be a good balance always.
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Post Fri May 06, 2005 1:31 am 
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With the increase of broadband, I think this is a great idea and I would almost definitely use this kind of service.

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Another reason that they do this is that films will become literally useless unless they convert them to digital right now.
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Post Fri May 06, 2005 9:17 am 
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I think it is odd that iTunes itself is not delivering the Sony pictures - they do movies already. Maybe I am mistaken and Sony is distributing through this channel?
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I very much want this library to appear on the PS3. Smile
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PS3? What about PSP!?

I think Sony wants to enter the market that Apple is currently the juggernaut in - delivery of digital media to the living room (and office and car and kitchen and dorm room and ....)

It will be interesting to see if they have the clout to create the demand. People already have iTunes and iPods - getting people to move to another second system for sony content will be tough.
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