Lionsgate joins the iTunes multiplex

While it's unclear how long it'll be able to keep it up, Apple looks to be making iTunes Movie Store announcements a monthly occurrence for the time being, following up January's news of a deal with Paramount with word of Lionsgate joining its ranks this month. That means that starting this month you'll be able to snag Total Recall, Terminator 2, and other movies that may or may not star future governors of California for $9.99 apiece (for the most part), currently playable in iTunes or on your iPod, and soon to be streamable to your Apple TV. All told, some 150 of Lionsgate's movies are set to be ready for download by the end of the month -- yes, that includes Rambo. Of course, this news doesn't exactly come as a surprise, given that none other Lionsgate's CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed that the company would be offering iTunes downloads last year. No word on what's taken them so long.

[Thanks, Adam W]

[Dave 8o) @ Feb 12th 2007 11:53AM]

So when are we going to get in on the action in the UK? Come on Steve get your finger out.

[LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Feb 12th 2007 12:21PM]

w3rd.

When the next generation iPod comes out, what will iTunes do about uppin' the resolution of their videos?

What I mean is - will they allow users to grab a previously purchased movie at higher resolution for free? Because you can't view a 640x? movie on a.. supposed 'soon-to-be-announced' widescreen iPod without distorting the resolution..

..bah, I guess the easy answer to that from an Apple perspective would be 'no'. 'just buy the same damn movie again'.

[Fredster @ Feb 13th 2007 4:31PM]

Been wondering about that too, what will the resolution be for the next gen video iPod? And i think that there's a new iTunes version just around the Apple TV corner, will we see it then? What about the 720P that the Apple TV is supporting? Where will we get that format from? So my guess would be that the next gen resolution will be at least NTSC/PAL and/or HD 720P, or so i hope:)

[artifex @ Feb 12th 2007 1:19PM]

They launched on the XBox 360 Live, earlier.
Maybe they unified their qc so they could check the transcoding for both systems at the same time? That would be worth the delay in the beginning.

[Cowboy Bob @ Feb 12th 2007 3:39PM]

how about some canada lovin?

[zoara @ Feb 13th 2007 6:05AM]

How about some UK lovin', too?

[RazorX @ Feb 12th 2007 3:55PM]

Yeah, can get the DVD cheaper off the internet and avoid all the DRM setbacks.

[Low351 @ Feb 12th 2007 3:59PM]

Let's see, $10 for a film that I'll watch less than I'd play a song for a buck? No coverart, bonus material or anything to really count as a shrine to a favorite flick. And I'll probably lose the file given my latent backup habits. I predict this will not have any of the impact that itunes did with songs. Try 2$ for a download that I can watch for a month using DRM and that the rights time out thereafter, that I'd go for.

[Rick Person @ Feb 12th 2007 8:30PM]

No its not a Tuuuuuuuuuuuumor