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Study Says No Future for Video iTunes

Posted by samzenpus on from the video-wants-to-be-free dept.

eldavojohn writes "Reuters is running a story on a study that claims "Online video sites that sell shows and movies such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes will likely peak this year as more programming is made available on free outlets supported by advertising." Many channels have wised up to offering their content hosted from their own sites for free — with commercials — to cut out iTunes as the middle man. End result? Predictions that services like iTunes-Video have no future."

3 of 189 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I don't think so by blackjackshellac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes you are, and we all know why!

    Nice try Gates!

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    Salut,

    Jacques

  2. who will advertise? by tim90402 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Was just looking at a list of the top 10 spenders on advertising. 4 of them are media companies (Time-Warner, Disney, GE (NBC), and News Corp) and 3 are telco's (ATT, Verizon, Sprint). If all of their products are going to be free, who will be left to buy ads?

  3. Re:No future for DVDs by LEgregius · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, my sons love The Three Caballeros. I have seen it so many times that I have the Portuguese lyrics memorized.