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Same Release Date for iTunes

Posted by: Jonathan M, 08:37 AEST, Thu May 8, 2008

iTunes will now start selling movies the same date they are released on DVD and Blu-ray

Apple said on Thursday it would begin selling movie downloads on its iTunes service on the same day as the titles are released on DVD. Titles available this week include "Juno," "American Gangster" and "I Am Legend."

iTunes will offer new releases and catalog titles from such studios as 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lionsgate.