By Jo Best, 18 July 2005 16:25
NEWS Apple is getting ready to exploit the newly-introduced video capabilities in iTunes and is thought to be in talks with major record companies over the introduction of an iTunes store for music videos.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Jobs and co have already approached execs from the big four record companies EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner - over licensing their catalogues for the video store, which would flog music videos for around $1.99 per song.
Apple told the executives that the video store may also be accompanied by a video iPod, also scheduled for release as early as this September.
The WSJ also reports that a number of media companies have also been approached about licensing TV shows.
While analysts have been sceptical about the potential popularity of watching longer pieces of content on small-screen devices, short-clip content has already caught the imagination of 3G phone owners and is predicted to grow more popular as higher-end handsets spread.
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1. anonymous
ipods plug into your tv set
2. anonymous
Oh goodie, Can we download all the episodes of startrek and spinoffs so we can be realy boring and geekish!!!!!!!!!
Why bother