Apple Flirting with Epix for Streaming Video From 3 Major Studios. As rumors continue to run rampant about the alleged Apple HDTV set, there's now a tantalizing clue about programming Apple might use to entice people to buy and watch such a device.
Reuters found out Apple is currently in negotiations with Epix, a studio-backed company that streams relatively new content from major studios Lionsgate, MGM and Paramount. Hey, isn't this how Netflix gets a lot of its best and newest movies and such for streaming? It sure is, and it's costing that company $200 million to do so, in an agreement that expires as soon as September of this year. Maybe Apple figures to get in on this action, perhaps even wresting exclusivity away from Netflix. Top 500 - Amazon’s digital sales grow faster than Apple’s.
Amazon.com Inc.’s digital sales of e-books, music, videos and mobile apps surged 29% in the first quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2011, as measured by revenue. That beat the 2% growth of digital sales during the same period for rival Apple Inc.’s iTunes, market research firm eDataSource reported today. The firm provided no year-over-year sales comparisons. “29% growth from the previous quarter is an impressive number,” says Carter Nicholas, CEO of eDataSource, formerly known as Email Data Source.
EDataSource didn’t provide actual digital sales figures. Neither Amazon, No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, nor Apple, No. 3, break out digital sales from their total sales. EpixHD. Voice Translator Apps.