Lifetime Doles Out Digital Debuts

The cable industry’s leading women’s network will premiere Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead, American Psychic Challenge and the second season of Blood Ties on iTunes and Yahoo! before they debut on the service Oct. 12.

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Lionsgate Joins Digital File Team with iPod

Technology allows users to quickly copy a pic for viewing on their computer, video iPod or television hooked up to Apple TV. Lionsgate will begin offering iTunes copies with the latest Rambo, due on standard disc and Blu-ray on May 27, and The Eye, due later this year.

http://www.mania.com/lionsgate-joins-digital-file-team-ipod_article_57690.html

Ed Burns releases Purple Violets on iTunes

NOV. 9 | Filmmaker Ed Burns will release his latest self-directed and -produced project, Purple Violets, exclusively on Apple’s iTunes Store Nov. 20. The iTunes Store will be the only place to view the movie for the first month of release.

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Beatles (finally) coming to iTunes?

London's Daily Mail reports that Paul McCartney and iTunes sign a $400 million agreement.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9889538-7.html

New Episodes of Fox’s House Won’t Be on iTunes

Though it airs on Fox, House is produced by Universal Media Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal, which is severing its ties with iTunes when their contract expires in December. House, which has been available on iTunes since May, began its fourth season on Fox last week.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6485937.html

Jonathan Sasse: Slacker Predicts the Future of Digital Music

Jonathan Sasse: Slacker Predicts the Future of Digital Music - An insider at Slacker reveals what s next for his company s Internet radio service, along with predictions for record companies, pirates and the industry as a whole. - Featured Article at Digital Trends.

http://news.digitaltrends.com/featured_article84.html

Zucker says Apple deal rotten

NBC U topper Jeff Zucker warned that new digital business models were turning media revenues “from dollars into pennies” and revealed NBC U booked just $15 million in revenue during the last year of its deal with Apple’s iTunes.

http://www.contentagenda.com/article/CA6495387.html

Slate V: Oscar's Obscure Category

The editors at Apple's iTunes ranked us third of their list of the best new video podcasts of 2007. We're quite honored (especially since we came in just below two giants, the Onion and Sesame Street), and all of us at Slate V send our thanks to iTunes.

http://www.slatev.com/index.html

Russian website shut down

The website is no longer accessible and reports out of Moscow claim that the controversial service ceased operating shortly before Russian president Vladimir Putin left his capital for a summit with U.S. counterpart George W. Bush in Maine. American authorities had previously warned that Allofmp3.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968035

Channel 4 joins iTunes

Monarchy. The programmes are priced at Apple’s regular £1.89. It is the first time that Apple users have been able to access shows from Channel 4 given the PC-centric environment of the 4oD download portal.

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