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Lions Gate Entertainment confirms iTunes movie deal
Lions Gate Entertainment CEO Jon Feltheimer has confirmed that the movie studio has partnered with Apple and other companies to sell its films online. During the studio’s quarterly conference call earlier this month, Feltheimer said Lions Gate has “deals in place with Cinema Now, MovieLink, and iTunes, with upcoming announcements with at least two more major industry players.” Later in the call, Lions Gate President Steve Beeks said the iTunes Music Store will see full-length movie downloads sometime this year. “In terms of iTunes movie downloads, I think most likely some time before the end of the year,” Beeks said. “We know when they are planning on launching, but since they have not announced it publicly, I do not think it is our place to say anything more about that.”
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Correction: Lions Gate Entertainment confirms that they did have a iTunes movie deal.
Posted by Peter Harding on August 17, 2006 at 3:15 PM (PDT)
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OOPS!
Posted by Macobyte on August 17, 2006 at 4:14 PM (PDT)
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Lost our contract??? wtf? Apple was gonna say it anyway…..oh, man!
Posted by Ex-LionsGate Exec on August 18, 2006 at 5:58 PM (PDT)
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Wait, its not happening now? I’m confused by these comments.
Posted by Joey on August 21, 2006 at 2:06 AM (PDT)