Couple of days ago during the Financial Quarter Report conference, Steve Jobs reiterated that most customers want to own their music, and are not massively interested by a subscription-based music sale for iTunes. However, he also stated "never say never"...
For once the future of iTunes might have been roughly drafted by Pascal Cagni, Head and Vice-President of Apple Europe in an interview to the French business newspaper "Les Echos". He spoke about iTunes and future discussions with right owners of video contents. In this short interview one can spot interesting information:
- Apple TV could play DivX movie in the future
- iTunes Video will be launched by the end of the year, and Pascal Cagni already warned TV channels concerning the availability of movie on iTunes and their appearance on TV, Apple intends to exclusively deal with movie producers.
- There will be a physical Apple Store in Paris and in other EU countries, but for the time being, as for other European countries, Apple France push the "Apple Corner"-dedicated area in consumer electronics supermarkets and distributors.
- the iPhone will only be available directly from the Apple Store, same restricted distribution channels than in USA.
For sure discussion between Apple - movie producers - TV channels will be hot during this summer, as many EU TV channels are also movie producers, including film and series...
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