James Delahunty
6 Feb 2007 8:40
Retail giant Wal-Mart introduced a test version of its new download service for movies and TV shows. Powered by technology from Hewlett-Packard, Wal-Mart's service is the first to be launched with the backing of all the major Hollywood studios. This puts the retail giant in direct competition with Apple's iTunes.
The service, which is available on Wal-Mart's website, lets users download and keep major Hollywood movies, as well as TV content. The company claims that over 3,000 films from studios like 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lions Gate, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. are already available.
Downloads are priced between $1.96 per TV episode to $19.88 for a new movie. New movie releases will be available for download on the same date as DVD release.
Source:
Reuters