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p2pnet.net News:- Apple boss Steve Jobs is well pleased with himself.
He says Disney, to whom he sold his Pixar movie company for $7.4 billion, has managed to hawk 125,000 film downloads in less than a week after he “agreed” to make them available on iTunes owned, of course, by Apple.
With each flic going out at between $10 and $15, the news also bears out the oft-quoted maxim, ‘There’s a sucker born every minute’.
“The volume of Disney sales was particularly noteworthy because they occurred without the benefit of Apple`s new iTV device, which will allow consumers to send iTunes files from their computer to their television,” says The Financial Times. “It is expected to go on sale early next year.”
The iTV is a $300 TV box that’ll “allow” anyone foolish enough to buy one to play $10 and $15 movies they can rent for a couple of dollars from the local video store.
The story says Disney’s Bob Iger, “who expressed confidence that revenues from the new film venture could reach $50m in its first year,” shed light on his relationship with Steve Jobs, who’s both Disney`s largest shareholder and a member of its board.
“For me, he has become just a tremendous sounding board,” Iger is quoted as saying, adding he “regularly” turns to Jobs for advice on new media strategies.
Also See:
Pixar movie company – Disney buys Pixar for $7.4B, January 25, 2006
The Financial Times – Disney`s iTunes sales hit 125,000, September 19, 2006
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