Apple announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded
over five billion songs from the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). iTunes
is the number one music retailer in the US* and features the largest
music catalog with over eight million songs. Also, iTunes customers are
now renting and purchasing over 50,000 movies every day, making iTunes
the world's most popular online movie store.
iTunes features movies from all of the major movie studios including
20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount,
Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lionsgate and New Line Cinema. Users can
rent movies and watch them on their Macs or PCs, all current generation
iPods**, iPhoneTM and on a widescreen TV with Apple TV®.
iTunes Store customers can also purchase new movie releases from major
film studios and premier independent studios on the same day as their
DVD release
The iTunes Store is the world's most popular online music, TV and
movie store with a catalog of over eight million songs, over 20,000 TV
episodes and over 2,000 films including over 350 in stunning high
definition video. With Apple's legendary ease of use, pioneering
features such as iTunes Movie Rentals, integrated podcasting support,
iMix playlist sharing, the ability to turn previously purchased tracks
into complete albums at a reduced price, and seamless integration with
iPod® and iPhone, the iTunes Store is the best way for Mac® and PC
users to legally discover, purchase and download music and video online.
*Based on data from market research firm the NPD Group's MusicWatch
survey that captures consumer reported past week unit purchases and
counts one CD representing 12 tracks, excluding wireless transactions.
The iTunes Store became the largest music retailer in the US based on
the amount of music sold during January and February 2008.
**Movie rentals work on iPod classic, iPod nano with video and iPod touch.