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FT.com — Music labels ask Apple to adopt subscription:

The world’s biggest music companies are expected to ask Apple to introduce a music subscription service to its iTunes digital media store as part of negotiations to renew their agreements with the computer company.

Ars Technica — Why Apple can’t sell movies:

There are at least five problems the Apple TV alone cannot solve for the iTunes Store:

3. Access: At present, there is no option to rent movies on the iTunes Store, and, unlike music purchases versus subscription services, renting movies is a preferred method of consuming content. Further, purchasing movies through the iTunes Store still requires a computer, rather than direct shopping using the touted Apple TV.

Webomatica — Apple iTunes: Music Subscription No, Movie Subscription Yes:

If Apple is even remotely thinking about offering iTunes Store subscriptions for its music, I really hope they don’t – and instead apply the subscription model to iTunes Movies instead.

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