iTunes movies now available in Canada

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Apple® today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate and Maple Pictures are now available on the iTunes® Store in Canada (www.itunes.ca).

Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. “Canadians have made iTunes the most popular place to find and buy music and TV shows online,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. Continue reading iTunes movies now available in Canada

Disney getting ready for Hulu

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Wired blog author Betsy Schiffman report that Disney’s Kevin Mayer, executive vice president of corporate strategy and business development, signaled that he could be ready to join the Hulu club.

Speaking at the Intel CEO Summit in San Francisco, a three-day gathering of about 600 startup CEOs and investors, Mayer sang praise for Hulu, the so-called “YouTube killer” that offers legitimate video content from both NBC and Fox.

“I think Hulu’s a great site,” Mayer said during a panel discussion about the future of entertainment. “We’re not participating — now. We have ongoing discussions, though, and we may [participate one day].” Continue reading Disney getting ready for Hulu