Keep an eye on: NBC, Apple - Reuters Blogs
iTunes may lose NBC Universal’s business, which accounts for about 40% of iTunes’s downloads.
Keep an eye on: NBC, Apple - Reuters Blogs
Cracks in the Apple empire? First Vivendi’s Universal Music Group, and now GE’s NBC Universal. The New York Times says NBC will not renew its contract to sell TV shows on iTunes because they can’t agree on pricing. The contract is expected to end in December.
NBC — the top supplier of digital video to Apple’s online store, accounting for about 40 percent of downloads — notified Apple of its decision late yesterday, according to the Times, which cites an unnamed source.
