All four major US networks go HD on iTunes

Apple today announced that all four major US broadcasting networks are offering shows in high definition for sale through iTunes.

Shows, including the likes of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lost” from ABC, “CSI” and “CSI: Miami” from CBS, “Bones” and “Prison Break” airing on FOX, and “Heroes” and “The Office” from NBC Universal are available now.

The iTunes Store has so far sold over 200 million TV episodes sold, including more than one million HD episodes purchased since the launch of HD programming on iTunes last month.

“We’ve got an incredible Fall 2008 TV lineup with over 70 primetime comedies and dramas, including many of the most popular shows on TV in stunning HD,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services.

The iTunes Store US offers over 70 primetime comedies and dramas from the major networks and television programs from over 70 cable networks including Bravo, Comedy Central, Disney Channel, ESPN, FX, HBO, MTV, Nickelodeon, Sci Fi, Showtime and USA.

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This entry was written by Jonny and posted on October 16, 2008 at 1:10 pm and filed under Apple, News. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

One Response to “All four major US networks go HD on iTunes”

  1. Macworld | iTunes med HD-TV fra de fire store Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    [...] Apple har nå inngått avtaler med alle de fire store amerikanske TV-stasjonene om salg av HD-TVserier i iTunes. Salg av HD TV-innhold ble gjort tilgjengelig i forrige måned, og allerede er det solgt over én million episoder. Totalt er det blitt kjøpt og lastet ned over 200 mill TV-episoder fra iTunes. Nå hadde mange håpt på BluRay-drev i de nye notebook’ene til Apple som ble lansert tirsdag, men Steve Jobs skylder på lisensierings-problemer, og kaller BluRay “a bag of hurt”. Amerikanerene må dermed nøye seg med HD-innhold som nedlasting. Det er værre for nordmenn – men mange har oppdaget av de ved hjelp av en pseudo-adresse i USA og gavekort kjøpt på eBay også kan få tilgang til dette innholdet. Via distortedloop [...]

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