News, info, and opinion by Mac users, for Mac users.

February 4, 2008

video

Wal-Mart video download chief heads to iTunes

Posted Feb. 4, ’08, 10:14 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Video

Wal-Mart videoWal-Mart and Apple are probably two companies that you don’t often see mentioned in the same sentence—unless it’s something like how they’re polar opposites. Personally, I’m not sure I’ve ever been in a Wal-Mart—life is just too short.

But that apparently doesn’t mean Wal-Mart can’t come to me. Or, well, to Apple. And really, it’s just one guy. According to paidContent.org, Kevin Swint, the former head of Wal-Mart’s video download service (which, as you may recall, was terminated with extreme prejudice in December) has left the world of everyday low prices to join Apple’s iTunes division as head of the international movies and TV department.

Interesting, not least because at the moment, iTunes doesn’t really have much of an international movies and TV department. Some video content has come to the UK and Canada, but that’s pretty much all TV shows: we haven’t yet seen movies make it out of the US.

We certainly hear the constant pleas and complaints of our friends and readers from around the world, and Steve said during the keynote that they hoped to roll out movie rentals internationally this year. I mean, what else is Jobsy going to do if he wants to watch Finding Nemo on his MacBook Air at a remote villa in the Swiss Alps?

[via Macworld UK]


2 Comments

Wallie said:

Haven't been to a Walmart, I think everyone living in the US at least once a year have to visit a Walmart. The reason? To see what most Americans look like. Laugh at them, feel sorry for them, I don't care, but I believe it's good for you...

February 4, 2008 11:38 AM
Goobimama said:

Aha. Nice article. But there's a little flaw. If Jobsy or any other nitwit from the US wants to watch a movie in the Swiss alps, all he needs is a fast internet connection and a US iTunes account. My friend in India is busy buying movies all cause he just gets iTunes gift cards from the States.

February 4, 2008 12:51 PM

Leave a comment

 



Visit other IDG sites: