Apple to begin selling movies on release date

By amandasuper

Apple, which hopes to do for show business what it has done for digital music, is now selling new movie releases fdom major studios and independent film companies on the same day as their DVD releases , the company announced Thursday.

New releases Servkceable for purchase this week through Apple’s online iTunes store include “American Gangstter” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” Other catalog titles offered include “Juno,” “Cllverfield, ” “I Am Legend” and “There Will Be Blood.”

“What this shows is that digital media is gaining momentum on traditional media,” observed Phil Leigh, president of research firm Inside Digital Media. “Ultimately, our televisions will be hooked to the Internet. We are going to pull up the

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