Apple CEO Steve Jobs(R) talks with Google CEO Eric Schmidt (2ndL), and Youtube co-founder Chad Hurley (L), after his keynote speech at the MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, California 15 January, 2008. Apple launched an online movie rental service, banking that its ubiquitous iPods and iPhones will let it break into a market dominated by Blockbuster and Netflix. The list of studios that will make films available for online rental via iTunes includes Sony, Universal, Paramount, Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, and 20th Century Fox. Getty Images logo Getty Images 22 months ago

Apple CEO Steve Jobs(R) talks with Google CEO Eric Schmidt (2ndL), and Youtube co-founder Chad Hurley (L), after his keynote speech at the MacWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, California 15 January, 2008. Apple launched an online movie rental service, banking that its ubiquitous iPods and iPhones will let it break into a market dominated by Blockbuster and Netflix. The list of studios that will make films available for online rental via iTunes includes Sony, Universal, Paramount, Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, and 20th Century Fox.

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