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The prospect of iTunes Replay, an iCloud-based movie streaming service which would allow you to re-download previous purchases for free, was revived in a string of rumours last week. However, reports from the US have now doused those claims with the cold, cold water of reality.

While the latest Apple TV update gave US owners the ability to stream any previously purchased TV show from the cloud, it seems arguments over rights have stopped the iTunes Replay plans in their tracks. Apple is reportedly struggling to get all the major movie studios on board and that doesn’t bode well for the UK…

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The “iCloud“, Apple’s long-rumoured iTunes cloud service, looks like it’s really coming together now with lots of well-placed whispers suggestng Warner Music and EMI have inked deals to support it with Sony and Universal poised to follow suit…

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Four major music labels have stepped up to the plate and announced that they’re supporting The Digital Innovation Contest, a comp that supports digital entrepreneurship in the UK, and kicks off a search for the music industry’s Holy Grail.

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flipper-01Universal Studios is hoping to tempt over Blu-ray refuseniks with its new dual spec discs. The Flipper format features a high def Blu-ray disc on one side and a regular DVD version on the other for the best of both worlds.

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virginmediaVirgin and Universal are bestest buddies at the moment. The pair has only just announced the music subscription service and now Virgin has revealed that it’s going to bring Universal’s PictureBox on demand movie service to its cable customers.

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The Xbox LIVE team has just announced it’s added Universal movies on-demand to Xbox LIVE, so you’ll be able to watch the latest blockbusters from one of the world’s biggest studios through your Xbox 360, whenever you like.

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Sony and Universal have teamed up to offer an entirely new form of vending machine – one that sells digital media content rather than snacks or drinks. Pick a film, album or whatever and the PoP machine will speedily download it onto your memory card, USB device or PMP.

Details are fairly sketchy at the moment, and to be honest it seems like a bit of a recipe for disaster – we can imagine sticking in our USB stick only to find it comes out with only half a movie on it, while our bank account ends up £15 lighter.

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7digital music storeIt’s another hammer-blow for common sense in the war against locked-down music, as Universal begins selling tracks at higher quality, and without copy protection too.

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