What do AC/DC, The Beatles, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Garth Brooks and The Rolling Stones have in common? Everyone, except Garth Brooks, are world class bands that have their music available for sale on iTunes. […]
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Apple celebrates “A Decade of iTunes”
Apple on Wednesday posted “A Decade of iTunes” celebrating the 10th anniversary of iTunes and the achievements of the music and videos that came to the store. I must say, the timeline format that Apple chose for this feature is really great. It’s like a walk through memory lane for me.
iTunes dominates digital music and video downloads
> Apple dominates the home digital-video sector, in much the same way it [dominates digital music](https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/the-npd-group-after10-years-apple-continues-music-download-dominance-in-the-u-s/). iTunes’ share of electronic sell-through (EST) for television shows reached 67 percent in 2012. EST television sales from Xbox Video, Apple’s nearest competitor, comprised 14 percent of the market. When it comes to feature-length movies, iTunes boasted a 65 percent share of EST, with Amazon and Xbox Video far behind at 10 percent each.
It’s not even close.
iTunes Business Review
Horace Dediu is getting set to publish a report on iTunes and how the business is doing. He put together an excerpt on his site.
iTunes Music Store in 56 new countries
This is great news for Apple. Mac Rumors has a full list of the new countries.