Apple may sell standard-definition TV shows on iTunes for a dollar, according to Financial Times, in a move associated with the imminent launch of the iPad tablet PC. Along with recent suggestions that Apple may be flexible about iPad prices, the news suggests that Apple is very much feeling out how much to charge for all aspects of its new portable-media endeavor. E-book publishers may benefit substantially from the coming competition between Apple’s iBooks online store for the iPad and Amazon.com’s e-book store for its Kindle e-reader mobile devices.
– Apple may soon sell television shows through iTunes for a dollar per
standard-definition episode, according to Financial
Times, which reported on Feb. 10 that the company had been successful in
its talks with unnamed studios. The deal represents another of Apple’s attempts
to corral content crea…