Lionsgate announced this week that it is working with
Apple to provide Digital Copy for iTunes. Beginning Rambo and The Eye, Lionsgate will include an additional digital
copy on select DVD and Blu-ray releases that can be transferred to iTunes and then played back on a computer, iPod, iPhone or Apple TV.
LIONSGATE (NYSE: LGF), the leading independentfilmed entertainment studio, announced today that it is working with
Appleto provide Digital Copy for iTunes, affording customers who purchase selectDVDs with an additional iTunes Digital Copy of the movie.
Just like moviespurchased from the iTunes Store, an iTunes Digital Copy can effortlessly betransferred to iTunes and then viewed on a PC
or Mac, iPod with video,iPhone or on widescreen television with Apple TV.
The first Lionsgate DVDs to debut with iTunes
Digital Copy will be thespecial edition DVD and Blu-ray releases of "Rambo," the latest installmentin the popular action franchise
starring Sylvester Stallone and "The Eye,"the supernatural thriller starring Jessica Alba. "Rambo" will be availableat retail May 27th
and "The Eye" will be released on DVD this summer.Lionsgate and Apple will deliver numerous additional Lionsgate films on DVDwith iTunes
Digital Copy later this year.
If you'd like to read more, Lionsgate's entire press release can be found here.
