Apple to Introduce 99-cent TV Show Rentals and iPod Touch: Rumor

From PC World: At a September 7 press event Apple will introduce a 99-cent TV show rental offering, a new version of the iPod Touch with a higher-resolution screen, and a $99 version of the Apple TV set-top box, according to Bloomberg news.

Bloomberg reports the Apple announcment's big news will be the introduction of 99-cent television show rentals that will feature the content partners News Corp. along with CBS, NBC Universal, and Walt Disney. Bloomberg says these partners are in "advanced talks" to introduce a rental service over iTunes. According to the report, TV shows will be available to iTunes users for 99-cents for 48 hours.

The episodes will reportedly be available within 24 hours of the time they are aired, and will be commercial-free.

The more important news here is, of course, that Bloomberg's unnamed sources say that Apple plans to hold a San Francisco event on September 7, just a couple of weeks before the fall TV season gets underway.

At this event Apple will introduce not only the 99-cent TV rentals, but also a new iPod Touch (with a retina display and perhaps a camera or two), as well as updated Apple TV hardware.

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