Apple said this week that it will stop selling NBC TV shows for the upcoming television season on its online iTunes Store. When Apple contested NBC’s decision to more than double the wholesale price for each episode, NBC decided not to renew its agreement with iTunes. The agreement renewal would have resulted in an increase from [...]
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