Digital Music Group, Inc. (DMGI) has announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Apple Inc. Shares of DMGI soared 29.59% in after hours trading upon release of the news of the Apple deal.
DMGI has appointed Apple as a reseller of audio-visual files owned and/or controlled by DMGI, including television programs, feature length movies, shorts, and specialty content, within the relevant territory, and granted Apple certain rights to market and promote DMGI’s Video Content.
Apple agreed to pay DMGI fixed wholesale prices for each video download during the term of the Agreement. Under the Agreement, DMGI is generally responsible for all royalties and third party payments due with respect to the exploitation of DMGI’s Video Content. Apple will provide monthly sales reports to DMGI and make payment based on such reports.
The Agreement has a term beginning on January 19, 2007 and continuing for thirty-six months from the launch of DMGI’s Video Content on iTunes electronic store and any renewals or extensions thereof, as mutually agreed to by Apple and DMGI in writing.
According DMGI’s website, the company has hundreds of thousands of music tracks as well as thousands of hours of TV, film and video content, including:
• I Spy (82 episodes)
• Daniel Boone (165 episodes)
• My Favorite Martian (107 episodes)
• The Invisible Man (26 episodes)
• The Cisco Kid (156 episodes)
• Peter Gunn (114 episodes)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (113 episodes)
• The Gumby Show (110 episodes)
• Gumby Adventures (116 episodes)
• The Shari Show (26 episodes)
• Clutch Cargo (52 episodes)
• Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse (125 episodes)
• Sam Kinison’s HBO Specials (5 hours)
• Cheech Marin and Friends Live from South Beach
• Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man and Afros and Bellbottoms
• Steve Harvey: Don’t Trip, He Ain’t Through with Me Yet
• Bizarre, a popular comedy/variety show starring John Byner and featuring the stunts and antics of “Super Dave” Osborne (150 episodes)
• More than 40 hours of historic content and documentaries including:
– The Great Inventors
– The Korean War In Color
– World War II in Color
– Kamikaze in Color
– Greatest US Space Liftoffs
– Greatest Soviet Space Liftoffs
– Soviet Space Disasters
– historic speeches by Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon
– historic newsreels from the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s
• Hopalong Cassidy (52 episodes and 60 feature length films)
• 13 feature-length films adapted from the Zane Grey series
More info about DMGI: http://www.dmgi.com/
Drunk Cheney,
yes Monty Python, that would be something!
If iTunes did a deal with the BBC, who have huge film/video archives, it would increase iTune’s value (in all senses of the word) worldwide.
Even without the BBC, the new full-sreened iPod, which is coming soon, could become a must for research in the universities of the world and could quickly become an important tool, not just for acedemics, but also for journalists, economists and ‘experts’ in every branch.
Drunk Cheney,
Do yourself a favor and buy the 15-DVD compilation set of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Awesome!
Also, since no one has mentioned it yet, I recommend taking a look at John Byner’s “Bizarre” show, just to see the Super Dave Osborn. I think this was just a Summer Replacement show, but it was pretty funny.
@R2–Nostalgia will always sell to those it impacts. I would have said the same thing about my grandparents wanting to listen to old Al Jolsen records. I don’t know how many of these shows I will buy, but it is somehow comforting to know that I can lay my hands on a first season episode of “My Favorite Martian” or “Peter Gunn” (the latter just for the theme song).
“Soviet Space Disasters” – Yeahhhh!!!
“anybody remember Gigantor and speed racer”
Yes I do, ha-ha!
Hopalong Cassidy, now that surely dates me, past my sell date I’m afraid.
As long they come with genuine Saskatchewan seal skin bindings, I’m in!
I didin’t see any mention of cost. Probably $2 a show????
I know Apple/Steve doesn’t like subscription services, but with these type of shows and tv shows in general, I think I would rather have a subscription service then own them out right.
Maybe $20 a month max. But I would rather pay $14.95 a month.
Jeez, when are Europe getting the videos etc?
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Yeah and when is Canada getting videos, Super Dave Osborne is our Canadian content CRTC… listen up why don’t ya.
Sheesh
Sam Kinison’s HBO Specials? Awesome
I don’t understand why more TV companies (especially in terms of archive material) don’t add their catalogues to iTunes. If it’s archive material like the stuff mentioned it probably doesn’t have a huge value, in so much as it isn’t getting huge viewerships still or selling on dvd in large amounts. Accordingly, any digital downloads are a bonus. If they don’t sell any, what have they lost?
The Invisible Man would be such a cool acting gig.
You could show up to the set naked and drunk or not at all and still get paid.
I’m holding out for Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
Yes Gigantor and Speed Racer. (I Love Trixie!)
You probably won’t ever see Kimba the White Lion as long as Disney is connected to Apple.
Still waiting for Comedy Central to put out seasons two and three of The Upright Citizens Brigade on DVD. And if they are never going to do it, why not put them on iTunes?
Paddlefoot lives on.
Nice partnership. This outta help Apple sell a few more (apple)TVs.
Soviet Space Disasters + Gumby = more quality entertainment than you could ever want
Oh, Poncho!
Oh, Cisco!
Remember Sky King?
As someone above hinted at and as I’ve said – in frustration – many times, I want to see as many old songs and old TV shows as possible. A HUGE base. No more Time/Life collections of oldies!!!
And strike a deal with the Radio and Television Museum in NYC. Lots of historic oddities. Many not even catalogued. And they told me it might not be expected for some time and they had no clear plan for making downloads available. So iTunes would be perfect.
All this is IF the price is right. Even currently I think 1.99 is excessive for a TV show. With the number of shows/tunes out there, even $1.00 each could add up fast.
When downloads can compete price wise with Amazon collections, CD’s under 10.00 at equivalent quality and with all the liner notes and lyrics, DVD’s “rentable” for $3.00 each with same quality and “extra” content etc. downloads for mainstream content doesn’t make much sense to me.
But OLDIES! and INDIE films and music! That’s where the $$ – and my interest – are. Once all this stuff is in a database, the only cost to Apple is storage. If they sell 1000 oldies 1000 times each it’s the same (approximate) profit as 1,000,000 sales of 1 popular item. And it’s the best route for the owners of the media. No pressing costs or distribution costs. These items are not being sold at all right now. (well, some in oldies collections, but not all of what’s potentially available.
Bring on all those non-PC sidekicks. Pancho and Tonto forever.
Uncle Croc’s Block! Roger Ramjet!
Whoopee!
I Spy!!!
Peter Gun!!!!!!!
Some shows with class and humor.