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Apple signs film deal with Fox studio

By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles and Kevin Allison in San Francisco

Published: December 27 2007 00:07 | Last updated: December 27 2007 00:07

Apple has signed News Corp’s 20th Century Fox studio to a new online video-on-demand service in a deal that could change the way people pay for online film content.

The agreement will allow consumers to rent the latest Fox DVD releases by downloading a digital copy from Apple’s iTunes platform for a limited time, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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