American Idol now Exclusively on the iTunes Store
Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Interactive Media, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia and Apple, for the first time, have partnered to bring music fans all of the contestant performances from Season Seven of television’s most popular show exclusively on the iTunes Store. Kicking off with the “American Idol” Top 24 semifinalists this week, customers can purchase music performances for 99 cents per song, and viewers will be able to purchase the full video of Top 12 finalist performances for $1.99, starting March 11. In addition, beginning today, fans can pre-order performances of their favorite contestants from the iTunes Store, which will be automatically downloaded the day after the show airs.
Music performances are 99 cents (US) and video performances are $1.99 (US) per
episode. iTunes will also provide exclusive direct links from the free streaming
performance videos on americanidol.com, the
official website of the show and home to MyIdol, the Internet’s largest
“American Idol” fan site.
The iTunes Store is the world’s most popular online music store with
over four billion songs sold, and has the world’s largest catalog with over
six million songs.