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Apple reportedly readying Replay service for streaming iTunes purchase history

by Kelly Hodgkins Aug 3rd 2011 at 2:30PM

According to AppAdvice, Apple may be prepping a new re-downloading and streaming service called iTunes Replay. The service would let you re-download select movies and TV shows from iTunes and stream that content to a variety of iOS devices.

The Replay service will supposedly let you access shows that you purchased as for back as 2009 and will stream them to your Apple TV and iOS devices. Similar to Amazon Unbox, the number of downloads may vary from clip to clip and may be limited in number.

This isn't the first time we've encountered this rumor; bits and pieces of it have been floating around since 2009. The only difference now is that with iCloud, Apple may have the underlying infrastructure in place to host such a streaming service.



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BigB

Can't I already do this now? The latest appletv update lets me stream from my purchase history

August 03 2011 at 3:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Wayne Luke

Streaming is where Apple is behind. Not really viable in a world of 3G bandwidth limits, throttling and bandwidth caps but it is where the industry is going. Apple should leverage their market and start getting in the door.

August 03 2011 at 2:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Shannon Doherty

Yea I don't get it. Why has Apple not adopted streaming wholesale? DRM is almost a non-issue in streaming for one, and it would allow for thinner devices with less storage capacity versus downloading your files and keeping them locally. I really don't get why "iTunes in the cloud" isn't offering this, and you're required to download your songs instead.

August 03 2011 at 3:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Shannon Doherty

When I say DRM is almost a non-issue for streaming, I mean that it would be straight from Apple servers to an Apple device so it's not like they'd require adapting it to some insecure platform they didn't make themselves, or having users be able to send a file to another user and them cracking it because it's a stream and not a singular whole file on their local drive.

August 03 2011 at 3:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down
dorjesyber

How about letting us redownload audio books first eh? I've had issues in the past with file the being slightly corrupt and the audio glitched. Having to contact Apple every time for a redownload is annoyingly extreme.

August 03 2011 at 2:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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