Comments on: Apple TV Digital Disruption at Work: iTunes Takes 91% of Video Download Market

By: annonymous_man

annonymous_man — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:40:35 +0000

I don’t think Apple has ever announced sales figures for HD digital downloads of movies or TV Shows. Also, they have not announced sales for TV shows at all (whether SD or HD) since October 2008 when they announced October 16, 2008 that 200 million episodes of TV Shows had been sold on the iTunes Store.

I wonder how much market share Apple has in the new HD digital download market and how much money has been made from iTunes in selling HD TV and movie content.

I’d also wonder how many Apple TVs have sold, and how many video capable iPods including click wheel models (iPod Nanos with video, 5th Gen Video iPods, iPod Classics) and iPod Touches have sold overall — how much market share do they have for iPods as portable video players.

I know they don’t report Apple TV sales but wish they would at least report the number of sales for HD digital downloads — how much market share they have for HD digital downloads etc so the number of free HD digital downloads as opposed to paid HD digital downloads can be factored in then compare Apple’s market share of HD digital downloads to those of other companies like Amazon with their UnBox Video download platform, Microsoft XBox Live Video Marketplace etc.

I know Apple has come to dominate the digital download market not just for music but delivery of video online as well via downloads but all the sales numbers and market share statistics were taken before HD downloads on iTunes and other services took off.

This article states in its title “Apple TV Digital Disruption: iTunes takes 91% of Video Download market” but is that entire 91% of SD video? Who is leading in HD downloads is it Apple also? I would assume so but by how much. I wish they would give us some sales numbers for HD content.

Of course its sub par HD at 720P (not full 1080P) but that’s still better than SD 480P video.

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By: Ephilei

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I went with a MacMini instead of AppleTV, which is actually quite bad for the consumer (tho good for Apple). The extra RAM, processor speed, and bluetooth on on a Mini is superfluous when all I wanted was something that play more formats and external drive support (without hacking).