9, 2008 - Apple moved to standardize iTunes prices across the European Union after the European Commission opened an antitrust investigation into the pricing. JiTunes Store downloads topped three billion songs.
Jobs called EMI's move "the next big step forward in the digital music revolution." However by October the store offered over 2 million DRM-free songs for 99 cents. With the backing of music label EMI, Apple launched DRM-free downloads under the name "iTunes Plus." EMI tracks were priced at $1.29, slightly higher than the average $0.99 for DRMed music. 9, 2007 - The counter passed 2 billion song downloads. "I hope that every customer, artist and music company executive takes a moment today to reflect on what we’ve achieved together during the past three years," said Jobs in a statement. 23, 2006 - iTunes Music Store downloads topped one billion songs. Among the first TV shows: "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost," for US$1.99 per episode.įeb. A million videos were sold in the first 20 days of service. 12, 2005 - iTunes 6 added support for video and introduced music videos, Pixar short films and television programs to the store. The ROKR was like "an iPod shuffle on your phone," said Jobs. 7, 2005 - Apple teamed up with Motorola and Cingular to launch the first mobile phone with iTunes. "We've been working on it for a long time." Fans appeared excited too and a million songs sold in four days. "We're super excited about this," Jobs said in Tokyo. 4, 2005 - Apple finally convinced Japanese music labels to sign up to the iTunes Music Store, and service began in Japan.
JiTunes Music Store downloads topped half a billion songs.Īug. 16, 2004 - Apple ended 2004 with the download total moving past 200 million songs, after launching an E.U. JDownloads hit 100 million songs and Steve Jobs took a moment to thank "our customers, the artists and the music labels who have embraced our dream for iTunes."ĭec. The service sold 800,000 songs in its first week in business. "We think this is the digital music store that Europe has been waiting for," said Steve Jobs. JApple began international expansion of the iTunes Music Store with the launch of service in the U.K., France and Germany.
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