Target Intends To Replace iTunes. Good Luck With That.

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By way of TechCrunch, we learn that Target is posed to launch an UltraViolet-compatible online video store. Presumably “Target Ticket” is a collaboration with someone skilled in the space or even a branded white label product and, beyond the web screenshots, the Android and iOS apps are sure to follow. As to why, well let’s just say it’s part of a broader and questionable virtual land grab (right, Toys R Us?)… and ZNF readers will continue to have the vast majority of our Internet video-on-demand needs met by Amazon and Apple, maybe even Walmart’s Vudu. Not to mention this incoming a la carte service poses no threat to the all-you-can-eat Netflix.

8 thoughts on “Target Intends To Replace iTunes. Good Luck With That.”

  1. Yeah, I can’t see that I’d ever use this. The non-techie wife needs a few options as possible, otherwise she just won’t bother. So we use Netflix on various devices, and use Vudu for our UltraViolet collection. I have Amazon Prime, but that only ever gets used on our Kindle Fire.

  2. Ultraviolet continues the history of bad or incomprehensible DRM solutions. Why do people turn to torrents? Try using this.

  3. Why would I buy online movies from any of these services when Blu-ray movies are cheaper, higher quality, and less expensive? (And signifiantly less expensive a few months after release.)

  4. another storefront for Ultraviolet is a win in my book. means sales on movies and redundancy on being able to play them. Since folks who still cling to the physical media of BluRay sell their UV codes for $2-6 UV continues to be an appealing and affordable system especially since I can link my account to 5 other friends and legally pool our movies. one buys but we all see it. Our collected UV movie collection has grown to over 420 movies in less than a year.

  5. Maybe they could switch to Microsoft’s Play’s Anywhere for music— oh, that’s right..

    Here’s an idea: How about stupid media companies give up on this idiot random DRM solutions and just give me the movie in a DRM-free format that I buy from Amazon.com and can use on whatever device I like.. That seemed to work for MP3s..

  6. Target has been financing a lot of children’s programing and toy tie ins over the years. I’d also expect a Target channel of shopping and programing on the streamers, cable, and satellite in the future. This is just another shopping experience segment to them.

  7. We buy the dvd/blurays we want, rip them and place on our Drobo and then use Plex to stream to everyone’s devices. This was we control how long the content is available and we don’t need the internet to enjoy our content. Its the only way to go in my opinion. We cut the cable tv cord several years ago and the money we save on cable, we use to purchase our content on physical disks.

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