Weniger als eine Woche vor dem Start der WWDC scheinen alle Weichen für iCloud, Apple's neuen Streaming Service, gelegt: Dem Wall Street Journal zufolge ist nun auch das 4. große Label, die Universal Music Group, an Bord, und entsprechende Abkommen sollen noch diese Woche unterzeichnet werden.
Damit stehen die 4 großen Labels, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Group und Universal Music hinter Apple.
Apple Inc. has reached terms with major recorded-music companies to allow it to launch a digital locker service that would be more robust than those currently offered by Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
According to these people, deals with three labels have been completed, and the fourth, with Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, is likely to be signed this week. Apple has signed deals with Warner Music Group Corp., Sony Corp.'s Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Group Ltd.
CNet zufolge arbeitet Apple auch daran, einige der großen Hollywood Filmstudios an Bord zu bringen:
In the past several weeks, Apple executives have stepped up their attempts to convince some of the major Hollywood film studios to issue licenses that would enable Apple to store its customers' movies on the company's servers, two sources close to the negotiations told CNET. Apple began discussing a cloud service with the studios over a year ago.