Apple TV: Fox Unveils 20 New Digital Copy Movies for iTunes

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release several best-selling DVDs with ‘digital copy’ on September 23. This special digital copy edition allows consumers to transfer digital movie file directly from disc to their iTunes digital library and then view movies on a Mac or PC, iPod touch, iPhone 3G or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.

Fox was the first studio to introduce DVDs with digital copy for iTunes with the January 2008 release of the Family Guy “Star Wars” parody, Family Guy presents: Blue Harvest, which was announced at the annual Macworld Conference in San Francisco.

To date, the studio has issued several new releases with digital copy for iTunes including What Happens in Vegas, Street Kings, Hitman, Juno, Aliens vs. Predator-Requiem and Jumper. All of the 20 releases featuring digital copy provide consumers with the ability to watch the actual DVD or transfer a copy of the movie to a portable device for on the go entertainment.

The first wave of DVDs to debut with digital copy include the studio’s hilarious comedies Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, The Girl Next Door, Grandma’s Boy, There’s Something About Mary, Dodgeball and Super Troopers, and action-packed favorites Behind Enemy Lines, The Day After Tomorrow, Die Hard, Fantastic Four, Hide & Seek, I Robot, Independence Day, Speed, The Transporter, X-Men, X2: X-Men United and X3: The Last Stand. Additionally, the all-new RENO 911!: Miami - More Busted Than Ever Unrated Cut will also be released with ’digital copy’ on September 23.

Every Fox DVD with ’digital copy’ will feature packaging with an overview of how digital copy works to show just how easy it is to transfer a film to a personal video player. Each title will be available individually for a suggested retail price of $19.98 U.S. / $21.98 Canada; prebook is August 13.