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Apple has announced that new movie releases from the major and independent studios are available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release.

“We’re thrilled to bring iTunes Store customers new films for purchase day-and-date with the DVD release,” said said the man called Cue. “We think movie fans will love being able to buy their favorites from major and independent studios.”

New releases and catalog titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios. Movies purchased from iTunes can be viewed on an iPod with video, iPhone, Mac or PC or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV, with new releases priced at $15 and most catalog titles at $10.

New releases available for purchase on the iTunes Store this week, concurrent with their DVD release, include American Gangster and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Other popular titles now available for purchase include Juno, Cloverfield, I Am Legend, There Will Be Blood, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

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