Apple Movie Junkie

According to BusinessofVideo.com around the fourth quarter of last year Apple started using LimeLight for content distribution, in addition to their old stand by Akamai.  What interests me is that many people started complaining about slow HD downloads around that time.  There’s a very active thread dating back to Christmas day full of people, including me, complaining about the speeds.

My question is, did they start using a new CDN because of these download problems, or is Limelight the source of the trouble?  And why hasn’t Apple acknowledged this yet?

I’ve been watching this for a while, and it seems to me like this is reaching a boiling point.

Here are the latest additions to the iTunes store for SD Rental Titles. Enjoy!

New SD Rentals:

Gallipoli (2005)
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
Lean On Me
Loverboy (2004)
Mamma Mia! The Movie
Mystery Science Theater 3000: First Spaceship On Venus
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Future War
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Laserblast
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Werewolf
President Barack Obama: The Man and His Journey
Romeo Must Die
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Steve Harvey: Don’t Trip… He Ain’t Through With Me Yet
Swing Vote
The Best of the Jammys, Vol. 1
The Lenny Bruce Performance Film
The Life (2004)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Sasquatch Gang
The Stone Angel
The Wind That Shakes the Barley

For all of this week’s new SD Rentals check out the SD Rentals page.

Below is the list of new HD Rentals that have been added to Apple TV.

Bandidas
Lean On Me
Mamma Mia! The Movie
Pet Sematary
Romeo Must Die
Star Trek VIII: First Contact
The Hunter
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Head on over to the HD Rentals page to see this weeks entire list of new titles.