The BBC is developing an iTunes-like service that would allow UK viewers to download old and new BBC TV shows. According to PaidContent, the BBC wants to make all of its shows available as download-to-own (DTO), at about £1.89 per show. The BBC has been negotiating for rights with independent producers that make some of their shows. The service could serve as a new source of revenue and serves as an opportunity to defend their broadcasting against piracy.

Google will launch a home entertainment system that will allow users to stream music throughout their home wirelessly. The device will stream music from Google’s online music service, which was introduced last year. The device will stream music via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and connect to other home electronics. It is expeced to be released later this year. Google is thought to be developing new technologies to rival home entertainment services offered by Apple TV and iTunes. 

du has launched a digital music store that allows du mobile users to download five songs a day, for a daily subscription fee of Dh1. The site has a collection of over 10,000 downloadable songs. The service will also allow du customers to share songs they like from the music store on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

According to a study by ComScore, Apple got more traffic online last month than Walmart. According to the study, Apple is the only retailer (other than Amazon and eBay) in the top 15 most-visited websites in the U.S. in November. Apple gets almost as many web visitors as the New York Times, thanks in large part to Apple's music site iTunes. The digital-content store made up about 30% of Apple's unique visitors last month.

According to music industry experts, a regional iTunes Store is being held back because of the difficulty involved in making sure the right people would get paid for their music. An iTunes Store would help protect the Middle Eastern music industry, but the lack of a proper music rights society has made it extremely difficult for iTunes to set up a regional store.

Apple’s rumoured entry into the connected HDTV market would bring as much as $50 to $100 billion to its market cap, according to a new report from analyst Maynard Um of UBS Investment Research—if Apple can gain enough market share to catch HDTV leaders like Samsung and Phillips.