Apple to air ’special’ Super Bowl ad on Feb. 4
By AppleInsider Staff

A deal between Apple Inc. and Apple Corps to bring the legendary music
catalog of The Beatles to iTunes could see an announcement in the form
of a Super Bowl commercial, according to a report published Wednesday.

Citing “sources with knowledge of the project,” the Toronto Sun said remastered tracks from the British Fab Four’s United Kingdom CD back catalogue are slated to be made available for downloading from Apple’s iTunes Store as soon as next month.

Apple plans a “special” announcement scheduled for a Super Bowl
commercial on Feb. 4, which may give more indication as to where the
new remastered CDs will debut first, the paper said.

Echoing a report from Tuesday, the Sun also reported that
the arrangement between the two Apples is for an exclusive three-month
restricted distribution deal through iTunes that would likely prolong
the release the actual remastered CDs.

Tuesday’s report suggested that Apple Corps would make at least some of
the British rock group’s music collection available through iTunes on Valentine’s Day, providing a convenient means of promoting the band’s recent Cirque du Soleil project, Love.

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