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"Google is in talks with film studios to begin selling movies through Google Play, the search giant\u2019s recently redesigned hub for exploring and buying apps, movies, books and music, a new report indicates. \nCurrently, consumers can only rent movies through Google Play, although they can purchase digital downloads of films through other retail channels, including Apple's iTunes.\nCiting multiple unnamed sources, Cnet reports that Google could begin selling films as soon as this summer. Some suggested that the move to begin selling \u2014 and not just renting \u2014 films may be coming from the studios themselves, who may have demanded the tech giant agree to sales in order to get access to rentals in the first place.\nThe partnership would open up film purchases to a huge market: owners of Android devices. There are some 300 million Android devices activated globally, Google's Andy Rubin said on stage at Mobile World Congress in February. Film sales are still an important business for studios, who have witnessed a gradual decline in DVD sales as more content is made available through streaming and DVD rental providers like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Redbox.\nIn other Google Play news, the company is also said to be planning to begin selling ebooks in France.\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, RonBailey"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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