iTunes Store Movie Content Goes Live in 42 New Countries

[MacRumors]

Earlier this month, we noted that the iTunes Music Store had gone live in 56 new countries, nearly doubling the number of countries with access to the store. At the time, Apple noted in its press release that movies were also being launched in Russia, Turkey, India and Indonesia with "select additional countries" also scheduled to offer the film content.

Beginning earlier today, a number of MacRumors readers began reporting that movies had gone live in their countries, and AppleInsider has compiled a list of 42 new countries where movies are now available.

- Europe: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine

- Africa, the Middle East and India: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Botswana, Cape Verde, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Zimbabwe

- Asia Pacific: Micronesia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

- Latin America and the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago

The new additions mean that just ten of the 56 countries that added music content earlier this month have yet to begin offering movies. Those countries include: Barbados, Bermuda, Burkina Faso, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Uzbekistan.

Article Link: iTunes Store Movie Content Goes Live in 42 New Countries

[Christian 5G]

Awesome

Can I access other country's app stores from ios device?

[MultiMediaWill]

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

[MonkeySee....]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

Probably the people who live outside those countries?

[gmanist1000]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

42 new countries care.

[zukernik]

Originally Posted by multimediawill

honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from us, uk, or aus.

'MURICAH, f yeah!

[The Bulge]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

About this post no one cares.

[keysofanxiety]

Originally Posted by The Bulge

About this post no one cares.

Master Yoda?

[Schmitty11]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

People like you are to blame to most of the world's problems. If it doesn't effect you, you don't care. What a shame.

[Mad Mac Maniac]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

Originally Posted by MonkeySee....

Probably the people who live outside those countries?

Originally Posted by gmanist1000

42 new countries care.

Originally Posted by zukernik

'MURICAH, f yeah!

Originally Posted by The Bulge

About this post no one cares.

Originally Posted by Schmitty11

People like you are to blame to most of the world's problems. If it doesn't effect you, you don't care. What a shame.

In this posters defense... I'm sure he just meant who cares here on MacRumors. Because we are all english speaking, therefore most of us live in english speaking countries. this is important for apple, and important for the many people that live in those countries, but you and I as individuals it doesn't really affect. I would think that out of all active MR posters MAYBE 1% are from any of those 42 countries.

[writingdevil]

Originally Posted by Mad Mac Maniac

In this posters defense... I'm sure he just meant who cares here on MacRumors. Because we are all english speaking, therefore most of us live in english speaking countries. this is important for apple, and important for the many people that live in those countries, but you and I as individuals it doesn't really affect. I would think that out of all active MR posters MAYBE 1% are from any of those 42 countries.

The original post seems to fall into the category of a mindset of a lot of this country (including my Grandpa) that their world view ends when you reach the East or West coast...there's really nothing out there, and I know a few whose world ends at their city limits. And then an explainer-in-chief taking time to quote six other posts to enlighten the public on somebody else's mind set? If that isn't my long suffering Grandma defending Gramps I'd be totally surprised, except neither uses a computer.

[Yvan256]

Originally Posted by Mad Mac Maniac

In this posters defense... I'm sure he just meant who cares here on MacRumors. Because we are all english speaking, therefore most of us live in english speaking countries.

I don't speak english, french is my primary language. I just happened to learn english at school, then watching USA, english-Canadian and UK TV shows. I als0 l3arned engl1sh by r3ad1ng 0n th3 1ntern3t.

[0815]

Originally Posted by Mad Mac Maniac

In this posters defense... I'm sure he just meant who cares here on MacRumors. Because we are all english speaking, therefore most of us live in english speaking countries. this is important for apple, and important for the many people that live in those countries, but you and I as individuals it doesn't really affect. I would think that out of all active MR posters MAYBE 1% are from any of those 42 countries.

1. I think you are wrong about the 1% ...Dont have any data to backup of how many, but people outside of the US learn foreign languages and most learn english and the US news sites are big resource of info even for people not living in the US. (I know tons of people outside the US that read macrumors)

2. Even people in the US should care about the success of an American company and how it is spreading around the world making money

3. Can't people just be happy for others to enjoy what they already enjoyed for years? Don't be too occupied with your own problems. I am always happy to hear about the success of a company, even if it does not effect me directly.

[iLoveiTunes]

Originally Posted by Mad Mac Maniac

In this posters defense... I'm sure he just meant who cares here on MacRumors. Because we are all english speaking, therefore most of us live in english speaking countries. this is important for apple, and important for the many people that live in those countries, but you and I as individuals it doesn't really affect. I would think that out of all active MR posters MAYBE 1% are from any of those 42 countries.

Wow !! You just beat the other guy in dumbness quotient . hats off

[SpiderDude]

Originally Posted by Mad Mac Maniac

In this posters defense... I'm sure he just meant who cares here on MacRumors. Because we are all English speaking, therefore most of us live in English speaking countries. this is important for apple, and important for the many people that live in those countries, but you and I as individuals it doesn't really affect. I would think that out of all active MR posters MAYBE 1% are from any of those 42 countries.

I speak and understand English, but I live in Portugal, where English is not the main language and I do enjoy watching movies with other people and don't like to act as self centered prick telling people "What's the problem with English subs?"

So yeah, I'm the 0.1 percent. ahah

[GenesisST]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

Well, there's Canada for one, which has 13 millions more than AUS... And Deutschland, France, España, Italia, Österreich, just to stay in the first world...

Sheeessh...

[apple-win]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

Ya, I know you are a rich European descent. You have a lot of Apple toys.

[dumell]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

Actually, those countries make up 61% of Macrumors' users:
http://www.quantcast.com/macrumors.com#!countries

[dove]

I just wish they would add subtitles in more languages. The current situation is particularly annoying when you're (living) abroad and you want to watch a movie with someone whose English isn't very good.

I know. I know. This affects few people. Still, it's annoying and particularly so because this seems like it would be relatively easy to fix for the powers that be!

[apple-win]

Originally Posted by dove

I just wish they would add subtitles in more languages. The current situation is particularly annoying when you're (living) abroad and you want to watch a movie with someone whose English isn't very good.

I know. I know. This affects few people. Still, it's annoying and particularly so because this seems like it would be relatively easy to fix for the powers that be!

If Apple adds subtites in the video file, can I turn it off?
I like DVD and Blu-ray, I can turn subtitle on or off, my choice.

[jacodb]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

I care. I'm from South Africa, we got the music store last week and the movie store today (with very limited content). We had no legal way of buying movies and very crappy music stores like Nokia's Ovi store which doesn't work on Apple devices. So the stores launching locally is a very big Christmas present to us.

Originally Posted by zin

How many people can seriously afford iTunes movies in most of the places mentioned?

Take Zimbabwe, for instance; the poverty rate there is 80% relative. Probably 99% in practicality.

We'll President Mugabe and the thugs in his government. Now at least they don't have to tax their poor countrymen further to death to go to Hong Kong to go and stock up on DVDs or Blue Rays to keep them occupied.

[Mad Man]

Originally Posted by MultiMediaWill

Honestly, who cares? 99% of us are from US, UK, or AUS.

Just because nobody cares about you does not mean that people in general don't care about other people.

[peeeter]

Nice to see that Apple is expanding geographic coverage ... but in order to be successful in new countries they need to provide movies with subtitles in local languages.

[-RJ-]

Originally Posted by peeeter

Nice to see that Apple is expanding geographic coverage ... but in order to be successful in new countries they need to provide movies with subtitles in local languages.

And provide iTunes Match / iTunes in the Cloud.. Features still missing in Scandinavia

[JAT]

The MPAA and other related groups must be crying that they had to make these deals. So many people can have access to see their product, now.