Apple Launches iTunes Store Movie Downloads in France and Ireland

[peterdevries]

Hope movies will arrive too in the Dutch iTunes!
Apple has to hurry if they do no not want to miss the boat here, Dutch websites are starting to rent and sell DivX movies online (e.g. http://www.moviemaxonline.eu/actie/DivX.html)

To be honest I do not think it will happen, theyapple do not have eyes for small European countries.

Ireland as a market is smaller than the Netherlands. This is all about licensing. Due to dubbing and subtitling and the still splintered market etc. licensing movies is a nightmare in Europe.

 

[twoodcc]

glad to see apple expand this

 

[jimmyjoemccrow]

Jaysus! Finally! We were beginning to feel like a third-world country here. (Although, with this recession, we're not far off - thank you, America!)

Maybe we'll only have to wait another 5 years to get a feckin' (no, that's not a curse word) Apple Store too! I mean, we do manufacture the Mac Pro here - albeit in Cork!

How far are you from the border? We have a nice Apple store here in Belfast. I'm sure you know how to use a proxy to convince iTunes that you are in the UK.

 

[MacGiver]

Those prices are high. I think the Euro is 1.33 right now?

Not that high...the USD/EUR exchange rate does not tell you anything...
Example...take the movie 2012...i can rent it 4.99€ from my TV provider, on iTunes it is 3.99€. So comparatively to local prices in place it is less expensive or the same price. Now Apple just needs to expand its catalog and update Apple TV and they will be in good position to beat all other local providers (that will at the end align to the lower price)
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[Tiffy]

Not that high...the USD/EUR exchange rate does not tell you anything...
Example...take the movie 2012...i can rent it 4.99€ from my TV provider, on iTunes it is 3.99€. So comparatively to local prices in place it is less expensive or the same price. Now Apple just needs to expand its catalog and update Apple TV and they will be in good position to beat all other local providers (that will at the end align to the lower price)
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The price for renting a movie is OK but to buy, it is too expensive. For only a few euros more, you can buy the DVD or blu-ray. But probably this pricing policy is due to the majors, not Apple.