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Apple TV Gains TV Show Purchasing and Streaming in Australia, Canada, and UK

Nice to know that the UK, and other regions, are starting to catch up with what is offered in the US (if only Siri would stop saying that it can only do certain things in the US, I may then contemplate a new iPhone).

I still don't quite get the pricing of some shows on iTunes though, I just ordered the complete 8 seasons (and movie) of 24 on DVD for less than £50, which I can rip and place on the PS3 at my leisure, but on iTunes all 8 seasons in SD (lesser quality than the DVDs too I might add) would cost about £160.

Until the pricing on iTunes comes in line with what brick and mortar stores and Amazon have to offer I'll still buy films on Blu-Ray, and TV shows on DVD, as far as I see I get a better product for less money, just not as convenient.
 
Can it do over-the-air recording? That is what I do now with my eyeFi usb adapter, and it works great.

If it isn't a DVR, then I don't see the point.
 
Seems to have disappeared for me again. Couldn't buy or stream anything when it was there though. Only preview.
 
chenks said:
doesn't seem to be doing much for me at the moment.
the menu has appeared but selecting "top tv shows" or "genres" gives a "your request could not be completed" message.

selecting any of the tv shows listed in the carousel, i only get preview options (same if i manually search for any tv show that have i have purchased).

in "tv networks", the only network currently listed is "aardman studios".
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Was the same for me an hour ago, but it's gone now :(

Jon
 
I have updated but I have no new menu, WHHHHHHHHHHY?

Oh I think it just needs a hard reset. Nothing to see here, move along.

Oh, no, it hasn't appeared after a hard reset. Good. What now?
 
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I'm still somewhat dissapointed, we're offered old TV seasons and expected to pay through the nose.

Inbetweeners?

Firstly consider that the series is over. It's now moved on to the usual concluding Film...

And with 6 episodes per season and a cost of $16.99 i'm being asked to pay twice what i'd consider as reasonable.

Merlin?

Active TV series, nearing the end of season 4, currently showing in Aus 1 week behind the UK which is frustrating but to have only upto Season 3 available in iTunes is useless, let alone (again) the cost $35 per season?

Good to see some positive direction but at present I feel they have missed the point, and the boat...
 
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So has anyone in the UK been able to get this working? It appeared to me once but then disappeared and hasn't reappeared since. I can't redownload purchased shows either. :confused:
 
So let me get this right...

Previously, to watch TV shows you needed to buy them through iTunes on your computer, download to your computer and then stream them through the WiFi to the Apple TV.

Now, to watch TV shows you need to buy them through iTunes on your computer and then stream them from the iCloud to the Apple TV.

So what's the big difference? Can you search for and buy TV shows on the Apple TV now?


And you still can't just rent TV shows directly through the Apple TV?

If anything I'd prefer to have the option to buy movies through the Apple TV and have them download to my computer through iCloud automatically, and rent TV episodes. I don't need episodes of TV I'll watch once or twice at the most filling my hard drive.

For "customers preferred to purchase their shows" read "networks insist you pay five times the price if you're going to circumvent their advertising and we'll tell you it's worthwhile because you now 'own' it." woop-di-doo.

As soon as Apple decides to supersede TV networks the better! (and phone networks for that matter)
 
Jamie0003 said:
So has anyone in the UK been able to get this working? It appeared to me once but then disappeared and hasn't reappeared since. I can't redownload purchased shows either. :confused:
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it's disappeared again now.
clearly it was a mistake and shouldn't have been added to UK users.
 
You'd think Apple would acknowledge this and issue a correction or clarification.

Canadian and UK AppleTV users will have seen the TV menu appear, then disappear. You don't just leave people clueless.

Either announce that TV shows are coming to Apple TV in Canada and the UK or issue a correction stating that it was a mistake and that TV shows are only for the US.

Staying quiet now is nothing but poor customer service.
 
Days later...

It gets worse. If you have a 1st generation Apple TV, TV shows are now gone as well. Apple has eliminated the functionality on a device without proper warning or even an explanation after the fact.

I have both the 1st and 2nd generation AppleTVs and I've never complained about the original not getting updates because I still had the functionality that I paid for. But now Apple has now taken a significant function away without warning and that is unacceptable.
 
Now Working in Australia

After following news of iTunes match now working in Oz and noting there had also been an ATV2 update I duly turned it on and did the update.
Surprise when it rebooted and there was the TV Shows menu, complete with local channels and lots of other channels.
Episode pricing seemed around $2.99.
Looking at currently airing shows, episodes available were one or two shows back.
 
now available in Canada

it's finally all there, pricing actually varies from 2,99 to 3,49. I still find it a bit too expensive. The option of having a season pass, which allows you to watch all the episodes, is a neat idea.
 
Yep, saw that they finally fully turned the TV Shows options for Apple TV's in Canada. I think it's pretty cool, I've just been watching Netflix in Canada for awhile for $8 per month, but there's a few shows I'd like to cherry pick.
 
... and this proves to be a success for Apple, at least from my end.

I had been ripping my TV show DVDs and then buying TV shows on iTunes but I gave up when I realized how much space this took up on my MacBookPro hard drive. I then moved everything to externals but then gave up that too because it was just too much of a hassle to to manage this as a workaround against iTunes way of data storage... and then I had to back up everything. It was a mess.

Fastforward to Netflix which has been amazing, though I miss watching the newest shows. $8 is great but you miss out on new content. It was an acceptable trade off until this morning.

Here we have all my shows available on all my iOS devices. No managing files, it's all in the cloud. I just make a purchase and... poof! It's available everywhere I go. I'm sold.

I just purchased over $100 in seasons of all my favourite shows, including old ones I had on DVD (but sold) like MacGyver. I have seasons of How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory and Walking Dead and am building up my old time favourites.

I turn on my TV and it's like having my own TV station with only the shows I like to watch. Most of what is on anyway on live TV are re-runs and commercials. Like this, I watch the re-runs of what I like and no commercials.

I have OTA HD tv for news but I have the option of leaving my iPhone streaming my local 24H news station via AirPlay. If Apple apps directly on AppleTV for these news stations and sports, I'm all set.
 
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