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iTunes Australia... Finally?

pmoeser said:
I'm actually beginning to doubt that man landed on the moon in 1969.
(for lots of reasons including: they went to the moon with a computer less powerful than the one in a washing machine yet they can't synchronise a set of traffic lights along a mian road in any capital city in Australia)
They'll tease us for a week, announce the date for a week later, disappear back to the US and blame further delays for the store on a record company.
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Hmm, pessimist or realist - I guess we'll know in a week... ;)
 
~Shard~ said:
Yes, I'm surprised he hasn't chimed in yet. ;)

I, too, will be curious to see the price point - I hope after all this time it is nothing too unreasonable... :(
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According to the chat at appletalk.com.au, it's $AUD1.69
 
I believe it when I see it. I recall a few months ago this newspaper was exposed on Media Watch for getting it's information from a well known Rumour website and never actually talking to anyone from Apple or otherwise when they reported similar news.
 
~Shard~ said:
China and Brazil have huge populations, those might be good candidates... hmm, I'd have to think of where else makes sense, I'm sure there's many places...
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It's actually pretty tough. To be successful, the price has to be right for the market and there needs to be sufficient iPod penetration.

I know that iPod has been a flop in S Korea so it doesn't really make sense to invest in iTMS until there's a decent user base. China has enough iPod users, but the prevalence of freebie MP3s and the song price to make it successful may not be worth Apple's while. Certain affluent Asian countries or locals may also work eg. Singapore, Taiwan, HK. But I am not sure if Apple can be bothered with them given the smaller user base and the need to build up a brand new Chinese based catelogue. As for S America eg Brazil, I have not heard much of iPod's penetration there.
 
Would Seven (who screens Desperate Housewives and LOST) license those shows to Apple, or would ABC America for iTMS AU?
Nickelodeon, ABC,Ten , SBS content should be on it as well.
 
wow look at how apple has something exciting every week! great for the xmas holiday i must say. very smart, very smart.
 
This all better be true.

Man, I was so close to having no credit card bill next month...

Ah well, hope there's some good aussie music on there, and TV shows (yeah, still trying to think of one).
 
aussie_geek said:
I'm, so over it... If it opens up so be it. bleh..... :rolleyes:
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I agree with you. I think it will be very cool to have the iTMS AU, but I think we'll get screwed over on price and limited content. I'm really keen to see the networks start to s**t themselves over content delivery. If for instance they don't start the free to air TV season in line with the US and we can get shows off the net before they've aired here in Oz (legally and en mass), then that must have an affect on selling the advert spots in the free to air shows??? Just one of many possibilities I guess. Also pay tv content. Who would want to pay massive monthly pay tv subscriptions for content full of ads when you can get only the shows you want ad free and all you need is iTunes? This will no doubt have an effect on TV delivery in a big way.
 
~Shard~ said:
A little bit pricey, no?
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Yup, but if it's $16.99 for an album like it was in April then that's a bit over half what we pay now for a CD.

The record labels will want more though, much more...
 
Chundles said:
Yup, but if it's $16.99 for an album like it was in April then that's a bit over half what we pay now for a CD.

The record labels will want more though, much more...
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Yah, I suppose when you put it in perspective... Well, I hope it doesn't end up being too costly for you guys - you almost deserve a price break for waiting so long! ;)
 
~Shard~ said:
Yah, I suppose when you put it in perspective... Well, I hope it doesn't end up being too costly for you guys - you almost deserve a price break for waiting so long! ;)
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Yeah, if only you were calling the shots Shard, rather than those lovely Australian record company people, we'd all be much happier for it ;)

There's been so much too-ing and fro-ing over this whole thing, I just worry that it'll be a bit of an anti-climax when it finally arrives - I mean, do you non-iTunes deprived people keep using it in sufficiently greater volume than you would buy normal CDs?

It'll be nice to know it's there and use it occasionally, but realistically I wonder how much difference it will make to my own purchasing habits - but if it's a hit for Apple, that's a good thing - maybe we might eventually get iPhoto prints here (since we're not officially part of 'the rest of the world'). :)
 
OziMac said:
Yeah, if only you were calling the shots Shard, rather than those lovely Australian record company people, we'd all be much happier for it ;)

There's been so much too-ing and fro-ing over this whole thing, I just worry that it'll be a bit of an anti-climax when it finally arrives - I mean, do you non-iTunes deprived people keep using it in sufficiently greater volume than you would buy normal CDs?

It'll be nice to know it's there and use it occasionally, but realistically I wonder how much difference it will make to my own purchasing habits - but if it's a hit for Apple, that's a good thing - maybe we might eventually get iPhoto prints here (since we're not officially part of 'the rest of the world'). :)
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Yah, I hear what you're saying. Personally, I don't buy much form iTMS Canada, so it hasn't affected my purchasing habits too much. It's definitely a nice-to-have though if I ever need something! It's nice just having the option if nothing else some times...

As for being not part of the rest of the world, it's a shame for anyone who thinks that! I absolutely love your country and would go back in a heartbeat if I had the chance. :cool:
 
OziMac said:
...but if it's a hit for Apple, that's a good thing - maybe we might eventually get iPhoto prints here (since we're not officially part of 'the rest of the world'). :)
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Woah woah woah...

Slow down mate, don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves. We could also end up with "same business day" shipping dates, then all hell would break loose.

;)
 
mkrishnan said:
Okay, Mad Jew, where are you? Lemme buy you a K. West song when it comes true. :p :eek: :D It's about time the overlord of online music comes down under. :)
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:D

Well, of the umpteen thousand tunes in my library, I don't have a single K West track. Is that a good thing? :D If you get me K West, then I really should get you some Wilacannia Mob. You'll love it.

As an interesting side note, according to the OSX inbuilt spell-checker, umpteen is a word yet spellchecker isn't. :p


~Shard~ said:
Yes, I'm surprised he hasn't chimed in yet.
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I've been busy earning money so I can afford the Wilacannia Mob album to get mkrishnan. ;)
 
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