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iTunes Now Selling Television Shows in Germany

MacVader said:
HTML: 
http://www.mikesay98.blogspot.com
This is a great site to buy Itunes gift cards, and you get the code in a few minutes.
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Thanks for this, nice...hate looking around on ebay, and then waiting a day 'till the seller realizes I bought something :).

@Topic...way more expensive that DVD, but half DVD quality?? No original sound <- thats the no-way point for me. There are a few rare good german tv shows, but I think I'm going to stick with the gift certificate way...

I'm assuming this is something ruined by our GEMA? I thought Apple would like to make worldwide shop, but local restrictions in the different countries block this.
 
swagi said:
I'm currelntly at work, and the iTunes Store in Germany seems really messed.

I tried to browse TV content, but don't get it. But when I search for TV episodes (like Grey's Anatomy) I get content.

Nevertheless, prices suck really bad. And trying to download the free TV episode from Switch (though I don't like the show, but free is always good), iTunes crashed on Windows.

So much for my experience with it...
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Like Steve Jobs said "Itunes on Windows is like giving someone in Hell a glass off ice water" :). So you must use it on a Mac,
 
Those prices are ough.

Bah, I want my content from the internet quickly, easy, and in good quality. I hope some (or they) come up with something better.
 
German dubbing sucks big time. Some Americans may not know this, but there are no subtitles in Germany. American movies and TV shows are being shown with German voice-overs (unless you buy the DVD and select the English soundtrack, or you can go to a theater where they show movies in their original language).

Anyway, I won't buy overpriced "less than DVD"-quality German language versions of American TV shows on iTunes.
 
IHateUserNames said:
German dubbing sucks big time. Some Americans may not know this, but there are no subtitles in Germany. American movies and TV shows are being shown with German voice-overs (unless you buy the DVD and select the English soundtrack, or you can go to a theater where they show movies in their original language).
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It's not voice-over but proper dubs. Voice-over is only used as a translation device in short interviews and live shows. Of course, a translation can never be as good as the original version (with extremly rare exceptions).
 
expensive!!

$1.99 = 1.271 euro.

1.99 euro = $3.117.

I guess Apple doesn't have the converter widget that ships on every mac?

Come on guys, this is beyond a rip-off. :mad:
 
3247 said:
It's not voice-over but proper dubs. Voice-over is only used as a translation device in short interviews and live shows. Of course, a translation can never be as good as the original version (with extremly rare exceptions).
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My bad. I should have phrased it more properly.
 
sebimeyer said:
$1.99 = 1.271 euro.

1.99 euro = $3.117.

I guess Apple doesn't have the converter widget that ships on every mac?

Come on guys, this is beyond a rip-off. :mad:
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I get your point...but I disagree with you I'm afraid! Prices cannot fluctuate with exchange rates.....it just doesn't make sense.

Add to that the point the wage scales are not the same in different countries then I'm sure it's a fair price. I would imagine (and I'm no financial expert) that job for job an American would technically receive a lower wage if paid in euros as their economy is different. Things cost less there, and I'm sure that there wages reflect this.

Now...Germany, grats on getting the service at least! :D
 
BillyBobBongo said:
I get your point...but I disagree with you I'm afraid! Prices cannot fluctuate with exchange rates.....it just doesn't make sense.
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Correct. Furthermore, Apple has to negotiate separate licenses for every country, so they'll probably pay the license in Euros, too.
And then there's 19% V.A.T., so 1,99 € with V.A.T. is actually 1,67 € without V.A.T.
I also guess they'll charge the same price as in other Eurozone countries, so they might charge more than they absolutely need in case they want to sell the stuff in other countries with more expensive licenses and/or higher V.A.T.

However, if you compare it with other ways to get the stuff, it's still a bit expensive:
  • the shows have been broadcasted in free TV.
  • some of them are downloadable for free (but include ads).
  • DVDs are often around the same effective price.
But ok, so it's only a bit expensive. However, what's really bad is:
  • no English audio track, only a German dub
 
3247 said:
no English audio track, only a German dub
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I would imagine that this is to do with the 'actors' that provide the voices in the dub. German TV always does this so I'd imagine it's pretty lucrative if you've been providing the voice of Ross in Friends for X amount of years, and you'd see this as a loss of revenue!? Just thinking out load, so to speak! No idea at all how this would work! ;)

Still, it wouldn't be too much effort to provide people with a choice in this day and age. After all, if you buy the DVD you get the choice of which sound channel to use.
 
BillyBobBongo said:
I would imagine that this is to do with the 'actors' that provide the voices in the dub. German TV always does this so I'd imagine it's pretty lucrative if you've been providing the voice of Ross in Friends for X amount of years, and you'd see this as a loss of revenue!? Just thinking out load, so to speak! No idea at all how this would work! ;)
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The voice actors actually get lousy wages.

Furthermore, the German audio track would certainly be in addition to the original one.
 
Mackilroy said:
I'm not familiar with German TV, is it really that bad?
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It's pretty bad, and getting worse - although I do think that the average quality is similar to that of other countries. The problem is that even the "best" TV series and shows are kind of embarrassingly inadequate in comparison to the best ones in the US (which can be a pretty high standard).

I honestly get the impression that educated Germans have already said goodbye to German TV and aren't targeted as an audience anymore.
 
twoodcc said:
well, this is good for people in Germany.
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Not really. I don't know about my fellow Germans, but I for one hate German TV for dubbing all the TV shows they send, and badly. If iTunes does the same thing, it'll be a new flaw, not a new feature. Also, everyone around here torrents TV shows, so you better make the episodes 0.99¢ each.
 
tv shows but what about movies
\oh and to the guy who asked if canada have tv shows on their store, they do..
 
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