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iTunes Videos Coming To Europe Spring 2007?

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Despite increasing pressure from several European countries surrounding Apple's use of exclusive DRM technology in their iTunes Store and iPod, Forbes quotes Luxembourg's finance minister as saying that online video sales could be coming to Europe this spring.

Jeannot Krecke said Apple bosses have been in discussion 'for several months' with Luxembourg authorities. The deal is pending official confirmation from Apple, he noted.
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Luxembourg has been Apple's base of operations for the iTunes Store in Europe due to the low VAT for online services.
 
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i cant wait for this, it will give Apple TV a use in the UK.

I just hope they have all the good films and TV shows on early. There is no point downloading it if you can see it on TV 1 hr later.

But if they put shows on UK iTunes when they come out in US that would be great, i hate waiting for the hit US shows in the UK

Desperate Housewives
Lost
24
Prison Break
Veronica Mars
Heroes
etc etc etc...
 
Overstatement

Apple thinks Europe is France, UK, Germany and perhaps Italy.
Half of Europe (even EU countries) doesn't have access to iTunes at all.
That is why this "coming to Europe" sounds ridiculus in my ears.
 
would love 24, the new series is the only one i've watched and i'm hooked. would love to be able to download the old series. oh, and in HD please :p
 
ninahere said:
Apple thinks Europe is France, UK, Germany and perhaps Italy.
Half of Europe (even EU countries) doesn't have access to iTunes at all.
That is why this "coming to Europe" sounds ridiculus in my ears.
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Umm...
What do you mean half of EU dont have access to iTunes??
 
hollerz said:
would love 24, the new series is the only one i've watched and i'm hooked. would love to be able to download the old series. oh, and in HD please :p
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I also would love to be able to watch 24 over iTunes, I don't have Sky, so unless I buy the boxsets I can't watch it...and never have for this very reason :(

All of the previous series would be nice aswell.
 
ninahere said:
Apple thinks Europe is France, UK, Germany and perhaps Italy.
Half of Europe (even EU countries) doesn't have access to iTunes at all.
That is why this "coming to Europe" sounds ridiculus in my ears.
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From the iTunes store I can choose Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, UK

That's 17 countries isn't it?
 
Expanding their video business internationally is clearly something Apple wants to do.

It's just up to the lawyers to make it possible, as was getting iTunes (for music) in the various countries in the first place.
 
xJulianx said:
I also would love to be able to watch 24 over iTunes, I don't have Sky, so unless I buy the boxsets I can't watch it...and never have for this very reason :(

All of the previous series would be nice aswell.
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Yeah, theres Lost aswell, dunno if you watch Lost but Sky One have bought it so people with terrestrial or freeview can't watch it now. Having it on iTunes would make a lot of people happy!
 
hollerz said:
Yeah, theres Lost aswell, dunno if you watch Lost but Sky One have bought it so people with terrestrial or freeview can't watch it now. Having it on iTunes would make a lot of people happy!
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i used to watch Lost, but slowly lost interest during series 2, I was starting to get frustrated with episodes never answering questions and only creating new questions. :p
 
jfanning said:
From the iTunes store I can choose Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, UK

That's 17 countries isn't it?
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And how many countries are there in the EU?
17? or 27?
 
xJulianx said:
i used to watch Lost, but slowly lost interest during series 2, I was starting to get frustrated with episodes never answering questions and only creating new questions. :p
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I hear yah, I still wish I knew some things from season one. Like the trees moving on the first few episodes.
 
xJulianx said:
i used to watch Lost, but slowly lost interest during series 2, I was starting to get frustrated with episodes never answering questions and only creating new questions. :p
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haha yeah, your right, especially when one episode ends and you don't find out what happened or get the answer till about 5 episodes later!! maybe thats why I love it so much though :D
 
jfanning said:
From the iTunes store I can choose Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, UK

That's 17 countries isn't it?
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Poland, Czech Republic, Slowakia, Slowenia, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Cyprus and Malta are all members of the EU since almost three years now. Romania and Bulgaria just joined as well. Then there are the others like Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia and not to speak of Belarus, Ukraine and Moldovia.

I think that is a substantial number of European countries without an iTMS (or iTS). (not counting these borderline states like Turkey and the Caucasus).
 
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