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iTunes Videos Coming To Europe Spring 2007?
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You said only half of the EU (27 / 2 = 13.5)... which isn't correctly in terms of the number of countries, economic base, or population base.... which was what I think he was questioning.
Only if we invade you.
Oh, that would be great! My schedule is pretty open next week, I could do with a good invasion. Shall we say Tuesday?
Oh wait, I see Scotland's invasion force is already here.
Exactly.
So my friends, if I may ask, please go to your nearest apple store
and express your support by asking Apple representatives to open iTS
to the whole EU, not only parts of it. Otherwise, when you finally
come to Eastern Europe hunting for your "next wife or even two",
there will be no music for you!!! (not to mention videos!!).
I already am purchasing...
I already am purchasing videos from the iTunes store in Europe!
Correction: I am an American in Europe purchasing videos from the American site of iTunes while in Europe. Does that still count as purchasing from iTunes in Europe? ;-)
I already am purchasing videos from the iTunes store in Europe!
Correction: I am an American in Europe purchasing videos from the American site of iTunes while in Europe. Does that still count as purchasing from iTunes in Europe? ;-)
Yeah I knew that but thought maybe the discussion had moved on to the EU because of all the mentioning of it.
Switzerland isn't either. A lot of the time when people, especially businesses say Europe they mean EU15+Norway and Switzerland. That's not gonna change (sadly) just because the EU has expanded to EU27. And even if that would change we would still be forgetting about tons of other countries.
Bring it on
I 'm really looking forward to this, depending on the price per movie/episode , and the quality of the download.
And then i would like to know , how i can back up my downloaded movies to dvd so i don't lose it all in case my hardrive crashes, if i can't do that, ill keep on buying regular dvd's instead of downloading the movies.
I 'm really looking forward to this, depending on the price per movie/episode , and the quality of the download.
And then i would like to know , how i can back up my downloaded movies to dvd so i don't lose it all in case my hardrive crashes, if i can't do that, ill keep on buying regular dvd's instead of downloading the movies.
well excuse me but who cares?
countries like the ones mentioned above still use dial up to access the internet, how many ppl could possibly download movies? so there's absolutely no point for apple to expand there yet. I was even surprised to see that greece has it's own store, broadband has only been available for about two years there (and still is quite expensive) And besides that, Germany, France and the UK make up about 1/3 of the european population AND are considerably wealthy countries where a majority of peple can actually afford to spend money on 25 mbit internet access and on buying things legaly you can basically get for free via torrent. So yes, when thinking in terms of profit, Germany, France and UK basically are Europe. And that is not meant as an offence to anyone who lives in Bulgaria or elsewhere.
It's just business
According to the free rag today the average wage in Bulgaria is 2450 euro per yeah, some of the other countries you list would be similar. I don't think buying shows from iTunes is going to be top of the priority list for people.
I'm sure apple is not looking at that, i think it's only a matter of taxing and other crounty binded rules for this kind of sales in a store.
I'm dutch, we have the highest % of broadband internet connection in the world (per head in the country , last time i checked anyway ) , and the average income is like 1300 euro per month in think, but no movies or series in the itunes store .
So many countries...so many TV programs...many different movies (locally produced). That would be an amazing amount of content. Apple would have to deal with each TV and movie company in Europe individually, right?
I wonder if Apple shouldn't try Japan and Canada first. Might be a much easier road. And while they get those markets up, they deal with Europe.
I wonder if Apple shouldn't try Japan and Canada first. Might be a much easier road. And while they get those markets up, they deal with Europe.
They say ignorance is the mother of supersition, right?
I do, as you've probably noticed.
Really? Have you ever been there? I have a 6mbit DSL connection. Not too much, but is it enough to download a movie from iTS? I think it is, since I can watch TV in real time using it. So do my friends and my parents. I do not know anyone who uses dialup, while many of my American friends do.
Perhaps Switzerland would be a better example? Is it more profitable to have iTS in Switzerland than in a 40 million country like Poland? I don't think so.
iTMS stuff is often cheaper than legal cds that are sold in stores.
It seems people can afford analog versions, why wouldn't they afford
digital ones?
I think you should check your map again.
I do, as you've probably noticed.
Really? Have you ever been there? I have a 6mbit DSL connection. Not too much, but is it enough to download a movie from iTS? I think it is, since I can watch TV in real time using it. So do my friends and my parents. I do not know anyone who uses dialup, while many of my American friends do.
Perhaps Switzerland would be a better example? Is it more profitable to have iTS in Switzerland than in a 40 million country like Poland? I don't think so.
iTMS stuff is often cheaper than legal cds that are sold in stores.
It seems people can afford analog versions, why wouldn't they afford
digital ones?
I think you should check your map again.
I'm in Ireland, and according to reports the other day they are now the richest non oil producting country, also no tv shows, or movies, but at the way Apple tends to price things over here I'm not sure if it will be worth it when it arrives anyway.
denmark is the highest...
http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,2340,en_2649_34223_37529673_1_1_1_1,00.html
that's a quite low avarage income btw.
anyhow - the more coverage apple has on iTMS the better. Former east european is quickly developing - so it's good to be there from the beginning.
http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,2340,en_2649_34223_37529673_1_1_1_1,00.html
that's a quite low avarage income btw.
anyhow - the more coverage apple has on iTMS the better. Former east european is quickly developing - so it's good to be there from the beginning.
Hehe.. Americans always tend to believe most european countries are poor and still in the 60's. Which is rather funny because most americans are still back in the stone age when it comes to technology..
I think they can join the club with the rest of us Europeans when they stop using checks..
Hehe.. Americans always tend to believe most european countries are poor and still in the 60's. Which is rather funny because most americans are still back in the stone age when it comes to technology..
I heard that they recently discovered the SMS technology? I was told it's getting more and more popular these days.
I know, now I am ignorant. Sorry about that. Please don't beat me
We wont be getting any decent first run shows on itunes in the uk (or I doubt europe - this is fact you wont be seeing episodes of lost or heroes for example the same week they are shown in USA) so find it hard to get excited by this news. And apparently since we are all rich in England what dregs we do get tossed over will be old and over priced in comparison with the rest of the world (try buying a decent house in this country for a reasonable price we live in shoe boxes compared to the Americans)
Sorry but apple completely missed the boat with itunes tv show/movie downloads and most people in the uk have found other avenues now to download there weekly needs
Sorry but apple completely missed the boat with itunes tv show/movie downloads and most people in the uk have found other avenues now to download there weekly needs
I always thought that Europe was that place next to China. Don't you all live in grass huts? I guess I was wrong.
You know...funny. Japan is the 2nd richest nation in the world. There are virtually no dial-up systems left as every provider said, "go fiber optic high speed or don't use the internet." My in-laws last year got a call from their provider (a local cable company) telling them they are shutting down their dial-up system and they had to upgrade. My in-laws barely even turn on their computer. They upgraded to this high-speed cable thing that can download huge files in seconds.
Guess what...iTNS Japan...no movies...no TV...some music videos (99% western artists)
Last week AU (Mobile) started offering Music Videos of Japanese artists for download to cellphones that sync through a Windows ONLY software for full screen viewing via Media Center/X-box...to TV.
You know...funny. Japan is the 2nd richest nation in the world. There are virtually no dial-up systems left as every provider said, "go fiber optic high speed or don't use the internet." My in-laws last year got a call from their provider (a local cable company) telling them they are shutting down their dial-up system and they had to upgrade. My in-laws barely even turn on their computer. They upgraded to this high-speed cable thing that can download huge files in seconds.
Guess what...iTNS Japan...no movies...no TV...some music videos (99% western artists)
Last week AU (Mobile) started offering Music Videos of Japanese artists for download to cellphones that sync through a Windows ONLY software for full screen viewing via Media Center/X-box...to TV.
I would if i could, but i need a US credit card or paypal account, i tried getting a paypal account and just saying im in US but i need a US credit card to add funds to the paypal account.