Sorry - should have been clearer. Some of the new series, e.g. Battlestar Galactica are shown over here a few months after they've premiered in the states. I can understand why the tv companies wouldn't want you to be able to download it (even if you are paying) before they get the chance to air it as it may harm advertising revenues etc. However older shows which have already aired probably won't have the same commercial restrictions (I wouldn't have thought).ZorPrime said:
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How? I think when I was last in the states I tried to use itunes with my UK account and wasn't allowed as I was detected as being physically out of the UK area. Even if I could get around that problem I would need a credit card account with a US address to pay for content. I don't want to sound really moany, I just find it frustrating that I can't buy this stuff as I'd really love to!bugfaceuk said:
twoodcc said:
Oh, I knew what you meant, I just wanted to go out of my way to be a bastard - it's what I do.
Glad you found my response informative though!
illegalprelude said:seriously? when!!! wheRE!! proof! please. I need Nip / Tuck season 3!!!!
I didn't hear that a Warner Brothers deal was imminent; I'm just saying Warner Brothers is going to be a giant haul of TV shows for Apple, particularly in older catalog shows.
~Shard~ said:Oh, I knew what you meant, I just wanted to go out of my way to be a bastard - it's what I do.
Glad you found my response informative though!
yeah i know. you got me
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Interesting. When I metioned about "Closed Caption" thing... the Closed Capiton banner just showed up right away in macrumor forum. haha.
Do you know anyone that does closed caption in movies, tv shows, etc??
Interesting. When I metioned about "Closed Caption" thing... the Closed Capiton banner just showed up right away in macrumor forum. haha.
Do you know anyone that does closed caption in movies, tv shows, etc??
Not to be too blunt but is closed captions even necessary? I'm not being insensitive but practical. Its such a small screen to begin with on the iPod with Video (Which is the primary use for this content.) that reading text would be difficult would it not? Now if Apple jazzed up the content to it didnt look like crap on a standard TV or made an actual iPod Video with a larger screen. Maybe?
Personally, I'm hooked on closed captions even though I'm not hard of hearing.SiliconAddict said:
I tend to only get a chance to watch TV when the other members of the household are asleep and the closed captions are a godsend at low volume levels. For some programs, they even allow me to skip through the program on the TiVo at 1.5-2x, which can be useful for subplots and other less than riveting bits of shows.
What's disappointing is that, so far, I have yet to be able to get ANY captions from HD programming to display on our new HDTV. (SD yes, HD no) It's probably DirecTV's fault, but none of the programs are listed as having digital captions even though the program description says they do.
I suspect it's the same with the iTMS M4Vs. They might ultimately support CC, but not in the same way that analog TV does...
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iflipper said:
No need to appologize.
I'm completely keen to your point, with which I agree. It does seem contrary to logic to have older shows even more restrictive than newer/higher profit programming. I would guess the reasoning behind why some of the older shows are so slow to the whole download thing is because, back in the day, the actors actually had a say and controlling stake in licensing and distribution. In terms of old shows like the Honey Mooners or I Love Lucy, the stars aren't alive anymore. So if the studios want to make those shows available for download, they might/most likely have to go through lawyers or caretakers of the deceased star's estates and renegotiate contracts of each star, a real pain.
freeny said:The Viacom/MTV stuff is a bit peculiar
Perhaps Viacom is being smart by keeping all its options open....
I'm good friends with some people who work @ MTV and I never understood why they paired up with Microsoft. Perhaps Bill Gates and his bank account had something to do with it because they gave him his own show.
What's also strange is that I've been to the MTV studios in Times Square and every computer there is a mac. They even decorated their set with G4 Cubes at one point.
~Shard~ said:
Hopefully I provided some neat information though if nothing else....
true. you did.
iflipper said:
This has been discussed many, many times already, even on here. There is NO hard lock preventing a person in one country from purchasing from another country's iTunes store, so long as you can get past the credit card issue. Find somebody or some way of getting yourself a gift card from the country whose store you want to use, and set up your account with it. I've got an account with the Japanese iTunes store using this method, and there is nothing stopping me from using it when using a non-Japanese ISP.
It's a bit of a pain, because you have to keep getting gift cards to refill your account, but if you really do want an account, it isn't hard at all.