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Australian iTunes & Apple TV Content - We Now Have Movies
Posted under Latest News by Adam Guerin
This weekend saw the release of Australian content for Movies and TV Shows for all the Australian account holders of iTunes and Apple TV.
We’ve been waiting for sometime to catch up with the U.S. and U.K. who have content since last year. At first glance it looks like we’ve been given access to a pretty decent selection of movies, TV shows and other media - but not quite as much as the U.S. version - of course.
Movies are available for purchase from around $25 - a bit harsh considering the U.S. store sells them for around $12-$15.
You can download rental movies for around $5.99 - also around twice as much as the U.S. who get all rentals for just $2.99 or $3.99 for HD versions.
Buying entire “box sets” are pretty pricey - anywhere between $30 and $80 - again, more than double what you would get on the U.S. version of the store.
Also, we’re not being offered the HD versions of movies as they do in the states - assuming this is because of bandwidth issues here in Australia.
They are also giving Aussie customers the file-size of all downloads in MB/GB - and that’s because we have to worry about stingy bandwidth issues from our Internet Service Providers, where of course in the states you don’t need to concern yourself with such trivial things.
I am betting iiNet get a flood of enquiries and new accounts as they are offering unmetered usage for iTunes - that’s of course until they realise iTunes are now offering movies and TV series which can chew up anything from a few GB up to 50 GB.
Let’s hope iiNet remain as generous - in which case iTunes could make a real dent on Foxtel’s on demand & on demand HD service.
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