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As predicted, the Candian iTunes TV store debuted today. The pickings are a little bit slim at the moment. NBC seems to be missing-in-action and I can't find episodes of Canada's Next Top Model (featuring my favorite small orange man). Still, you can pick up episodes of South Park, Little Mosque on the Prarie, South Park, Avatar, South Park, NHL matches, and South Park.
Shows cost $1.99, Canadian, each.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Adam said 10:36AM on 12-12-2007
Ahhh its good to be Canadian...
...of course without NBC (which airs two of my favourites, Scrubs and The Office -- which of course isn't doing anything new) its a bit too slim to ACTUALLY get me to buy anything but its a good start!!
Before you know it we'll have movies and maybe if we're REALLY lucky Uncle Steve will give us an iPhone!
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Chris Blackwell said 10:32AM on 12-12-2007
Is this a joke? I mean seriously, just a few Canadian shows and NHL highlights? I don't know how to feel, almost insulted that this is what we get. I'd almost prefer nothing to this.
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Clifford said 10:39AM on 12-12-2007
I'm happy to buy a season of Sarah Silverman for $10 instead of subscribing to a $2-a-month premium channel that I'll never get around to watching.
I'm looking forward to CBC catalog stuff -- hopefully that's in the works.
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Michael Rose said 10:39AM on 12-12-2007
LOL. +1 for the illustration... "Stanley Cup Classics" indeed. I suppose the Brazilian iTunes video sales will kick off with "Futbol Gigante" and the Indian store with "Cricket Tests for the Ages."
Could be worse... could be "Best Curling Matches of 2007." :-)
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mike.raiwet said 10:51AM on 12-12-2007
I think this is awesome! Finally, some south park for my iTunes
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stooke said 10:54AM on 12-12-2007
I counted 12 shows. I worry that US show that the major Canadian broadcast networks carry will never, ever show up in the Canadian ITMS.
And no, SouthPark doesn't count - it's cable only.
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mrk said 11:00AM on 12-12-2007
Yeah.. Definitely not surprised by this, luckally I bought a few hundred dollars of gift cards from the US so I'm using their store almost exclusively now.
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Ian Creelman said 12:05PM on 12-12-2007
Hey MRK.
How did you go about getting the US gift cards. Or rather, why does that actually work. I assumed that iTunes knew I was in Canada by my IP address regardless of where a gift card came from.
Can you elaborate so I can duplicate your efforts?
mrk said 12:57PM on 12-12-2007
Just buy a gift card in the US, or even through eBay, and in the US iTunes Store click "Redeem" and enter your code without logging in. It will then allow you to create a US account without entering a credit card.
Ian Creelman said 1:17PM on 12-12-2007
Wow, that is really simple. Thanks for the reply mrk.
ben said 11:13AM on 12-12-2007
at least we get south park twice!
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Ryan Trevisol said 11:26AM on 12-12-2007
No Royal Canadian Air Farce? That's total poo.
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Ian said 11:51AM on 12-12-2007
Pretty slim pickings, to be sure.
Is there a preview mode for TV shows?
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James Donevan said 11:55AM on 12-12-2007
"The pickings are a little bit slim at the moment. NBC seems to be missing-in-action..."
I'm guessing this was an attempt at humour - as opposed to a serious observation. Surely no one in the Mac news business has missed the fact that NBC bailed officially on December 1 after several months of news reports on the subject.
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Adam said 12:23PM on 12-12-2007
I just hope that "Regenesis" gets added once it starts airing again. After all, it is the greatest canadian show EVER!
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Bryan said 1:18PM on 12-12-2007
This is kind of an embarrassment, if you ask me. Four shows from CBC? Granted I didn't know they had four shows but still...
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Shayneroz said 1:27PM on 12-12-2007
Well not much to choose from now, hopefully they will add more shows in the coming weeks. I'm looking forward to Trailer Park Boys on iTunes.
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Rick said 2:21PM on 12-12-2007
No Corner Gas love for the US?
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xtremesniper said 10:34PM on 12-12-2007
Not that they would understand the humour or anything...
Shunnabunich said 1:54PM on 12-12-2007
We're all used to Apple treating us as if we didn't exist, and frankly, I'd rather they continue to do so rather than switch to insulting us with empty cursory gestures like this. Essentially all content in Canada, minus a few non-notable exceptions here and there, comes from the US. I would prefer that Apple took down the Canadian iTunes Store altogether and simply opened up the US store to purchases from the "northern states".
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