“We’re thrilled to bring television programming to the iTunes Store in Canada in time for the holiday season,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes, in the press release. “We’re off to a great start with hit shows from CBC, CTV, Comedy Central and MTV Networks, along with the best of classic and current NHL action.”
Television shows purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store can be viewed on a PC or Mac, iPod nano with video, fifth generation iPod, iPod classic or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV. Television programming on the iTunes Store in Canada includes:
• CBC’s comedy programs “Little Mosque on the Prairie” and “The Rick Mercer Report,” reality programming “No Opportunity Wasted” and “Dragon’s Den”
• CTV’s smash hit comedy “Corner Gas,” dramas “Instant Star,” “Degrassi: The Next Generation” and “Robson Arms”
• Comedy Central’s “Drawn Together,” “The Sarah Silverman Program” and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “South Park”
• MTV Networks programs “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and “The Hills”
• NHL Games of the Year, including top NHL games in their entirety for the 2007-2008 season, as well as Stanley Cup Classics, a five-game bundle of great Stanley Cup Final games.
iTunes 7 for Mac and Windows includes the iTunes Store and is available as a free download from http://www.itunes.ca. Purchase and download of songs and videos from the iTunes Store requires a valid credit card from a financial institution in the country of purchase. Television shows are available in the US, UK and Canada only, and video availability varies by country. TV shows from the iTunes Store are downloaded in near-DVD quality at a resolution of 640×480 (up to 480, depending on the aspect ratio) and can be viewed on a Mac or PC, iPod nano with video, fifth generation iPod, iPod classic or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “coolfactor” for the heads up.]
No “Trouble with Tracy?”
woo! finally!
whomever finally got this to happen, thanks!
now just get us some iphones!
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Slim pikins but it’s a start.
Great! Now we have an approximate time line for the official arrival of iPhone in Canada. Just another 18 months to wait! Hurray!
Well thank god the comedy central stuff is there!! It is slim pickings as mentioned. Why didn’t they digitalize the first 10 years of 22 minutes and all of Rick Mercer’s shows? Even Road to Avonlea is funnier then Little Mosque and Corner Blah.
I’m definitely not holding my breath for the iPhone. Like Rogers wants you not watching tv on their cable products!
No Anne Murray Christmas Special with Special Guest Stars, Celine Dion and Paul Anka?
uk doesnt actually have any uk tv show, actually i dont think it has any non kids tv shows lol
this is great!
so how about being able to download american shows?
That’s right Ampar. (I’ll call you CanPar from now on) I see there’s no mention of ‘The Red Green Show’, nor any of the CBC classics such as ‘Wind at My Back’, ‘Breeze Up My Skirt’, ‘The Creek’s Up To My Knickers’, or that iconic Canadian night-time drama, ‘The Glace Bay Tim Horton’s 120 Club’. Wot da Eff, eh, B’y?! Jayzus Murphy.
It’s such a lame beginning but at least it’s a beginning. Hopefully more content will be added in the coming weeks.
@Missy Pants: LOL, “The Glace Bay Tim Horton’s 120 Club” is my favourite! Too funny. I guess you have to be from around this area to get it.
“Little Mosque on the Prairie”!? It figures. Nothing I was waiting for.
What about de truly enjoyable shows that were designed to suck? Like “Welcome Back, Imam”, “Mohammed-12”, “Three’s A Fatwa”, or “The Jihad Boat”?
Hmmm well this is a bit of a let down. It would be nice if they actually added shows I might have an interest in seeing.
I suppose we can assume the delay was due to Canadian content restrictions?
Well its about time!! Good ol’ Cancon deciding what’s good for us again. I’m all for supporting Canadian talent and content, but please don’t stifle our choices. Hopefully we will see movies soon and a wider offering of TV shows like HBO series such as Flight of the Conchords, etc.
Triumph:
Don’t forget “The Tales of Osama Gentle Ben Laden”, the musical hit, “Saddam Yankees” and a new series about a suicide bomber searching for love called “Funky Cold Medina”.
It kinda sucks that you only hear a preview of a show and don’t actually see it…
Happy shopping, neighbors
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It’s about time… I mean they did bring us Stargate oh and Degrassi, and probably a host of others I don’t know about…
This explains the delay. The Networks didn’t want anyone to see a list at their paltry offerings. After ripping off Canadian’s with a TV tax for years that was used to develop Canadian content the networks have released their entire creative portfolio. Whoaa!
OK, quickly, another tribute to Canada
Why can’t we get NHL games in the US?
I notice that good ole Ted didn’t sign up any Blue Jays games to iTunes. Wouldn’t want to appear to proggressive with new media trends or do anything to interfere with the super fat margins in the wireless space.
Back on topic, unless you happen to like reruns of hockey or forced -down-Canadian’s-throats crappy content there really isn’t much there (Rick Mercer, 22 Minutes excluded). It should be good for Apple though because I doubt any of that crap is available on Torrent sites. Apple should have no problem capturing 99% of the market however small it is.
Imagine That.
CBC has offered it’s Canadian Content.
Fox news = CBC News
Republican promotion = Liberal Promotion
Hate it = Hate it
This should generate extreme revenue for Apple.
Almost as much as 1 iPod Touch.
No thanks.
Regarding Canadian Content restrictions, I don’t know that the CRTC has much say in what an internet outlet can sell, at least at this point. I would guess rather that it has more at this point to do with agreements with the content providers and copyrights. You may have noticed you can’t go to, for example, NBC’s website and ‘catch up ‘ on your viewing as they advertise here in Canada because they have not authorised that method of distribution here yet. Once Apple and other providers work something out there will be more international content. Everything available on the store now was originally distributed in Canada by either CBC- or CTV-owned stations, unless I miss my guess.
Slim pickings indeed….Only good thing (besides hockey) is one of the funniest Canadian’s in the world (or east of Toronto) Rick Mercer.
Ampar-Triumph…what about
Basra watch.
CSI:Bagdad
Saddam’s anatomy
It would have to be the CRTC restrictions here, otherwise why would Apple do deals with CBC and CTV but exclude US Networks at this point? If there was nothing stopping them from adding US content they would have done so a long time ago. I think this is an issue of the Canadian rights holders of the US content – Global, CTV , etc either not controlling the online component or not working out a deal with Apple.