iTunes Canada gets NHL and TV downloads

Apple just confirmed that rumor floating around the last few days: Canada's top television programs, a few from the US, and the NHL are now available from Canadian iTunes. Downloadables include CBC's "Little Mosque on the Prairie," "South Park," and NHL Games of the Year. Each is available for CAN$1.99 which is something like 20 US pesos.

[Hoss @ Dec 12th 2007 9:14AM]

Finally! we can download shows Legally!

[matteorampazzi @ Dec 12th 2007 9:20AM]

Happy for you, honestly!


I hope it comes in Switzerland in "non geological times" too.

BTW: I'd love to be able to purchase NHL games for the 2007-2008 season. Lucky you (ok, maybe you don't care).

At least some life in the video iTunes is still flowing...

[Ian @ Dec 12th 2007 12:16PM]

Unfortunately, the NHL "content" consists of the winning game from each of the Stanley Cup Finals of 1975, 1987, 1991, 1994, and 1997.

[James Kelly @ Dec 12th 2007 9:28AM]

Clearly you guys haven't paid any attention to exchange rates between your bigger brother and yourselves :) $1.99 CAD is more like $2.05 US :)

[Hoss @ Dec 12th 2007 9:41AM]

Yes but we pay more for everything up here. At least it's a start.

[Penguin Warlord @ Dec 12th 2007 9:42AM]

Actually 1.99 Canadian is more like 2.02 American pesos.
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/converter.html

[John @ Dec 12th 2007 10:22AM]

Clearly someone doesn't understand sarcasm.

[Jayme @ Dec 12th 2007 9:44AM]

Can these be downloaded right to apple tv.

[mccannic @ Dec 12th 2007 10:38AM]

How about some shows that I would actually want to bother watching? I take it the hold up on this was something to do with Canadian content restrictions?????

[Mike @ Dec 12th 2007 10:33AM]

Now they just need to add CBC's Intellegence. I can never remember to watch it, and now I've missed a month's worth. The problem with watching obscure CBC shows is that they're hard to find online.

Also, funny how we have to pay for semi-public TV

[Evan @ Dec 12th 2007 10:31AM]

It's about time.

If Apple offered tv in Canada when it did in the states, I would have bought an AppleTV box the first day. But now that the hype has passed, I may pass.

[mccannic @ Dec 12th 2007 10:38AM]

Now if they would just add some content that I might actually have an interest in watching?
I guess we can assume the hold up on this was due to Canadian content restrictions????

[projectpete19 @ Dec 12th 2007 10:35AM]

When you say "US pesos" is that a reference to the us dollar losing value or the fact that Latinos are taking over the country?

[grjohnston @ Dec 12th 2007 11:53AM]

The latter--only less racist.

[Colin @ Dec 12th 2007 11:12AM]

who cares, I've been downloading Canadian shows here in the US for a while. (Degrassi)

[PRC @ Dec 12th 2007 10:51AM]

um... every episode of South Park is available for free on the Comedy Network's website. Why should I pay?

[Jayme @ Dec 12th 2007 11:31AM]

You can't burn it on to a ipod unit from the comedy network site.

[Ramen @ Dec 12th 2007 11:22AM]

Finally! Somebody has cracked an 'official' towards the crappy U.S. dollar! *tear, O, Canada....Our home and native land!...*

[Thunderbuck @ Dec 12th 2007 11:27AM]

This is a nice start, but WAAAY too little, too late.

I'm aware of the issues here, that it isn't so much "Canadian content restrictions" so much as Apple having trouble licensing content from US networks here (I'm guessing that they have to negotiate each individual series here, rather than getting "package deals" from networks.

Even so, it's frustrating that Apple seems to almost ignore the Canadian market. The US and Europe seem to get everything long before we do.

[Shunnabunich @ Dec 12th 2007 1:37PM]

Exactly. Why do they bother? I'd rather they just removed video from the iTunes Store altogether if they're just going to make pathetic, cursory gestures like this. We're used to being treated like we don't exist; why change that when they clearly don't want to?

[Chris @ Dec 12th 2007 11:38AM]

Oooh.. now I can watch all of our craptacular CanCon on my iPod. Give us the option to buy shows someone actually cares about, K?

[Zombie Ned Flanders @ Dec 12th 2007 11:58AM]

As much as I like Apple, they really do treat us Canadians like crap.

[bones @ Dec 12th 2007 5:49PM]

No Trailer Park Boys?

That ain't right.

[Evan @ Dec 12th 2007 12:04PM]

It appears that most U.S. shows are still not offered. That's pathetic. CBC programming does not represent Canadians, CBC programming represents a mythical ideal of an un-Americanized Canada.

[Darcy @ Dec 12th 2007 1:47PM]

You cannot talk Canadian Content without having Trailer Park Boys...that is not right at all, get you're get it together apple!

[szamot @ Dec 12th 2007 3:34PM]

WHAT? No Coronation Street, how in the fuck am I supposed to get my wife on board with this, OK I watch it too but only a little bit.