TV programming available on iTunes Store in Canada
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Dec 12, 2007 at 10:52am
Apple has announced that television programming from Canada’s top networks, US broadcasters and the National Hockey League (NHL) is now available for CAN$1.99 per episode from the iTunes Store in Canada. Television shows purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store can be viewed on a Mac or PC, 3G iPod nano, 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 comedy Corner Gas, dramas Instant Star, Degrassi: The Next Generation and Robson Arms;
° Comedy Central’s Drawn Together, The Sarah Silverman Program and 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 the iTunes Store in Canada. 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. Television shows are CAN$1.99 per episode in Canada. TV shows from the iTunes Store are downloaded at a resolution of 640×480 (up to 480, depending on the aspect ratio).
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
dave Says:
I am so glad I’ve got a US credit card. These shows are, how you say, terrible?
Posted on December 12, 2007