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Apple premieres movies on iTunes Store in Germany

Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 08:45 AM EST

Apple today announced that movies from major film studios including Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), The Walt Disney Studios, Sony Pictures Television and independents including Universum and Shorts International are now available on the iTunes Store in Germany for purchase and rent (www.itunes.de). Making its debut with over 500 Hollywood and German films, the iTunes Store offers favorites including “Quantum Of Solace,” “The Dark Knight,” “Pineapple Express,” “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” “Eagle Eye,” “Die Fälscher,” “Keinohrhasen” and “Aimee & Jaguar.”

The iTunes Store in Germany features iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. Movies are available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release, and can be viewed on an iPod with video, iPhone, Mac or PC, or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.

With iTunes Movie Rentals, once a movie is rented, it starts downloading from the iTunes Store directly to iTunes or Apple TV, and users with a fast Internet connection can start viewing the movie in seconds. Customers have up to 30 days to start watching it, and once a movie has been started customers have 48 hours to finish it—or watch it multiple times. iTunes Movie Rentals also features over 100 titles available in stunning high definition, perfect for viewing on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.

With Apple’s legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as iTunes Movie Rentals, integrated podcasting support, the ability to turn previously purchased tracks into complete albums at a reduced price, and seamless integration with iPod and iPhone, the iTunes Store is the best way for Mac and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music and video online.

iTunes 8.1 for Mac and Windows includes the iTunes Store and is available as a free download from (http://www.itunes.de). iTunes movie purchases and rentals require a valid credit card with a billing address in Germany. iTunes movies in Germany start at €7.99 for catalog title purchases, €9.99 for recent releases and €13.99 for new releases. iTunes Movie Rentals are €2.99 for library title rentals and €3.99 for new releases, and high definition versions are priced at just one euro more.

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Apr 16, 09 - 07:54 am Comment from: breeze

Does this mean Apple TV in on it's way to international markets?

Apr 16, 09 - 08:00 am Comment from: breeze

Apple TV Promoted to widespread hobby..

Apr 16, 09 - 08:10 am Comment from: DD from Belgium

...looking forward to the moment that this is also for the remainder of Europe... (NL for example, where I happen to live at the moment - though this may be an incentive to move to DE after all )

Apr 16, 09 - 08:19 am Comment from: Gwendo

Hefty rental prices :-(

Apr 16, 09 - 08:29 am Comment from: Gwendo

At €1.99 I would often bite - at €2.99 it's better to read a book.

Apr 16, 09 - 08:40 am Comment from: ralph from berlin

finally!

the appeltv was available here in germany from day one but without movies to rent it lacked a bit...

now i can really start to recommend it. 3,99 for new movies is a bit steep though (double the price i have to pay at my brick and mortar videostore for a two day rental).

still i think i will start to use the movie rental occasionally when i am to lazy to leave the house.

Apr 16, 09 - 08:41 am Comment from: Ludor

Aw damnit! I've been waiting since the Pirate Bay trial for Apple to take the opportunity and supply Sweden with movies the Apple way. Maybe next spring.

MW: space, as in "staring into empty."

Apr 16, 09 - 10:59 am Comment from: Bulu

Ahh, great! Now Switzerland and Austria cannot be far off – and then the world!

Apr 16, 09 - 11:18 am Comment from: macerroneous

To quote the little corporal from Cupertino:
"Deutschland Deutschland Deutschland Deutschland!"

Apr 16, 09 - 01:04 pm Comment from: Visitor Q

hurray, now I can finally rent movies for an even higher price - and they're all synchronized!

Thanks, but no thanks. :(

I'm so waiting for the day when I'm allowed to purchase (or rent) a, say, Korean movie - in original for crying out loud, and then choose whatever subtitle language i want.

Apr 17, 09 - 07:26 am Comment from: tim

Dear Apple, in these times of globalization, why exactly am I forced to use a german iTunes store interface? Have you ever thought about how many non-germans are living/working in Germany? Also, have you thought about how many people would throw up when watching a Bond flick in german? Get with the times and offer all movies in original + subtitles.

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