Home
›
News
›
Apple expands iTunes movie access to 42 new countries, for a huge lead before Microsoft and Google

Apple expands iTunes movie access to 42 new countries, for a huge lead before Microsoft and Google

Posted: 12 Dec 2012, 07:32, by Daniel P.

Categories: Apple Apple

Discuss 10

Apple expands iTunes movie access to 42 new countries, for a huge lead before Microsoft and Google

Hot on the heels of the recent expansion of its iTunes music store to 56 countries, now Apple rolled out movie purchasing and rentals to 42 of them, too.

Before this expansion, about half of the world's population had theoretical movie access via iTunes, and now the figure is likely just south of the 61% of the world's potential market Apple commands with music. These are the newcomers:

Europe: Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine

Africa, the Middle East and India: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Botswana, Cape Verde, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates, Uganda and Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific: Indonesia, Micronesia, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

Latin America and the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago

This puts Apple at a huge advantage in two of the three most important media categories - music, movies and books - compared to Microsoft, Google and Amazon, as you can see in the Macstories chart below, which was made before the new countries where movie access lit up.

Once the world is satiated with smartphones, the attention will quickly turn to the ecosystems themselves, and Apple seems to have a vast lead on the media side of things now. Amazon still leads widely in books, and TV offerings are abysmally low - just up to 8.3% of the world has access through the mobile platforms, but with today's rumors around an Apple television set, Cupertino might very well pull ahead of anybody else there, too.

source: AppleInsider

Discuss10

10 awesome smartphone hacks and mods 12 Dec
Prev news

HTC Butterfly sales going well, HTC had to boost shipments 12 Dec
Next news

10 Comments
Follow Following

Options

Want to comment? Please login or register.

1. kartik4u98 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:41 4 1

Nice work Apple!

Wish Google wold also do the same..
(I know trolls will dislike my comment coz i appreciated Apple)

4. TROLL posted on 12 Dec 2012, 10:33 0 0

And here's one red from me™®©

8. Nadr1212 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 22:43 0 0

OH MY GOD!!! I'M FROM EGYPT!!'
YEAH!!! EGYPT RULES!!
(If u shall thumb me down, I will put an Egyptian curse on U)!!!!!

10. kartik4u98 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 05:17 0 0

oH congratz then!

This comment is posted in response to #8 Show

This comment is posted in response to #8 Hide

9. kartik4u98 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 05:16 0 0

I don't care about your sole red thumb!!
GTH troll..!!

2. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:56 1 0

I don't see this will have much impact on balance of power. Most of the listed countries are very poor and people do not have money even to buy Apple's gadgets, let alone the content.

I read an article about $50 smartphones for Africa and that's surely Androids and I guess people there know how to get the content.

Google still has lot of time.

3. oying24 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 09:14 2 1

are you saying israel and qatar are poor countries
?

6. xtremesv posted on 12 Dec 2012, 12:26 0 1

Or United Arab Emirates or the Bahamas which have better income per capita than many families living in Alabama or Mississippi.

7. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 12 Dec 2012, 12:39 0 0

I said "Most of the listed countries"

So read carefully.

This comment is posted in response to #6 Show

This comment is posted in response to #6 Hide

5. rudlie posted on 12 Dec 2012, 11:36 0 0

yes. that's why google has a good sign to fail hahaha

Want to comment? Please login or register.

Samsung Galaxy S4
- Announced: 14 Mar 2013
- OS: Android 4.2.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1900 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Apple iPhone 5
- Announced: 12 Sep 2012
- OS: iOS
- Hardware: Dual core, 1300 MHz, Apple Swift, 1016 MB RAM
- Display: 4.0 inches, 640 x 1136 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1700/2100 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS EV-DO Rev.A EV-DO Rev.B
Samsung GALAXY Note II
- Announced: 29 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.1.1
- Hardware: Quad core, 1600 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.5 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 35 hours of Talk Time, 980 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
HTC One
- Announced: 19 Feb 2013
- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1700 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 4 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
Sony Xperia Z
- Announced: 07 Jan 2013
- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13.1 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 11 hours of Talk Time, 550 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Google Nexus 4
- Announced: 29 Oct 2012
- OS: Android 4.2.2 4.2.1 4.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15.3 hours of Talk Time, 390 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
LG Optimus G
- Announced: 28 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.0.4
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15 hours of Talk Time, 335 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
Nokia Lumia 920
- Announced: 05 Sep 2012
- OS: Windows Phone 8
- Hardware: Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 1024 MB RAM
- Display: 4.5 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8.7 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 17 hours of Talk Time, 400 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS

Carriers

Manufacturers

Phone tools

Carriers

Manufacturers

Tablet tools

Phone Links

Apple expands iTunes movie access to 42 new countries, for a huge lead before Microsoft and Google

Share:

Share:

10 Comments Follow Following

1. kartik4u98 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:41 4 1

4. TROLL posted on 12 Dec 2012, 10:33 0 0

8. Nadr1212 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 22:43 0 0

10. kartik4u98 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 05:17 0 0

9. kartik4u98 posted on 13 Dec 2012, 05:16 0 0

2. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 12 Dec 2012, 08:56 1 0

3. oying24 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 09:14 2 1

6. xtremesv posted on 12 Dec 2012, 12:26 0 1

7. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 12 Dec 2012, 12:39 0 0

5. rudlie posted on 12 Dec 2012, 11:36 0 0

Popular stories

Hot Phones

Interesting stories

Make your Samsung Galaxy S4 sound better with Adapt Sound

Samsung officials confirm 5.9-inch Note III will come at IFA

All from Google I/O 2013

Nokia Lumia 925 - thinnest WP8 smartphone to date

The forbidden fruit: 7 great apps Google does not allow on Play store

Google I/O 2013 is coming, but what will it bring?

10 great personalization apps for Android

Verizon's Nokia Lumia 928 vs AT&T's Nokia Lumia 920

10 Comments
Follow Following