This is also a bit off-topic, but what with Skyfall coming out this month, I wanted to watch Casino Royale on my Apple TV - only to find out that none of the James Bond movies are available on iTunes - not to rent, not to purchase. I know there are always issues with licensing and copyrights in the film and TV industry but does anybody know of any specific reasons why one of the most popular creative franchises of all time isn't available from the biggest digital media distributor out there?!
Trying to "fix" the severe segmentation problems between the various online streaming services is one of the things we're aiming to fix with Goodfilms. It's so annoying when you want to legally rent content but first you've got to do a mission to figure out where on earth you can get it from.
I completely agree the segmentation issue. You'd have thought doing it legally is so much more convenient but it just doesn't seem to be like that.
You've got a new Goodfilms user in me though :)
We face this problem every time we want to watch a movie on our Apple TV. We first have to search Netflix, then search iTunes, then search other venues. Aggregating it all is a great idea. And this one is well executed too.
I really support this. But not if i'm getting this in Chrome 22.
And theres no way around.
We need to save in session when you switch store to change what you see on a specific film page. But then I'm pretty sure we send you to a generic itunes URL per item and you're being redirected by them. Maybe.
The iTunes option is a great addition.
Keep it up!
iTunes is terrible to search for films to watch. Previously I've used Goodfilms to search for films but had to resort to torrenting if not available in iTunes.
The main benefit for iTunes being super fast download times guaranteed.
I'm in Portugal, and for instance The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is shown as being available for 3,99€. The movie page then lists the movie as being available for rent at $3.99 (SD) or $4.99 (HD).
When I open the iTunes store though, the movie is only available for purchase at 13,99€.
I take it that your movie page gets the data from the US store, but from a user experience point of view it should get the data from the user's country.
