ABC, Nine & MTV now available on iTunes in Australia
25Jun08

Source: Media Spy

Downloads of local and international TV shows are now available in Apple’s Australian iTunes store. Around 21 different shows ranging from Desperate Housewives and Lost to segments from Foreign Correspondent and Canal Road are now legally available for download at $2.99 per episode.

At present the Nine Network, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, MTV, Disney Channel and ABC Studios – producers of overseas hits such as Lost and Desperate Housewives are available in the store.

No anouncements have been made about plans for the Seven Network, Ten, or SBS to join the service. US network NBC left the store last year as a result of disputes over the cost of programs.

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Craig Wilson is managing director of Sticky, a digital agency based in Newcastle, Australia that has evolved to encompass:

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Craig is a contributor to the collaborative series of world-wide marketing books The Age of Conversation 1, 2, 3. He contributes to Marketing Magazine and Digital Ministry and is often called on by media to comment on industry news. Craig is regularly invited to speak on media issues, especially social and digital media, at various events around Australia. He was a speaker / panelist at the 2009 and 2010 Australasian Media and Broadcasting Congress and has addressed conferences for some of Australia's leading organisations on topics ranging from Search Engine Optimisation, the changing media and marketing landscape and inbound marketing.