iTunes in the Cloud for Movies Goes Live in Japan and 7 New European CountriesApple today added movie support to its iTunes in the Cloud service in Japan and seven additional European countries, enabling customers in those countries to re-download content previously purchased from the iTunes Store. New support for Austria and Switzerland was noticed by iFun.de [Google translate], but the full list of new countries includes Austria, Estonia, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Switzerland. iTunes in the Cloud was first launched for music in June 2011 in the United States, with Apple adding movie and TV show support for U.S. users in March 2012. Movie coverage has been gradually expanded since that time, with the most recent addition prior to today coming back in February. With today's expansion, there remains only a handful of countries where Apple offers movie content in the iTunes Store but not iTunes in the Cloud support for those films. That short list does, however, include several major markets for Apple such as Germany and Spain. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • BeaverTap Games' Newest Platformer 'Mikey Hooks' Hits the App Store • Apple Seeds OS X 10.8.5 Build 12F33 to Developers • Instagram Updated with Video Imports, Automatic Straightening • Some Users Now Unable to Use FaceTime [Updated x4, All Systems Restored] • John Carmack Joins Oculus VR as Chief Technology Officer • Vodafone UK Announces 4G Service, Rollout Begins August 29 • 'Boundless' Launches for iOS, Offers Free Alternatives to Assigned Textbooks • Popular Messaging App WhatsApp Adding One-Tap Voice Messaging
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