Zip.ca and CinemaNow prepping Canada's first movie download service
By Richard Lawler 
posted Jul 1st 2009 9:31AM
posted Jul 1st 2009 9:31AM
Finally, Canada is getting a legit digital download option, now that Zip.ca and Sonic Solutions have announced plans to team up on a movie service. Though short on details (according to the PR it is still "exploring a number of models," including a la carte and subscription) CEO Curt Millar's stated goal to become consumer's destination for online movie access should be bolstered by using CinemaNow, since its service is already supported on hardware from TiVo to PC to LG Blu-ray players and more, it shouldn't be too difficult to work with hardware already in customers homes or coming out in the future. Millar told Joystiq his company "would love" to follow Netflix's lead to console access, but don't run to your Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii just yet, Canucks, there's no partnerships to announce yet.[Via Joystiq]
Well, it's about time. What took them so long? The U.S has had this for at least a year..
Canada's first movie download service? Um what about iTunes/Apple TV? I've been downloading movies from there legally for quite some time now.
I would welcome more entrants in this area, and more content... I'd hardly say this was going to be "Canada's first" movie download service. Unless of course by "Canada's fist" you mean home grown. But then again CinemaNow isn't a Canadian company, so it wouldn't really be a home grown service.
Bell had a video download service which launched a while ago but recently shutdown. It was pretty crap, but this service isn't the first up here.
The selection on iTunes is pathetic, it's more a cocktease than a real service.
Big deal - Zip is not a good service - their customer service is horrible, and their website is painfully slow and buggy..