The HBO network has been added to the Canadian iTunes store selection. Including the following shows:

• Entourage
• Flight of the Conchords
• The Wire
• Eastbound & Down
• Sex and the City

Great news! Looks like we’re making progress ( to parity with US store)!

The Canadian iTunes store is now offering TV shows in HD now (finally!). Not only that, some of the premier TV shows are now available for the first time, such as Heroes, House, Lost, etc. Previously, these shows were not even available in SD from Canada. The networks that are now available are: ABC, Fox, NBC, and Warner Brothers. The need for keeping a U.S. account for Canadians is disappearing over time. Once we have near-parity, no need for those US iTunes gifts cards!

Now the (somewhat) bad news. Each HD episode is $3.49 CDN and a typical season of HD will set you back $60-$70.  SD shows are $2.49, seasons are $40-$50.  These rates are in keeping with the US/CDN exchange rate but don’t follow the typical iTunes music policy of $0.99/1.29 in each country regardless of exchange rate. I suppose this another concession Apple had to make to the TV/movie studios. It also seems that only the latest/current seasons are available in HD.

Some hand picked highlights:

• Lost, Season 5
• Heroes, Season 3
• 24, Season 7
• 30 Rock, Season 3
• Battlestar Galactica, Season 4
• Fringe, Season 1
• Friday Night Lights, Season 3
• House, Season 5
• Prison Break, Season 4
• The Office, Season 5

Three new TV “networks” have been added to the Canadian iTunes store. Teletoon which includes the following shows:

• 6TEEN
• Total Drama Action
• Total Drama Island

Teletoon Detour includes:

• Rick and Steve, Season 1
• Life’s a Zoo

Vivendi includes:

• Dino Squad
• Cake
• The Littles
• Super Duper Sumos
• The Legend of Zelda
• Horseland
• Inspector Gadget
• Trollz
• The Wacky World of Tex Avery
• Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible

The Canadian iTunes store now includes a “Canadiana” section (more specifically a genre) that features the store’s Canadian content together, including TV shows and movies made in Canada.

Update – Season 1 of Dollhouse is now available in HD

The New Joss Whedon/Fox series Dollhouse Seasons 1, Episode 1 is now available from the iTunes Store and Apple TV.

This title is not yet available in HD.

Head on over to our HD TV Shows page to see the entire list of available HD TV Shows.

The A&E network has recently been added to the Canadian iTunes store. The shows available for download are:

• Intervention
• Gene Simmon’s Family Jewels
• Rocco Gets Real
• The Exterminators
• Criss Angel Mindfreak