Apple has disclosed the content it is making available on the iTunes Store Canada. The company claims to have inked in deals with major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate and Maple Pictures.

Featuring over 1,200 films available for rent or purchase, the iTunes Store in Canada offers titles that are available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including recent blockbusters such as "Juno," "I Am Legend," "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets," "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "Cloverfield." iTunes Movie Rentals also features over 200 titles available in HD.

"Canadians have made iTunes the most popular place to find and buy music and TV shows online," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "We're thrilled to give iTunes customers access to over 1,200 movies from major studios to rent or purchase, whether to enjoy at home on their widescreen TV with Apple TV or on-the-go on their iPod."

Users can rent movies and keep them on their hard drives for 30 days. Once a download is started, the user can choose to start viewing a movie within the limited 30 day period, but no longer than 48 hours (two days) from the moment they hit play. Users with a fast Internet connection can start viewing the movie in seconds. Movie rentals can be purchased and watched on iPod classic, iPod nano with video, iPod touch and on a widescreen TV with Apple TV. Users can also preview the titles.

Pricing & Availability

- Movie purchases and rentals from the iTunes Store for Mac or Windows require iTunes 7.6.2, available as a free download immediately from www.itunes.ca.

- iTunes movie purchases and rentals require a valid credit card with a billing address in the country of purchase.

- iTunes movies are available at CAN$9.99 for catalog title purchases, CAN$14.99 for recent releases and CAN$19.99 for new releases.

- iTunes Movie Rentals are CAN$3.99 for library titles and CAN$4.99 for new releases, with high definition rental versions priced just one dollar more.