PSA: PlayStation Video Service expands to Europe today

Not sure if Canada's part of Europe, let me check.......nope wikipedia says its not. ;)

Blame Canada, blame Canada. :D

Yup, looks like us Canadians are always left out in the cold ... :(

Each of France, UK, Germany and Spain have a bigger population than Canada; I imagine that's why they're priorities. Still, sucks for you guys =/

Ah for christ sake im so sick of Sony, what is it a localization delay? They going to dub every film in Irish ffs? So sick of this.

Blame Canada's government, not Sony.

actually yes blame Sony.. yes canada does have restrictions to make it harder but read this, xbox live is already offering video content to its canadian customers... so why is it microsoft is able to and not sony? simple sony is just being too lazy to actually put an effort into making their video service available in canada, so yes this is sonys fault for doing nothing about it

Seems like the only things the Canadian Government lets into the country easily from the United States are illegal firearms.

Your asking the wrong question.

Why would Canada block a feature that everyone else can use? Blame your government, not Sony.

You're.

And no, ffs, it's not class-action-worthy --'

Ashitaka is a moron. It's all about rights holders and who has the right for various levels of distribution in different territories. For instance, we can't use Hulu (which I agree is stupid), but maybe we can see the same content at say ctv.ca, which has the broadcast rights (purchased) for Canada.

The old models don't fit the internet age, but they persist. Until they come up with a new model and break from the past it will always be piecemeal like this. Sony just did the next deal with where the most bodies/subscribers were, and Canada is small potatoes by population. Even where we do have services like on iTunes and Xbox live, we get a smaller selection. It is rather amazing though that those two non-media companies have managed that much when Sony which has Sony pictures and who knows how many other related companies can't get it done. So I guess, yeah, blame Sony - more inept than their competition at their own game.

Joxer FTW

...Ashitaka FTL :P

Yeah, I'm a moron for the lose, how nice of you... :)

Look, here in Portugal (Europe, just in case...) I don't have the PSN video store or Vidzone (although they are coming this way) and I blame that fact (delay) on Sony.
Canada, on the other hand, is a completely different issue. I don't know much about Canada, but from what I read here on the internet (Canadians are always complaining, they just won't shut up and realise that they're not the only ones who don't have access to the things they want) it seems that it is Canada's government that blocks and/or tries to block access to some content.
You mention Xbox Live, so what, PSN is there, isn't it? Microsoft hasn't even managed to get Netflix there, I guess that says SOMETHING. It's Canada's fault, it just makes it so hard to get content there that of course that the big companies don't even care or want the trouble just to please "small potatoes by population".

So yeah, fuck me and me for the lose, what the hell do I know, right? Keep blaming Sony and other companies, I bet that way you'll really get what you want.

@Ashitaka:

first of all the governing body of media in Canada (the CRTC) doesn't control media over the internet, its the people (or companies) that hold the rights to do so. and there isnt even NETFLIX in canada its a totally different company called ZIP.ca, sony needs to go the the people who own the rights and people who run services like ZIP.ca to get the same service here so yeah

cabeça dura

yeah I'm Portuguese and you should do some research before you comment on shit

The model applied in Canada is different than the one applied in the US or in other European countries so Canada's government is still the one to blame. Make it easy for companies to put content in your country and THEY WILL. Until then, whining and blaming those companies will get you nowhere.

E vai-te foder brad.

@Ashitaka

You live in Portugal? Isn't that the place no one likes to go in Europe? Ya, I thought so. Eastern Europe is more attractive than Portugal, ain't it?