We’re trying hard to keep up with all the rules for availability of episodes of ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ for those of us living outside US boarders. Here in Italy I can watch full episodes on Comedy Central, but can’t purchase from iTunes. For Colbert Nationals living in Australia, it appears that the iTunes restriction is now gone. This update from Gizmodo:
The Daily Show And The Colbert Report Hit iTunes
The two best news programs on television, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, have just landed in the Australian iTunes Store.
Each episode costs $2.99, which is, of course, a complete ripoff. However, iTunes is offering a $10 multipass, which gets you 16 episodes of the show – or four weeks worth of episodes. Considering that the Comedy Channel, as part of the My Escape package on Foxtel – which is the only way to get the shows on Australian TV – costs $16 a month, the iTunes offer isn’t too bad a deal, especially if you have an Apple TV. …
Read the full post here.
Do check the comments on Gizmodo for a few hints for watching elsewhere. And let us know here if our favourite faux news team has become available in your part of the world.
Sweet! I normally just torrent my stuff and convert it to .mov to watch on my iPod, but $10 is a pretty good deal for 16 eps. Australia loves you guys!
Now if they’d only let us watch episodes online. *is very thankful for her proxy!*
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That’s great news, so much cheaper than the Foxtel package.
Thanks for the heads up!!
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For the Pariahs : try with firefox extension “X-Forwarded-For Spoofer” ;)
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