Apple finally launches iTunes Store in the Philippines and eleven other countries

Dedicated OPM (Original Pilipino Music) section on the iTunes Store

Finally! After years of wait, Apple has finally announced the launch of the iTunes Store in Philippines and eleven other additional countries in Asia featuring an incredible selection of local and international music from all the major labels and thousands of independent labels. The iTunes Store features local artists including Jay Chou, Girls Generation and Andy Lau, international artists including ADELE, The Beatles and Jason Mraz, and world-renowned classical musicians including Lang Lang, Yo Yo Ma and Yuja Wang. Customers can choose from over 20 million songs available to purchase and download on the iTunes Store.

Apple is bringing the iTunes Store to music fans in Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Customers can also rent or purchase movies from the iTunes Store, with many available in stunning HD, from major studios including 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures. The iTunes Store joins the revolutionary App Store which offers more than 650,000 apps to consumers in 155 countries.

With Apple’s iTunes in the Cloud, music previously purchased through iTunes can be downloaded to all iOS devices at no additional cost, and new music purchases can be downloaded automatically to all devices. If you have music you did not purchase from iTunes Store, you can use iTunes Match which stores your entire music library in iCloud for access from any iOS device. iTunes Match is also now available for purchase in the Philippines.

Note:
- iTunes Store purchases require a valid credit card with a Philippine billing address.
- All music on the iTunes Store comes in iTunes Plus, Apple’s DRM-free format with high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings.

Source: Apple

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