Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

You are here: MacNN Forums > News > Mac News > 12 Days of Xmas app brings users HD 'Sherlock' episode

12 Days of Xmas app brings users HD 'Sherlock' episode
Thread Tools
NewsPoster
MacNN Staff
Join Date: Jul 2012
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Dec 28, 2012, 03:24 PM
 
Apple's 12 Days of Christmas app, available only in Canada, Mexico, the UK, Australia and New Zealand and parts of Europe, added to its list of gifts with a free HD episode of the critically-acclaimed BBC Drama Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. The episode in question, "A Study in Pink," is loosely based on the classic novel "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It originally aired as one of three episodes in the show's first series.

The show, made by many of the same people responsible for Doctor Who, has found a similar worldwide audience. The first and second series were sold to over 180 countries and territories, and filming for a third series is underway. Both Freeman and Cumberbatch have also found movie stardom, with the latter appearing in the forthcoming Star Trek Into Darkness film, while the former is the title character in Peter Jackson's new epic, The Hobbit. There are occasional regional differences in the gifts given out during the promotion. In Mexico, for example, the Sherlock episode was replaced with a free educational app called Geo Master 2, according to a MacNN reader report. Another report from New Zealand says that tomorrow's gift is a free cookbook, though North American users will have to wait until midnight PST to find out if that's the case for their region. The Sherlock episode is normally available for download at a cost of $5 ($7 for HD), while the whole series (consisting of three 90-minute episodes) is available for $10 (or $13 for HD). Previous gifts in the 12 Days of Christmas app have included soccer game Score!, a free Maroon 5 EP, and a music video of Rod Stewart singing "Let it Snow."
     
cesarbm
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Dec 2012
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Dec 28, 2012, 04:39 PM
 
The 12 Days of Christmas is also available at the Mexican iTunes store. The first day they had the Maroon 5 EP, yesterday they had the game app Score! and today they have the app geo master 2.

Regards,

Cesar
     
KiwiTrailRunner
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Dec 2012
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Dec 28, 2012, 04:49 PM
 
Available in New Zealand too. Today's free gift, Day 4, was a cookbook.
     
Charles Martin
Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Maitland, FL
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Dec 28, 2012, 06:35 PM
 
Thanks for the heads up, guys! I will have them update the article to reflect this.
Charles Martin
MacNN Editor
     
tonton
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Hong Kong
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Dec 31, 2012, 01:08 AM
 
In the UK store, we were offered a Chuggington kids' game. I guess the Sherlock episode was only for the Canadian store. It's too bad, I would have preferred that.
��n+�N

Got Vurt? Jeff Noon
     
tonton
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Hong Kong
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Dec 31, 2012, 01:26 AM
 
What was the gift for the fifth day? I missed it, and I'm wondering if it's still being offered for free.
��n+�N

Got Vurt? Jeff Noon
     
   
Thread Tools
 
Forum Links
Forum Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Top
Privacy Policy
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:36 AM.
All contents of these forums © 1995-2017 MacNN. All rights reserved.
Branding + Design: www.gesamtbild.com
vBulletin v.3.8.8 © 2000-2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.,