Minimum Storefront Requirements

To improve the quality of the content offered in the Apple TV app, certain territories (listed in the table below) must meet a set of minimum requirements for movies. These requirements apply to deliveries of feature films only; concert films and short films are excluded.

To meet the minimum requirements, new film deliveries must have at least one of the following assets tagged (using the <locale> tag) with the language specified in the table below for both the full asset and preview:

Territories/Countries/Regions

Language (specified in <locale> tag)

U.S.

United Kingdom

Australia

New Zealand

Any English (en-**)1

Austria

German (de, de-DE, de-LU, de-AT, de-LI, de-BE, and de-IT)

Bahrain

Arabic (ar-**)1

Brazil

Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR)

Canada

Any English (en-**)1 or any French (fr-**)1

Egypt

Arabic (ar-**)1

France

Parisian French (fr-FR) or OSL Canadian French (fr-CA)5

Germany

German (de, de-DE, de-LU, de-AT, de-LI, de-BE, and de-IT)

Hong Kong 4

Cantonese Audio (yue), Cantonese Subtitles (yue-Hant), or Traditional Chinese Subtitles (cmn-Hant)

Italy

Any Italian (it-**)1

Japan 4

Japanese (ja-**)1

Jordan

Arabic (ar-**)1

Korea 4

Korean (ko)

Latin America2 and Mexico

Latin American Spanish (es-419) or Mexican Spanish (es-MX) or OSL Spanish (es-**)1,5

Lebanon

Arabic (ar-**)1

Macau 4

Cantonese Audio (yue), Cantonese Subtitles (yue-Hant), or Traditional Chinese Subtitles (cmn-Hant)

Netherlands

Any Dutch (nl-**)1

Oman

Arabic (ar-**)1

Qatar

Arabic (ar-**)1

Russia 3,4

Any Russian (ru-**)1

Saudi Arabia

Arabic (ar-**)1

Spain

Castilian Spanish (es-ES) or OSL Spanish (es-**)1,5

Taiwan 4

Mandarin Audio (cmn) or Traditional Chinese Subtitles (cmn-Hant)

Thailand 4

Thai (th-**)1

Türkiye 3,4

Any Turkish (tr-**)1

United Arab Emirates

Arabic (ar-**)1

1 The two asterisks (**) are placeholders for a region subtag and indicate that assets with the specified language subtag, and any region subtag (or no region subtag) will satisfy minimum storefront requirements. For example, if fr-** is required, that requirement can be fulfilled by fr, fr-FR, or fr-CA.

2 Latin America includes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.

3 The minimum requirements for this country CANNOT be overridden by your Apple Technical Representative.

4 Additional minimum requirements: poster art supplied with localized title, as well as localized Title and Synopsis.

5 The minimum storefront requirement can be fulfilled in a territory if both the Original Spoken Locale (OSL) language and audio is provided in the specified language.

In the territories/countries/regions listed in the table above, content that does not meet the requirements will not be available in the Apple TV app. If a film does not meet the territory, country, or region minimum requirements, you will see a notification on the film’s summary page and the Rights and Pricing page on iTunes Connect.

If your content does not meet the minimum requirements for a territory, country, or region, but you still want to make your content available, contact your Apple Technical Representative (Russia and Türkiye excluded).

For information on requirements and standards related to poster art and metadata, see the Movies Style Guide, particularly the sections on Art, Titles, and Synopsis.