Why can't I buy downloads from the US store? I am in the UK.

I am in th UK and have bought an 80GB iPod on which I want to play videos while I travel.
The UK video and TV content is almost non-existent. Jimmy Carr? Bloody Ricky Gervais? How utterly appaling. If there is amy more content, I cannot find it, and I find the iStore site difficult to use and impossible to find anything on.
The US store is full of shows and movies I wish to download, but it say my account cannot buy from this store. Why is this?
If this is a permanent state of affairs, you can have my iPod back and cancel my subscription. What regional rubbish in an international communications age.

Blame the studios. I am sure Apple would like to allow cross country purchases. You want access to the American store, whereas I would like the Australian and British stores in addition to the American one.

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