I hope this helps force the hand of content providers to make a full investment in fiber optic networks.
I want time shifting.
I want to be able to watch any show I want. At anytime. Anywhere.
I don't want to have to subscribe to cable for this very reason television companies hate time shifting. They want you to watch TV on their schedule.
I want to subscribe to channels on an a la carte basis. I want to pay a couple bucks per month for an ESPN "app" and a couple others, through my Apple ID. I then want to watch the content live or on-demand, my choice. None of those "package deals" crap. I don't need to pay for 300+ channels I don't watch.
This is the future. Hopefully Apple brings it.
A loopy idea: Perhaps Apple is planning to give away their Apple TVs. Get more people in their ecosystem, recoup on media sales/rental revenue, get them buying other Apple devices.
Apple left a rather large hole in their release schedule when they moved iPads to Fall (assuming they keep a yearly release cycle from here on out).
Old Schedule:
Spring: iPads
Summer: Macs
Fall: iPhone
New Schedule:
Spring: ?
Summer: OS X & Devices
Fall: iOS & Devices
Given the current state of product updates, what are they going to release in the Spring?
<Queue rampant speculation>
as it would force cable companies to increase their network capacity to handle such demands as on-demand HD streams from users of the new Apple product.
I hope this helps force the hand of content providers to make a full investment in fiber optic networks.
^^^this. Down 11 again today and trading at a ridiculously low 11x earnings.
Whatever they come up with, the content owners had better get on board, or they will find that the boat has left the dock without them. Apple is going to own the living room, and will supply all the stuff we see on all our screens.
The sooner, the better!
I want time shifting.
I want to be able to watch any show I want. At anytime. Anywhere.
I don't want to have to subscribe to cable for this very reason television companies hate time shifting. They want you to watch TV on their schedule.
I want to subscribe to channels on an a la carte basis. I want to pay a couple bucks per month for an ESPN "app" and a couple others, through my Apple ID. I then want to watch the content live or on-demand, my choice. None of those "package deals" crap. I don't need to pay for 300+ channels I don't watch.
This is the future. Hopefully Apple brings it.
iPhone - 13.9% of the smart phone market (Q3 numbers)
iPad - 60% (and falling fast)
OS/X - around 6% (Worldwide)
TV - 0%
Should content providers really care?