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Apple Adds Major League Soccer and Disney Junior Channels to Apple TV
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The Apple TV is getting bloated to the point, the Home screen doesn't mean anything anymore.... Sure, you can hide icons, but its used to be easy to just find stuff.. by default..
Its time to start putting these into sections of their own, Since Apple, obviously a bot fan of adding Disney stuff, that may as well have its own section too.. There is no need to have multiple buttons for basically the same thing.
Apple's pushing out ATV updates like crazy to add stuff, but they haven't actually fixed that things that matter most.. That audio continues to play after you back out mid-way.
I NEED to restart ATY constantly so, it won't continue streaming audio and waste my bandwidth.
This only proves one thing... Apple doesn't really care about actual fixes regarding the ATV, only adding stuff, and they'll fix the most important stuff "in their own time.."
By the way,,,, I still can't get any of this stuff thank to the cable companies
No one must suffer here. just allow this in addition. That way, the greedy cable companies will still keep their money. while people like me who don't have cable, can enjoy the added benefits
Its time to start putting these into sections of their own, Since Apple, obviously a bot fan of adding Disney stuff, that may as well have its own section too.. There is no need to have multiple buttons for basically the same thing.
Apple's pushing out ATV updates like crazy to add stuff, but they haven't actually fixed that things that matter most.. That audio continues to play after you back out mid-way.
I NEED to restart ATY constantly so, it won't continue streaming audio and waste my bandwidth.
This only proves one thing... Apple doesn't really care about actual fixes regarding the ATV, only adding stuff, and they'll fix the most important stuff "in their own time.."
By the way,,,, I still can't get any of this stuff thank to the cable companies
No one must suffer here. just allow this in addition. That way, the greedy cable companies will still keep their money. while people like me who don't have cable, can enjoy the added benefits
the $100 cable bill also includes $50 worth of a la carte internet which you also have to pay for to get the online services
I would love to know where you live to only pay $50 for cable. Perhaps for the basic package.
ITT
people who think Apple has ANY say in channels being tied to paid TV providers. Or to which countries can access them.
A la carte is NEVER going to happen until hundreds of millions of customers around the globe stop using paid TV. The content providers will fight that tooth and nail.
And for those of you saying internet streaming is the future.... consider this:
most ISP providers are also paid TV providers.... think they won't raise the price of internet access to make keeping cable more affordable?
people who think Apple has ANY say in channels being tied to paid TV providers. Or to which countries can access them.
A la carte is NEVER going to happen until hundreds of millions of customers around the globe stop using paid TV. The content providers will fight that tooth and nail.
And for those of you saying internet streaming is the future.... consider this:
most ISP providers are also paid TV providers.... think they won't raise the price of internet access to make keeping cable more affordable?
Maby get a dozen people streaming ya, of course... but it will take A LONG TIME..
Streaming will always be behind, and while in the long run (many years) more and more people will join making it feasible enough like cable, you may say "ok, we are how making enough money on streaming, we can ditch cable"
Thus, they won't do... because that's their business..
The large majority get it fro cable services, so they are gonna stay where the big bucks are, and probably always will from some time..
I'm not saying "ok, lets switch". that would be stupid, and i know they would loose money quickly.
All I'm saying, is make it hybrid.. so not only are cable providers still happy as usual by their paying customers, but also allow streaming from un-bundled customers (pay a monthly free like Netflix) to have full access or HBO, or Disney.
The two can co-exist quite easily.... and as long as the cable companies are still happy (which they will be keeping their paying customers happy) it would also allow ANYONE to access.
I don't see a problem with this ? Do you ??
Many people here fail to seethe future. as your only looking to what you have NOW, not further.. 4k is already out, and streaming 4k is already possible as the new codecs have nailed it almost.
This proves all. Cable companies will always be round, for now anyway. but there is no point in being a total snitch, by allowing access to only what THEY want...
open it up..... Give the best of both words.... They keep their customers, while they also enjoy the beneficent of getting more service from streaming customers accessing their content.
Streaming will always be behind, and while in the long run (many years) more and more people will join making it feasible enough like cable, you may say "ok, we are how making enough money on streaming, we can ditch cable"
Thus, they won't do... because that's their business..
The large majority get it fro cable services, so they are gonna stay where the big bucks are, and probably always will from some time..
I'm not saying "ok, lets switch". that would be stupid, and i know they would loose money quickly.
All I'm saying, is make it hybrid.. so not only are cable providers still happy as usual by their paying customers, but also allow streaming from un-bundled customers (pay a monthly free like Netflix) to have full access or HBO, or Disney.
The two can co-exist quite easily.... and as long as the cable companies are still happy (which they will be keeping their paying customers happy) it would also allow ANYONE to access.
I don't see a problem with this ? Do you ??
Many people here fail to seethe future. as your only looking to what you have NOW, not further.. 4k is already out, and streaming 4k is already possible as the new codecs have nailed it almost.
This proves all. Cable companies will always be round, for now anyway. but there is no point in being a total snitch, by allowing access to only what THEY want...
open it up..... Give the best of both words.... They keep their customers, while they also enjoy the beneficent of getting more service from streaming customers accessing their content.
One word: subsidies.
It's what allows the cable companies to offer so many channels for so cheap. A la carte ESPN would be pretty expensive because they could get away with it.
Cable TV also subsidizes cable internet, which is part of the reason that with comcast, internet alone costs as much as internet + basic cable.
With respect to a la carte programming, I believe that the future is direct distribution, where the content providers deliver straight to the consumer. Netflix is doing this with quite a few series (House of Cards, Orange, etc). And it's good quality content.
YouTube is another good direct content distribution platform that I think is under-utilized at this point. It wouldn't be that difficult to upload a weekly scripted show on YouTube. And I think Google had been experimenting with paid/ premium subscriptions to certain YT channels.
Finally, there's no real reason why a small content producer couldn't distribute via iTunes.
True, but hardly surprising with Steve having been Disney's largest single shareholder.
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