Apple Adds New Apple TV Channels TED, Tastemade and Young Hollywood

[MacRumors]

Apple added three new TV channels to the Apple TV set-top box on Tuesday in the United States: TED, Tastemade and Young Hollywood. The three new channels bring non-profit TED Talks and a wide selection of premium food, travel and celebrity programming to the Apple TV and should be available beginning today. The new channels arrive just over three months after the additions of UFC, The Scene, Fusion and Daily Motion.

TED Talks given by the non-profit organization are hosted by guest speakers that cover a wide range of influential topics, including science, religion, technology, education and more. Meanwhile, Tastemade provides hundreds of episodes of premium food and travel programming, and Young Hollywood delivers the latest celebrity-related programming including entertainment news and exclusive interviews.

Tastemade channel on Apple TV features food and travel programming​

Apple is expected to announce its next-generation Apple TV alongside a full-fledged streaming TV service at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June. The new A8-based set-top box will reportedly feature both an App Store and Siri, in addition to a redesigned remote control and significantly higher internal storage than the current 8GB model. Notably absent from today's update is upcoming on-demand service HBO Now, set to debut in April for $14.99 per month.

Young Hollywood channel on Apple TV features celebrity-related programming​

Apple's much-rumored streaming TV service would consist of a lightweight package of about 25 channels for between $30 to $40 per month, anchored by networks such as ABC, CBS and Fox. The service will be available on several devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, with other potential channels in the lineup including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, MTV, Comedy Central, FX and Nickelodeon.

Apple TV has been discounted to $69 in the United States.

Article Link: Apple Adds New Apple TV Channels TED, Tastemade and Young Hollywood

 

[mikeray]

There should be a MeerKat channel for Apple TV

 

[djtech42]

There needs to be some organization now that we have all these channels.

 

[Lord Hamsa]

In before the obligatory "great, more channels to hide" and "what about those of us not in the US" posts.

 

[peterdevries]

The more channels appear, the more clear it gets that we will see an update soon. The current structure of the menu is not sustainable anymore and Apple should also be well aware that the current Apple TV GUI is not very well suited for people with large libraries.

 

[iJandro]

yeaaah...no thanks, think i'll go ahead and hide these ones...

 

[iBungie]

In before the obligatory "great, more channels to hide" and "what about those of us not in the US" posts.

Those of us not in the US will miss out on having more channels to hide.....

 

[garylapointe]

There needs to be some organization now that we have all these channels.

I'm glad I can sort them in an order I prefer and hide the ones that I don't use!!!

Gary

 

[AcesHigh87]

Those of us not in the US will miss out on having more channels to hide.....

I have none hidden and only when apple events are on it does the UI actually fill the screen (24") in the bedroom

I would gladly trade hiding a few icons in exchange for getting Hulu and all the other content not available outside the U.S.

 

[D.T.]

No idea about Tastemade and Young Hollywood (assume they're specific and slightly odd movie content like some of the other 2nd tier channels ... that we have hidden ...)

TED however, is awesome!

[edit]

Did the article get updated[?] Anyway, Tastemade actually looks interesting (we're fans of Travel and Food Network)

 

[samcraig]

"Apple on Tuesday" ? Interesting sentence structure there.

That aside, the exclusion of HBO Now isn't really notable as it's launching in April. Why should/would the channel appear now?

 

[Four oF NINE]

I'm looking forward to a revamp of the OS for Apple TV. The current model is unsustainable.

 

[azentropy]

A whole channel devoted to the cancelled show "Better off Ted"! Cool!

 

[Daalseth]

So TED has its own channel. When they had Monica Lawinski giving a talk I stopped paying attention to them. TED Talks used to be fascinating discussions from great people. Now they are just click baiting media w****s.

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

Apple is expected to announce its next-generation Apple TV

How many times have we heard that since the Apple TV 2 was released in 2010?

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[iAshley]

In before the obligatory "great, more channels to hide" and "what about those of us not in the US" posts.

Do you see the irony of this post?

 

[D.T.]

How many times have we heard that since the Apple TV 2 was released in 2010?

I'll believe it when I see it.

There's a ton of chatter about this in the developer circles close to Apple. Like way more than the typical rumor creates. I suppose it could be motivated by "well, it's got to happen this time", but it seems more like a legitimate indicator it will happen.

 

[RoboCop001]

Yes! TED channel ftw!

 

[numlock]

The more channels appear, the more clear it gets that we will see an update soon. The current structure of the menu is not sustainable anymore and Apple should also be well aware that the current Apple TV GUI is not very well suited for people with large libraries.

the inevitable argument.

hopefully. the gui barely works when nothing is installed and we have been hoping for years now.

 

[Lord Hamsa]

Do you see the irony of this post?

Um... yes. Irony/sarcasm was kind of the point.

 

[lazyrighteye]

There needs to be some organization now that we have all these channels.

As the channel lineup expands, it does seem an opportunity to rethink the navigation/UI. I suspect we'll see that with the next hardware & rumored channel package update.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Based on the bumped specs, I'm still convinced that the 'new' Apple TV will be a separate product (sold alongside the current), but if it does indeed stay as one product for £59, I'm sold.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

If Apple keeps adding worthless channels like this Apple TV will be just like cable.

Hopefully this forced vomiting of channels is temporary and Apple will announce an AppleTV store where channels can be downloaded if wanted versus hidden if not wanted.

 

[longofest]

Wait... they have an entire channel???? YES!

(joke)

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

There's a ton of chatter about this in the developer circles close to Apple. Like way more than the typical rumor creates. I suppose it could be motivated by "well, it's got to happen this time", but it seems more like a legitimate indicator it will happen.

There's been lots of chatter every time. It's been going on for years. Until we see it happen, I'm not buying it.

The other rumors about updates and an actual TV have been "solid" according to sites like MacRumors and yet it has yet to happen 5 years later.

This is the stupidity of these rumor sites. They just guess and guess and guess and eventually if you throw out enough guesses one is bound to be right. Then people buy their random guesses as fact and praise them as being experts. So silly.