Unlikely - it's already done by BSkyB in the U.K. on their Sky+ platform.
Besides, Apple also already have some similar technology where TV shows are recommended to you in iTunes, based on what you've previously bought/watched there.
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Apple to Announce New App Focused on TV Show Discovery at Tomorrow's Event [Updated]
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Besides, Apple also already have some similar technology where TV shows are recommended to you in iTunes, based on what you've previously bought/watched there.
There's an app for that
It is called Netflix
Problem solved. 45minutes free for new Mac Mini
It is called Netflix
Problem solved. 45minutes free for new Mac Mini
The last thing I need is another App. What I'd like to see Apple do is improve iTunes and iPhoto etc. Those apps were once great, but now they're awful. Apple is so focused on pushing services they've forgotten about the experience.
There is not a single smart TV on this planet that is able to do everything the Apple TV can. I bought a top of the line smart TV last year and by now it isn´t updated anymore and services are shutting down as the support dies. My smart TV has grown dumber by the month and it wasn´t that smart to begin with.
You missed the part where services are up 26% over last year...
Indeed, but what this guy means is the following: "Apple might be introducing new products and services and doing well financially, but as long as they don´t introduce new gadgets that matter to me PERSONALLY, they are a dead company walking, Tim should be shot and Eddy Cue too".
This. 1000 times this. Plus announce apps from cable companies that let you access the DVR through the Apple TV.
Actually no. Everyone doesn't care about the Mac, much less the new Mac Pro. Apple sells around 20 million Macs a year, and over 200 million iPhones, and tens of millions more of everything else.
What this tells us is that the days of a Mac only media event are over. Apple will use their spotlight to introduce multiple items of their ecosystem, sometimes completely unrelated like the Spring event that introduced the SE, 9" iPAd Pro, and new watch bands -- something for everyone.
Sharing the stage with other products does not mean Apple cares any less about one product than another.
Great! There has been a gaping hole in my heart and this ought nicely fill the void. I was worried Apple might come out with something utterly useless, like a computer with user expandable storage bays, or a desktop with current specs. Thanks goodness!
Yawn. Don't care. Either the content is available, or it isn't. I have enough shows backlogged to last me a lifetime given the free time I have to watch them.
And there goes the sneeze guard for all the salad that Tim is tossing. Don't care about TV... show me the MACS!!
Wait till Apple trolls us by announcing new Macs, to be available next year.
When I see the innovation at Oculus, and at Microsoft, and I compare it to the tap dance that Apple is doing shaking money out of people a few bucks at a time with watch bands and "dual cameras" or "smart search" for TV content, and "touch strips" for laptops, it just makes me sad as hell. Someone has taken a bite out of my Apple.
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if Apple had it their way, this is egg-zactly what they want. All they care about is moolah, not what the customer wants. Apple is the Goddess, only they know what the customer wants, Apple is full of themselves, especially that donkey Tim Cooks
"Magic List".. available to US customers only.
No big deal.. any suggestions I could imagine would be worthless, like most other implementations ( Amazon et al )
No big deal.. any suggestions I could imagine would be worthless, like most other implementations ( Amazon et al )
I'm hearing a lot of complaining in this thread, but:
This app is the next step towards getting the shows out of their silos in separate apps. First was universal search. Now you'll have universal browse. Over time, you won't care what channel or app the show comes from, you'll just watch what you want to watch.
This app is the next step towards getting the shows out of their silos in separate apps. First was universal search. Now you'll have universal browse. Over time, you won't care what channel or app the show comes from, you'll just watch what you want to watch.
Such a shame they still are lagging on the AppleTV. Still no SSO, no method of cloning or syncing an AppleTV config. For example if I purchase a second AppleTV I still have to go through and install/configure all the apps all over again.
The set top box market is ripe for the taking and would be much bigger than the smart watch market yet Apple moves at a snails pace. /rant
The set top box market is ripe for the taking and would be much bigger than the smart watch market yet Apple moves at a snails pace. /rant
I think some of us expected the years of waiting and neglect to be justified by something more momentous than a lighty-up bar and a fingerprint scanner. Padding the Mac presentation with an app is a sign of something going badly wrong somewhere.
Too bad they won't be able to factor in anything I watch on Prime Video.
Yes it does. Apple has shown an obvious disregard for the professional consumer. We've been abused by being ignored. If Apple wasn't so outright rude, they'd at least tell the professional consumer base that they have no intention of continuing the development of Pro products. It's outright inappropriate for them to go 3.5 years without a Mac Pro update, with ZERO explanation/justification to the profesional world.
But I already know which shows I want to watch and they aren't on Apple TV. They are on FireTV. Why is this? Oh, hobby TV.
Now I sense the aTV distraction will be there to deflect attention away from the media focus on the ship date for the MBP. Has intel released the right high end 6th gen HQ chip for the 15" yet? 6920 no iris graphics. 6970 no VPro.
Now I sense the aTV distraction will be there to deflect attention away from the media focus on the ship date for the MBP. Has intel released the right high end 6th gen HQ chip for the 15" yet? 6920 no iris graphics. 6970 no VPro.