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Apple to Announce New App Focused on TV Show Discovery at Tomorrow's Event [Updated]

Please give me a global preference to only show free content unless I ask for paid content.

"Siri, show me Star Trek into Darkness" "Sorry, only paid content is available."

Fine, I'm done and thank you very much. Right now I need to go to Hulu and Netflix separately to search otherwise Siri just pops up content from the iTunes store.
 
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Of course Netflix is going to opt out. Apple is trying to turn content providers into dumb sources. I believe most of them are not going to participate.
 
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doelcm82 said:
This is how Apple has always operated. Steve Jobs didn't poll users to find out what they wanted. He did what he thought was right, and expected users to decide whether it was for them. That was all well and good when what Apple wanted lined up with what you personally wanted, but there have always been people who didn't like Steve Jobs cavalier attitude towards Apple customers' wish lists.

Now that what they're doing is no longer aligned with you, you're one of those whose wish list isn't on the list of what Apple thinks is the right thing to do. Just like those who didn't like what Steve Jobs was doing.
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I understand that but you missed my point... who are the people that apple is aligning with??? I don't know anyone who is excited about Apple products anymore... and I'm not just talking about people like me. Sure there are plenty of poeple who are heavily invested in the eco system who purchase upgrades/replacements as they need... but no one I know was actually really excited about the new watch, the iphone 7, etc... they were all excited about the announcements but then were like "meh."
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peterdevries said:
I see that reading comprehension is not one of your strong points.
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I see that civility isn't one of yours.

I understood what you wrote just fine. Android Smart TV's CAN do pretty much everything the AppleTV can do, and they receive updates. There is nothing I use my apple tv for that I can't do on my Smart TV. I prefer dumb tv's, because the dedicated boxes are probably going to be better at doing things, but right now I can't use my Apple TV to do things I do on my Smart TV, mainly watching 4k video. And watching video is the primary reason for having a TV in the first place.
 
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syrcular said:
What would have been more exciting, is a proper DVR style watch list. So that there was one place, where all my "subscribed shows" would show up. Some programs in Hulu, a show in HBOGo, a couple in ShowtimeAnytime, maybe a few in Netflix. And the ones I currently watch all show up as sort of like links in a list, and when I click on a selection it takes me to the prospective app that supports the show.
That functionality is similar to Tivo's One Pass. If Apple TV could help us from constantly having to hunt between apps, it would be a far more streamlined experience for us cord cutters. I think the biggest complaint to cord cutting, is how we have to navigate between all these apps, and when I was on Cable TV and a DVR, everything was just in one place.

A Genius Recommendation function in Apple TV is nice, but I feel is not that innovative....
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I have the perfect app for you...I found it to be EXACTLY what ATV needs to implement to organize the interface and make it manageable...this must be what SJ was thinking about.

First, you select all the shows you watch and it places them into the TO WATCH category,
then it lists these shows by date, displays how many you haven't watched, what episode and etc...you can click another link and see how many shows are coming up, another link for show description, trailers and etc...you can discover upcoming NEW series, popular and etc... but it doesn't guess what you should be watching, it does let you manage your viewing.
http://maximilianlitteral.com/TelevisionTime/
Good Luck!
 
jameslmoser said:
I understand that but you missed my point... who are the people that apple is aligning with??? I don't know anyone who is excited about Apple products anymore... and I'm not just talking about people like me. Sure there are plenty of poeple who are heavily invested in the eco system who purchase upgrades/replacements as they need... but no one I know was actually really excited about the new watch, the iphone 7, etc... they were all excited about the announcements but then were like "meh."
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I don't think I've really been excited about an Apple product since the first iPhone. And before that, the Lisa (which I couldn't afford, anyway). Individual features have had a strong pull on me, like TouchID, the dual camera on the iPhone 7 and the LED touch strip on the upcoming MBPs. But nothing besides those two was a mind-blowing new product to me. What has me seduced by Apple in the past 15 years is the increasingly integrated ecosystem.

I can see that Apple is trying to find its next "iPhone." It's not that easy, and Apple has really only done it twice in its entire history. Three times, if you count the iPod, but I was never excited about the iPod. Having the courage to ignore the negative voices is also hard. Apple was a computer company, and it had no business trying to get into the mobile phone market.
 
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Question is, can you only select certain providers in the guide? If I'm looking for a show to watch in the streaming apps I already pay for, I don't want paid iTunes options populating. But who am I kidding. How often do I actually browse for shows?
 
HiRez said:
No Netlix? So everything except the most important one, OK, that should be great.
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While I agree, it certainly would be nice to have Netflix included... Netflix is a large enough app (content wise) that still warrants people to use it on a regular basis. What I personally hate is going into millions of apps that each offer a handful of shows and maybe a live stream, especially since I have to reactivate them on a regular basis. I don't find myself browsing these apps. I use them when I know there is something specific that I'm after. A place to show perhaps what's currently live on all the streaming channels and manage new episodes to subscribed shows or recommend other shows that I might be interested in and then link me to that specific app would be much welcomed.
 
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orbital~debris said:
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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Apparently, it's the "Season Pass Subscriptions" functionality they have a patent on. The devil is in the details, but I could see them going up against Apple for using anything similar...hoping to get a licensing agreement.
 
smaffei said:
Actually, wrong...

I'm talking locking down content providers for the service and not the service itself.

Which, by the way, AT&T via the merger with Time Warner gets them of HBO, CBS, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, CNN, Turner Classic Movies and more. Locking in their access at a cheaper price because of ownership.

So, thanks for playing.
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Thank you so again no locking necessary, if Apple owned many media companies they could do the same. Your original disparaging comment was still just snark disparaging someone because they didn't have the advantages other companies do.

Thanks for playing indeed.
 
i hate phones said:
While I agree, it certainly would be nice to have Netflix included... Netflix is a large enough app (content wise) that still warrants people to use it on a regular basis. What I personally hate is going into millions of apps that each offer a handful of shows and maybe a live stream, especially since I have to reactivate them on a regular basis. I don't find myself browsing these apps. I use them when I know there is something specific that I'm after. A place to show perhaps what's currently live on all the streaming channels and manage new episodes to subscribed shows or recommend other shows that I might be interested in and then link me to that specific app would be much welcomed.
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While it might sound nice to you, it's a little stupid for content providers to participate.
Why would AMC want someone watching walking dead to be recommended to watch AHS on FX?

So for AMC to get Apple TV to recommend you to watch "Fear the walking dead" after watching "Walking dead", they probably need to place an ad with Apple. LOL yeah good luck with that.
 
Benjamins said:
While it might sound nice to you, it's a little stupid for content providers to participate.
Why would AMC want someone watching walking dead to be recommended to watch AHS on FX?

So for AMC to get Apple TV to recommend you to watch "Fear the walking dead" after watching "Walking dead", they probably need to place an ad with Apple. LOL yeah good luck with that.
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That is a good point, however the opposite should also occur where your shows get recommended to those watching shows from other networks. I feel that it would probably even out or possibly be in your favor if your network has high quality shows.
 
Macaddict16 said:
That is a good point, however the opposite should also occur where your shows get recommended to those watching shows from other networks. I feel that it would probably even out or possibly be in your favor if your network has high quality shows.
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If Apple licensed the content (like Netflix) then they can do whatever they want with it.
If Apple wants to pay $0 out of pocket an expect content providers to just hand over control, then Apple just wasted a lot of time for nothing.

Maybe Apple have successfully negotiated a "a la carte" TV platform, so you can just pay for channels you want. Who knows.
 
peterdevries said:
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.
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I don't belive you. A smart TV with android does every **** apple TV does and more.
 
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