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Apple TV Adds Apps for Vevo, Weather Channel, Disney, and Smithsonian Channel

i too would love to be able to delete/hide the apps that i dont use. As a cord cutter, until HBO or espn offers me a way to access their content outside of some bundled package through a cable company, I'd prefer not to have to look at them every time I fire up my appletv.
 
840quadra said:
In Regards to the Weather Channel, hopefully it is more than simple selectable pre-recorded forecasts for your area.
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Yeah, I hope it has some regular content too.

It is nice to see Apple finally adding more stuff to it and more frequently.
 
How about we work on apps that don't require a g-damn cable subscription! These apps are obviously useless to those who have cut the cord, but 9 times out of 10 they also leave Dish and DirecTV subscribers in the cold. Grr...

I hope we see an updated ATV interface this fall. What's there right now is bad, and gets worse the more new apps get added.
 
abbstrack said:
i too would love to be able to delete/hide the apps that i dont use. As a cord cutter, until HBO or espn offers me a way to access their content outside of some bundled package through a cable company, I'd prefer not to have to look at them every time I fire up my appletv.
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Again, just go to parental controls under settings and select hide for each of the channels you don't want.

Ill admit thats not an obvious place, but the UI predates having tons of channels.
 
Wow, those are some nice additions!


The downside is that the interface is getting VERY CLUTTERED with icons. Most of them I never use!

Wouldn't it be nice if there were an app store where new "channels" could be downloaded, without requiring an OS update? :)

Or at least give me a way to remove the crap I'm never going to sign up for.... Crunchyroll? Seriously?
 
I really like the fact that they're working on the ATV.

But I still need a way to listen to my lossless music without hogging a computer.
 
dugbug said:
Plexconnect hooks you up with your plex server. It works externally (i.e. no jailbreak or hack), hijacking the trailers app. Works quite well.
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That's the one that replaces the trailers app right? I set it up but it stopped HBO, Netlfix etc from working.
 
This is awesome news! I'm so glad we're seeing so much activity being out into the ATV. This just makes the Apple TV rumors more interesting.
 
No Disney in UK

No Disney in the UK which is a bit rubbish!

The only reason i pay for Sky is because of the Disney channel for my 2 year old boy!

Any idea when this will come to UK ATV?
 
This is great. Now if we can simply eliminate the cable subscription requirement, as with HBO. I'm really ready to dump Time-Warner if they can figure that one out..

I don't need or watch 200 channels! If I could pick out 10, I'd be good with that. Why must I pay for and subsidize channels I have no intention of ever watching?
 
Rogifan said:
How about we work on apps that don't require a g-damn cable subscription! These apps are obviously useless to those who have cut the cord, but 9 times out of 10 they also leave Dish and DirecTV subscribers in the cold. Grr...

I hope we see an updated ATV interface this fall. What's there right now is bad, and gets worse the more new apps get added.
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I think its glacially moving in that direction. It will take one premium channel to make a leap of faith--HBO is in a good position I think but it might be another channel.

The way its set up right now, its almost as if Apple is encouraging people to use the sign in credentials from their friends and family who have cable subscriptions. . . I'm wondering when the crack down will begin.
 
Funny, just last night I was discussing with my GF that all Apple needs to do to have an iTV be a smash hit is to have a deal with Disney letting users get unlimited on demand access to Disney's movies and TV. I'd probably be willing to pay $10/month or so for that... it'd be a lot less than I pay Comcast, and though it would have fewer channels, it would mean a lot more.
 
And STILL no Time Warner

Tim Cook needs to be fired

Not just for letting Roku beat them to it, but because of the big **** up that he allowed to happen today. Moron let Samsung beat them to the market with a SmartWatch.

He's got to go for his incompetence. He is killing Apple!
 
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