He was fired? I thought he announced a retirement in the next 12 months.
They would never say they "fired" him even when that is actually what happened. It would look bad for the company and for Steve.
He was fired? I thought he announced a retirement in the next 12 months.
So doing research and patents is not to be working on it. Ok then...
What doesn't make sense to me is that if we have to have cable in order to view some of this content, like the new Disney Channels and HBO, then why would I even bother watching it through the AppleTV over just watching it directly on my TV through the cable box. We're adding an unnecessary middle-man.
He was fired? I thought he announced a retirement in the next 12 months.
If it is something like that. We have no real reason to believe so. He said interface not 'techno jazzy way of doing things'
Moron let Samsung beat them to the market with a SmartWatch.
What doesn't make sense to me is that if we have to have cable in order to view some of this content, like the new Disney Channels and HBO, then why would I even bother watching it through the AppleTV over just watching it directly on my TV through the cable box. We're adding an unnecessary middle-man.
Seriously Apple need to do some work on getting material for non-US customers. Here in the UK we pay considerably more for the ATV but do not get access to the services available in the US. I know that the contracts will be territory based, but really they need to put some effort into offerings and agreements here in the UK, or they need to seriously consider selling the ATV at half the price as it is now nobbled in comparison to the US box!
They can't. Any more than Time Warner. Apple doesn't have the power in this game. The cable companies do. They have contractual deals affording them exclusive rights to broadcast in their areas. Until Apple can get the content providers to change the terms of their deals to allow direct access. It's a no go
Apple also finds themselves in a tough spot because they can't just go and try to get themselves defined as a cable company because of the government approved oligopoly that is the cable companies. In many areas only one company is allowed to operate via cable and the cable companies could try to argue that that includes their cable based Internet feeds and shut Apple out that way. So first they would need to get some kind of legal judgment splitting the two feeds up and barring the cable companies from blocking or throttling based on type of data or source. And they can't get that until a company does that kind of blocking and why bother until the first issue of the content contracts is solved.
All of which I think is what the rumored talks are about. Both for these apps, the iTunes stores etc
They would never say they "fired" him even when that is actually what happened. It would look bad for the company and for Steve.
He announced a complete remodeling of the company structure and steps down only a few weeks later, with no successor announced.
Maybe the phrase he used, "to take to market", went right past you.
Finally some sense on this thread.
You might not be getting all the channels we are here in the States (mainly due to content deals), but Apple isn't removing any of the features that your AppleTV shipped with. Contrast that to the Google Chromecast which, with it's latest update, blocked an app that gave users ability to stream local files.
I couldn't agree more. I have Dish Network and access to all those channels in my subscription. Why would I want to watch them on ATV????
Will we have to wait for apps on Apple TV for even just TV channels? Why is Roku so much further ahead of apple on this? I want one, I just cannot justify until they allow some channels I can get other ways and some apps so that I can play all my iPhoto videos on the TV.
great, now if they would consider lowering the price of the apple Tv.
Why would you want to watch them on ATV? So you can watch whatever they have to offer without any time contraints? For instance I can rewatch the Game of Thrones seasons using the HBO app without having to wait for it to rerun on HBO.
History Channel maybe?
History Channel maybe?
But I can do that with DirecTV's HBO On Demand channel.
Yes! And without the need for a cable TV subscription.
But I can do that with DirecTV's HBO On Demand channel.