Apple TV Universal Search Gains Support for 9 New Channels Including Food Network and HGTV

[jakebro]

Yet another dozen "USA only" channels added to Siri. Great if you are American, completely useless for anyone else.

Netflix is the only non USA Siri supported channel which is embarrassing.

If Apple doesn't want to add the Siri support, why not open it to 3rd parties like they did on iOS?

This already exists on Freeview Play (the UK's national TV platform) and YouView (a project related to Freeview) where you can universally search the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5. On YouView, you can also install apps like Netflix and Now TV (Sky's streaming service) and then universally search them too. Apple just needs to integrate this.

apple "rapidly expanding the feature", not in the UK they are not!

There have been zero additions to the service since launch... but then most of the UK on demand services are still not on the apple TV anyway - so what's the point?
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not an EPG as such, we need a personal planner, where all the shows we "like" within other apps are all stored in a simple list, then linking through to different seasons at a touch of a button or swipe, together with suggestions of other stuff you may like.. you can then see and play the content direct from the planner, without needing to navigate through different apps.

The future is not apps apple, the future is convenience of use and access to content.

Not everyone likes to talk to their TV anyway apple... the thing with a TV is you have a big screen where you should be able to "SEE" and navigate the content as well.

Now TV has exactly this.