How about non DMR movies, music and tv Apple? That is what I would like to buy.
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Eddy Cue on Apple TV: Customers Should Be Able to 'Buy Whatever They Want, However They Want'
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Netflix creating great content? I take back everything i said, Netflix is now releasing a new TV series called Jessica Jones, a series that will fail miserably, because the series it's rated R...and both the story & character are not rated R..they are PG, but after the series fails, then Netflix will come and say: our series dint do to well, because grownups are not that interested in superheroes, FU Netflix! go watch Deadpool box office results..it's gonna demolish your pg characters in terms of viewing
This is a good time to for Apple to ally with DC, and create a Batman Rated R TV series
This is a good time to for Apple to ally with DC, and create a Batman Rated R TV series
A big part of cable/satellite profit is made up from equipment and set top boxes. A 'use your own box' could be viable though. I could see it as a DTV, Dish, etc icon through Roku, ATV, etc. But in those models I think they would still look to charge a 'delivery fee' per unit...probably that would probably tiered based on the number of simultaneous users to your account. (similar to netfllix.)
The delivery issue gets tricky because the content providers want the financial revenue security that traditional cable/satellite contracts/equipment give them. Moving the delivery to 'online' has the satcoms basically walking their customers down the aisle to potentially cutting the cord. Once they get used to consuming content without the box, they will question the need for bundled packaging.
Some cable companies are dabbing their toe in it. (Cox) But those are the ones who are also deeply involved in the internet service side as well. Consumers are likely going to pay the same either way, it's just where those fees come from. I compare it to the cell phone industry where we pay the same amount we did for years...we just pay it for data instead of voice/text.
"They" who? It sounds like you're saying "they, Apple", when it's in "they, Amazon's" court.
You know somebody has to pay the freight on shows to get made, right?
The Netflix model is essentially the equivalent of restaurants selling their leftovers the next day. For those who don't want to catch things first run (or like to binge watch shows later) it's great. The content providers make a little gravy on the backend instead of nothing.
If you pull advertising out of TV, than that cost is gonna get pushed directly to the consumer.
I agree with Eddy, but application of this is really restricted in the apple world.
Give IOS and Apple TV access to:
Vudu
PlayStation Video
Independent video content providers
Porn?
Apple says it's ok via AirPlay from web browser, I think it's time to do better and really allow third party apps to install, even if not sold via apple App Store
Give IOS and Apple TV access to:
Vudu
PlayStation Video
Independent video content providers
Porn?
Apple says it's ok via AirPlay from web browser, I think it's time to do better and really allow third party apps to install, even if not sold via apple App Store
I'm SO confused by your rant.
Wtf are you even trying to say????
Alias was DEFINITELY a "rated R" comic, & Netflix has been billing this as a "rated R" tv show.
Soooooooo....
(also, this is DIRECTLY built off of the wildly popular Daredevil mini & introduces Luke Cage, a popular hero in his own right, destined to get his own mini... I don't think you are remotely correct in your offhandedly silly guess about this failing)
But what purchases would there be with Prime? Amazon gives prime video to Prime members. That's not a purchase that happens on the video watching platform.
I've said it before, and I will say it again. If Amazon does not release a Prime app for TvOS they are just engaging in childish games at the expense of their own best interests.
Why do you think Apple can't seem to understand why every other company does not want to be tied to Apple?
Giving Apple more cut of their profits, and offering their content via Apple, confirming to Apple's rules.
Do they really not grasp that most/all companies don't want this?
Giving Apple more cut of their profits, and offering their content via Apple, confirming to Apple's rules.
Do they really not grasp that most/all companies don't want this?
I'm not sure what about this very basic point is so difficult to understand: Anyone is welcome to use the SDK to develop an app and submit it to Apple for TvOS. That includes Vudu, Sony or independent video content providers. This is one of the basic killer features of the new Apple TV. Having said that, Apple has clear policies regarding pornographic content in their app store, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
Finally, you can forget about Apple EVER allowing anyone to load anything on their iOS devices from anywhere other than the App Store.
However, because "Universal" Search fails to include user's iTunes Library (in home sharing),
Apple TV encourages users to buy titles they already own (and thus do NOT want to buy).
My MAIN issue with Apple TV is "Universal" Search should:
a) include my iTunes Library from my Mac (which I home-shared) and
b) list my iTunes Library first.
Otherwise, Apple TV makes it:
a) impractical to scroll though thousands of titles in my Library and
b) easy to accidentally buy movies I already own (ripped from Blue Ray or DVD disks).
If Apple is worried about violating user's privacy, make it an "opt in" feature.
If Apple is worried about imperfect metadata (difficult to match), provide incomplete search results.
It would be better than no results at all, and users could improve search results by adding better metadata in iTunes.
I hope Apple fixes it in the next software update. It would be greatly appreciated.
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Sure Eddie, that's great. Only three issues with that.
- Not enough content outside the US on the Apple TV.
- Many ISP's within and outside the US make streaming or downlaoding HD content (or even SD content atimes) on the Apple TV prohibitively expensive.
- Many ISP's within and outside the US don't even offer the internet speeds required to download (within a resonable time) ir stream the content in certain areas.
Hmmm, that's an interesting point...as I look at my Apple TV and see icons for Netflix, PBS, YouTube, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, Lifetime, Yahoo, ABC, CBS, CNBC, Fox, Disney, A&E, National Geographic, AirBnB, Disney, Plex and more.
Have you informed these entities that they're not companies?
I think what you're referring to is the fact that many companies don't want to give up the autocratic power they have held over you for decades when it comes to the manner in which they will let you have access to their product, and the price that they will get from you for granting you said access.
I always cracks me up when I read these rants about how Apple is the big, bad evil company when it comes to the distribution of media. And in fact, the truth of the matter is Apple is your best friend. They are working their a**es off to do with video media what they did with music and mobile technology. Which is to make it more accessible, affordable and democratic.
Use Plex. It's free, and it will offer you the ability to easily see and use all of your video media in an app that rivals the iTunes app and Netflix for aesthetics and metadata content. And Apple will be opening up the Siri search API to developers very soon, at which time Plex should provide you the ability to use Siri to locate your media with a universal search.
People, the beauty of this new platform is that it brings a wide open App Store, just like the iPhone and iPad. The possibilities are nearly limitless here.
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Sorry, I did not realise they were offering an open platform.
I stupidly thought they wanted to take a large cut of everything they let you sell via their platform and that was their reasoning behind this, to make money.
Silly me for thinking that... it's for the good of mankind as a whole of course!
No, it's the cable companies. That's where the monopoly lies. They provide a nice money stream to broadcasters, and demand fealty. That's why people who make programs all toe the line: Oh, if you want the "live" programming, sign up with your cable ID. I've had the Dish Anywhere app, and it was fun, in principle. But why use it when you have a nice HDTV in the corner? Watch two shows simultaneously?
In other words, Apple wants to get to the point where they can skim 30% of whatever customers buy, no matter what the source.
Ah, the open platform nonsense. The thing about a platform is, it has to be created. The confusion for a lot of people is that they take a software term and equate it with political freedom. Which is, frankly, a joke.
They're a for-profit company. But being for-profit and not screwing over their customers while showering them with BS statements (like media production and distribution companies have done for decades) are not mutually exclusive.
If you're too myopic to see the difference that's your problem.
I suspect that we are seeing the same issue as currentC. The stores wanted to maintain control and have access to your profile and buying habits. But delivering content through the Apple ecosystem usually means that the customer experience is partially given to apple, and in return less information is given back to the content owner. Just like all the channels that have already created an app or like hulu, netflix, HBO, etc., cable companies could easily create an app to deliver their content through the apple TV. Comcast already has an app that does this on the iPad (Xfinity TV Go). But these monopolies are slow to give up control. I am not sure if apple should do their own bundle, but instead try to get the cable companies to deliver their content through Apple TV. This would actually, IMHO, be the perfect scenario. If I could get DirectTV, Comcast, TimeWarner, Verizon, or any other cable App on my Apple TV and subscribe, it would finally create competition. I think that would allow for more creative bundling and a la cart options. This would eliminate the content provider monopoly and only leave the internet connection monopoly to wrestle with. I am thinking way out of the box of course, and most cable companies are not wanting to go there, but I think it is just a time issue. CurrentC never had a chance because they are Lat to the game, but the cable companies are established and Apple is late so it will take a little more time.
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