NBC, TNT and TBS Bring Full-Length TV Episodes to iOS Devices

[iSRS]

Haven't tried it, but assuming they act like the others (Watch ESPN, CNN) - none of which DirecTV is a provider that allow it.

Correction - CNN now does work for DirecTV subscribers, as do the TNT and TBS apps.

So does that mean the existing (if they have them) or future apps for the following will also be released/updated?

Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, truTV, and Turner Classic Movies

All Turner networks.

Updated: Cartoon Network - Check, Adult Swim - Check, Boomerang - No App, truTV - No full episodes/needs iOS 4.3 (I am on 4.2.10 for VZW), TCM - is a pay app?

 

[Natesac]

Big surprise here! The TBS and TNT apps DO NOT work for Time Warner Cable customers.

This is exactly like HBO GO. TWC has been telling us "we are in negotiations" for about 5 months now. Somehow TWC is the only major in the game right now that does not have logins for these awesome apps/services.

My guess, TWC want to be able to put all that content into one central app and the HBO/TNT/TBS's of the world would rather have their own apps.

I honestly don't care, just give me the content I pay for on the devices I want. Jeezus

 

[bushido]

OK, fair enough. So let's have a [US Only] or [UK Only] tag so we can easily determine who gets what. Once again: MacRumors front page stories have a worldwide reach.

I'm not complaining about the lack of distribution rights to Canada (well, OK, I am, but my complaints are directed toward the CRTC, not you guys). Consider my "US only" post an expression of disappointment in our laws. We don't get Hulu, Spotify, TV show rentals, Apple TV downloading of previously purchased content, iCloud music streaming, most of Netflix, most streaming channels... the list goes on and on.

Use HotspotShields lets u play US only content just fine

 

[newagemac]

I can't find that setting in IOS 5

That's because it's something the developer of the app enables. They can choose to use 16:9 widescreen output for video out. If they choose to do that, when you do Airplay mirroring you get 16:9 widescreen output that completely fills the tv screen rather than it being letterboxed.

 

[LeiQQ]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5)

Came here to say this. Canadian (and other not US countries) content providers really need to step it up. People turn to piracy because you force them too.

Really? And here I thought this was just something Canada wouldn't have had access to anyway.

Your mindset is that of someone who sees rich people driving fancy cars and thinks he needs to steal one because it wasn't fairly available to him as a middle-class individual. That's ridiculous. If you got by before without NBC on your iPhone, why get so annoyed when others get it? If NBC or your content providers wanted you to have it, they would have worked that out. Instead, you'll keep getting what you're paying for. It's not like they're about to start surgcharges for this stuff that you'll pay for and still not have access to the content.

You have no idea of what you're talking about. Just like me I'd love to subscribe to Netflix streaming but guess what I'm outside the USA and it's not going to happen. But there is a freely accessible and free money streaming website located in china that I access to view movies and tv shows. They are unavailable to me through netflicks or other means. Well I can subscribe to an ip swapping service like 'hide my ass' to be able to subscribe to Netflix but why should I? I'm a US citizen with a family Netflix account in the USA but can't use it here. I'm not stealing by using the Chinese site. I'd love to be navigating a Netflix site in my native language instead of my second language but I just can't. I'd love to have an apple tv here too but not sold here either.

 

[scribbleink]

NBC disses the rural population.

For those of us who live where cable isn't available, too many trees to have satellite and to far to get decent TV OTA reception this WAS going to be a hopeful. But alas, you have to be a cable/satellite subscriber to benefit. Once again NBC has turned their back on the majority of the US population who live in rural areas. And I'm not that rural, living 1/2 way between Chicago and Milwaukee.

 

[wolfshades]

Use HotspotShields lets u play US only content just fine

I use that. It's not "just fine" unfortunately. Sometimes it works, sometimes not, particularly with NBC. Don't know for sure but I'm guessing their IT department might have a blacklist of IP addresses used by Hotspot, and reacts to incoming requests accordingly.

 

[LeiQQ]

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... US only, I presume.

So tired of these types of posts. Of course it's USA only, they are US-based companies with broadcast rights in the US.

Tired of it then don't read it. Apple is a US company with their hand in a majority of other countries' cookie jars. If they want their US company products to be accepted all over the world why is it bad for people to feel bad they can't access something on a device that has been sold to them? It's like when the German iTunes barely had any music on it and Germans were upset they couldn't download stuff that was available on USA iTunes. So they should not have felt disappointed? Gosh that makes no sense. It's like oh since you decided not to be born and continue to live in the USA you have no right to complain.

 

[LeiQQ]

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Came here to say this. Canadian (and other not US countries) content providers really need to step it up. People turn to piracy because you force them too.

The American companies block their signals via internet (Hulu, CBS.com to name a few) to Canada sighting they don't have copyright with the distribution companies to do this. Then I have to go to piratebay or eztv to get what others can get legally in the US. Want to stop piracy, give us the ability to do what our American brethren can do legally.

As an expatriate I say amen.

 

[Alandraftsjuly]

So tired of these types of posts. Of course it's USA only, they are US-based companies with broadcast rights in the US.

Oddly enough, the NBC app streams full episodes just fine in Peru (where I am now). ABC, Netflix, Hulu, no dice, of course -- even Amazon won't allow me to stream content I have already paid for. I was shocked when the NBC episodes started playing -- wonder how long that will last . . .

 

[rdowns]

OK, fair enough. So let's have a [US Only] or [UK Only] tag so we can easily determine who gets what. Once again: MacRumors front page stories have a worldwide reach.

I'm not complaining about the lack of distribution rights to Canada (well, OK, I am, but my complaints are directed toward the CRTC, not you guys). Consider my "US only" post an expression of disappointment in our laws. We don't get Hulu, Spotify, TV show rentals, Apple TV downloading of previously purchased content, iCloud music streaming, most of Netflix, most streaming channels... the list goes on and on.

Take Celine Dion back and all will be forgiven.

 

[iMrNiceGuy0023]

I have an iPad and subsrcription, but too bad I dont watch any of their shows

WatchESPN app needs to be updated for Comcast/Xfinity

I hope MTV and VH1 apps are in production

 

[soco]

Must admit: I'm not getting your argument. The original poster stated that the thought the distribution companies need to step up their game. It was an admonition to them to provide the same kind of services provided to those in the U.S. It's not a bad thing to ask for, is it? We're supposed to be in a global economy and in particular, there are free trade agreements flapping around in the wind everywhere (most notably between the U.S. and Canada). We seem to have a hard time benefitting though.

Other than that, I'm sort of with you. At the end of the day we can put up or shut up, I guess. It's no big deal. Personally, even if I was able to get these channels on my iPad, I wouldn't watch anyway. It would cut too much into my Twitter and FB time.

I'm not really arguing so much as I'm playing the middle. I'm not taking the standpoint that US should have everything, and I'm not taking the standpoint that Canada should have everything. I'm just saying these are corporations that own this content and they can and will do what they please with it.

It's perfectly fine to advocate for these companies to be more generous with stuff like this, but to take a stance that one is entitled to or has a right to it is silly.

You have no idea of what you're talking about.

The snidey remark is uncalled for. I didn't bust into this thread claiming to be some sort of expert. I expressed an opinion. I know it's the "deal with it" opinion and it's unfavorable, but it's mine and I don't think you're in any position to call me incredible because you disagree or have an alternate viewpoint.

Specifically, I said, "...I thought this was just something Canada wouldn't have had access to anyway."

Therefore it was my understanding at the time. If you'd like to enlighten me to the contrary, please do, like an adult.

 

[Zimmy68]

I'm hoping that NBCSports comes out with an iPad specific app.
It would be nice to watch different camera angles on the iPad during SNF.

 

[Peace]

That's because it's something the developer of the app enables. They can choose to use 16:9 widescreen output for video out. If they choose to do that, when you do Airplay mirroring you get 16:9 widescreen output that completely fills the tv screen rather than it being letterboxed.

That's why I said these apps do not do fullscreen over Airplay.

 

[LeiQQ]

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Must admit: I'm not getting your argument. The original poster stated that the thought the distribution companies need to step up their game. It was an admonition to them to provide the same kind of services provided to those in the U.S. It's not a bad thing to ask for, is it? We're supposed to be in a global economy and in particular, there are free trade agreements flapping around in the wind everywhere (most notably between the U.S. and Canada). We seem to have a hard time benefitting though.

Other than that, I'm sort of with you. At the end of the day we can put up or shut up, I guess. It's no big deal. Personally, even if I was able to get these channels on my iPad, I wouldn't watch anyway. It would cut too much into my Twitter and FB time.

I'm not really arguing so much as I'm playing the middle. I'm not taking the standpoint that US should have everything, and I'm not taking the standpoint that Canada should have everything. I'm just saying these are corporations that own this content and they can and will do what they please with it.

It's perfectly fine to advocate for these companies to be more generous with stuff like this, but to take a stance that one is entitled to or has a right to it is silly.

You have no idea of what you're talking about.

The snidey remark is uncalled for. I didn't bust into this thread claiming to be some sort of expert. I expressed an opinion. I know it's the "deal with it" opinion and it's unfavorable, but it's mine and I don't think you're in any position to call me incredible because you disagree or have an alternate viewpoint.

Specifically, I said, "...I thought this was just something Canada wouldn't have had access to anyway."

Therefore it was my understanding at the time. If you'd like to enlighten me to the contrary, please do, like an adult.

I just simply stated that you didn't understand the whole picture. I think now in retrospect you probably see that

I guess I felt upset with your equating accessing torrents and other means of viewing videos with stealing a car. I was just saying sometimes people really do want to legally purchase content but can't. Amazon and apple doesn't allow me to purchase certain tv shows or videos and when that happens I default to the Chinese website. That's why a lot of my music is on physical CDs because at least amazon will ship those.

Sorry if my comment rubbed you the wrong way but if you have never encontered the problem I think it would be hard to judge someone's actions.

 

[sulpfiction]

Really? And here I thought this was just something Canada wouldn't have had access to anyway.

Your mindset is that of someone who sees rich people driving fancy cars and thinks he needs to steal one because it wasn't fairly available to him as a middle-class individual. That's ridiculous. If you got by before without NBC on your iPhone, why get so annoyed when others get it? If NBC or your content providers wanted you to have it, they would have worked that out. Instead, you'll keep getting what you're paying for. It's not like they're about to start surgcharges for this stuff that you'll pay for and still not have access to the content.

What a TERRIBLE analogy. What's ridiculous is your above post. The argument makes no sense...If NBC or your content providers wanted you to have it, they would have worked that out. In what way does that statment apply to ANYTHING. Canadians get NBC just like we do. I can totally relate to his anger or disappointment. If it was reversed, and you wanted NBC on ur iPad, and only Canadians had access to it, you would be pissed...And you would have every right to be! Geeze..Some people are just crazy around here. There was absolutely no need for a negative post like that.

 

[fjpoblam]

I fully agree

This is a step in the wrong direction. I do not want my TV shows balkanized into separate apps, each with their own interface. I do not want separate NBC, TNT, and Turner apps, anymore than I want separate Warner and Universal apps for watching movies, or separate Random House and Simon and Schuster apps for reading books. TV content (both free and paid) should be centralized in the iTunes Store, or at least a Hulu-like TV app. Obviously, this is what consumers want, but not the networks. They can insert all the ads, watermarks, or network promos they want into free content, but please no separate apps to clutter up the home screen and make it difficult to search/browse all available content.

And pluzz one and all that...

But, just to be snide, it is probably because the chumps want to be able to *sell* a separate TV Guide app $ub$cription to tell us which other app to load and when. I can see it coming.

 

[Ingot]

BBC and ITV from the UK block content to non-UK residents as well, so what's the problem?

The problem is that if I want to watch Great British Railway Journeys I have to torrent it because I happen to reside in a country that isn't the UK.

 

[modufour]

So tired of these types of posts. Of course it's USA only, they are US-based companies with broadcast rights in the US.

But why are the apps available on the Canadian store? Can't even use!!!

 

[JAT]

This is a step in the wrong direction. I do not want my TV shows balkanized into separate apps, each with their own interface. I do not want separate NBC, TNT, and Turner apps, anymore than I want separate Warner and Universal apps for watching movies, or separate Random House and Simon and Schuster apps for reading books. TV content (both free and paid) should be centralized in the iTunes Store, or at least a Hulu-like TV app. Obviously, this is what consumers want, but not the networks. They can insert all the ads, watermarks, or network promos they want into free content, but please no separate apps to clutter up the home screen and make it difficult to search/browse all available content.

Sounds like you need a Slingbox. And then the app for it.

What's up with the whole requiring a cable subscription to view it on an app?

Either make it available for everyone or quit wasting everyone's time.

I'm not sure where they get off with this restriction anyway, considering it's network television content. I could see if it was HBO or Showtime but NBC and TBS? Please.

The real problem is TNT has currently shut off ALL non-subscribers' access to full episodes on their website. Happened Friday. Maybe it's a glitch, maybe they're sending a message. My wife is pissed off, either way.

 

[Cougarcat]

The problem is that if I want to watch Great British Railway Journeys I have to torrent it because I happen to reside in a country that isn't the UK.

You can use a proxy to watch BBC streaming from their site. Works great.

 

[Genetheninja]

Some work, some don't

TNT and TBS do not work unless you have a cable provider from the list they have...

ABC and NBC are the only ones I know of that work without having to pay for cable service.

We cancelled our cable to save money and only use online services like Netflix and I don't miss it one bit.

It is cool though! Now I can watch all the old episodes of The Office on Netflix with my iPad and the new ones with the NBC app!

 

[NAG]

I didn't know I used any analogies... I'm pretty sure I gave a straightforward opinion.

Wait, so in your opinion you're accusing him of literally stealing an expensive car? Uh, okay. Watch out for those bodily fluids too. The black helicopters need them for fuel.

 

[macmurray]

I actually came across this in the App Store this morning and downloaded it immediately. I couldn't believe I had access to full episodes from an official NBC app in Canada. I even wrote a review I was so excited! There must have been others that got it as well because there were quite a few reviews already. Anyway, I double checked tonight after reading these comments and it's not in the Canadian store anymore. I must have lucked out big time. As of writing the app still works, but I fully expect NBC to pull the plug any time now...