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Tim Cook at Sun Valley Conference, 'Looking Forward' to Meetings with Media Executives

Yvan256 said:
Dear Mr. Cook,

we don't want TV packages, we want TV shows.

I don't want a package of networks bundled together.

I don't want a package of all the shows from a single network.

I want to pick and choose which shows I get.
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Having woken up to Direct Tv, removing 14 channels only 1 of which I care about but I watch a lot of, I agree completely.
 
He looks TINY

Is it me, or did others get the impression that he's a fairly tall dude? In this picture, he looks TINY... like SUPER TINY when compared to the dude in the background. Either that, or the dude in the background is bigger than The Hulk!!!
 
MacDav said:
Of course they could, they could have their entire wardrobe hand made by the finest tailors. Obviously, it's not important to them. They are past the adolescent idea that "Clothes make the Man". You might take a lesson here in how not to be shallow.
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Correct.

These Silicon Valley multimillionaires have suits anyhow in their closets. They just rarely wear them. Heck, Steve wore black tie to the Oscars, because that's what's called for. If Tim flies to Asia to meet with the CEO of Foxconn, he will likely wear a suit when he steps into their headquarters.

If you look at the photos from Steve's memorial service on the Stanford campus, it seemed pretty clear that his peers actually have suits.

Moreover, this event is billed as a casual, "around the campfire" type of get together, less formal. After all, it's Sun Valley, not New York City. It's like a working vacation.
 
Everyone is talking about clothes, but is it the perspective of this picture or the guy on the right (shown on his back): is he a giant??
(I mean, I assume Tim is more or less tall, and the guy on the right should be smaller compared, since he is farther, unless he is much taller)
 
Rocketman said:
The recent turmoil in satellite TV content contracts (Viacom-DirecTV example) seems like an indication this confab can shed light on directions going forward as Apple quitely and confidentially moves toward an internet data only video and content feed system akin to Apple TV and iTunes, but possibly integrating content feeds directly rather than through aggregators and broadcast networks (cable and satellite companies).

It is in content providers and Apple's interest to remove a layer of cost and "stickiness" and "friction" and directly provide content feeds and menuing systems. The problem for the content owners is Apple has a meme of standalone content. Buying or renting content by the episode, series, channel are definitely going to be separate options. Content providers are already choking on DirecTV objecting to both a 30% package price increase, but also being forced to take the whole package. There are some channels they are at loggerheads over.

However. There is still the issue of basic access. Some if not most locations simply don't have access to high speed internet via wire to the home. Those that do have fiber, copper, cable and probably others. Satellite downlink is fast enough but uplink sucks.

Then there is the <40% of the population stuck on dial up or 2G wireless or worse, nothing at all.

Netflix DVD might become less ubiquitous, but is will be a necessary utility for several years to come.

As for Cook's disposition, just like Steve, when he is in these meetings, he has already done years of research and planning and he is there with a monologue. The media reports of that are generally negative so having fewer of those make sense. Right until the product is announced. :D

Maybe he is on a Hillary Clinton-esque "listening tour." "It takes a village." :D What the other guy in the meeting should do is listen. Intently.

Rocketman
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You know how TV began? Experiments went from 1928/29 to have the first regular show on 3/22/1935: the Federal German Post Office had show rooms with 70 seats each for the news (Olymic Games were the first big hit in 1936). That was it. Then, it became affordable for the rich, so some people had it and invited the neighbors. Eventually, TV was in virtually every household in the western world. Why? Because people demanded it and there was profit to make selling it.
I live in a rather rural area. My parents-in-law do not have the 50MBit/sec access through cable I have because they live outside city limits. They use a MiFi and streaming is somewhat possible. Now, Verizon actually offers 4G here and preassures AT&T and T-Mobile to follow step. Also, wasn't Apple working on that providers of content would bulk-pay the ISP for content? Basically, you buy a show or TV station access and they pay part of it for the distribution to you.
Thing is: For a novel solution, Mr. Cook needs a lot of people on-board. That takes convincing. If it comes and the normal way of watching shows will be streaming, the hardware and availability will follow.

Maybe Apple will cooperate with Neflix - or swallow them - and extend it to have news on-demand, life shows, etc.
 
Swift said:
I agree with most of what you say, but we need to force the broadband providers to change their damn business models. No charging rent on tiers of programming. The network cannot own the shows it sells. Cable nets are digital utilities.
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There are NO COMPANIES on this planet that is in BUSINESS to NOT MAKE MONEY. Plain and simple. If you start a PROFIT BUSINESS, you are not out there to make customers money, you are out there to take customers money. No business is in it for the consumers benefit. If you are in the business to benefit customers, then you are in a non-profit business.

This is basic 101 economics. Comcast, charter, viacom, Apple, microsoft, dell, acer, coke, pepsi, they are all here to benefit off consumers, NOT the other way around.
 
TC needs to smack the guys at FOX as their ***** movies STILL DO NOT SHOW UP IN PURCHASED MOVIES IN APPLETV.

******s
 
I hope he doesn't ignore international markets. It was bad enough having to wait a couple of years for the iTMS.
 
Rocketman said:
One definition of "cool" is "don't care". I can see buying off the rack so you can duplicate it or replace it worldwide. That's just logical for a tech manager. I question his brand selection.
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That's sort've more.. Nonchalant. But I'm not sure that applies to your attire.
 
is there a dress code at apple? I know jeans are on the list, but if you showed up in a suit an tie, do the send you home?
 
Yes, much

fig said:
Wow...judgemental much?




:D
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We all make thousands of judgements throughout each day. If we didn't, we might run through a red light and kill ourselves and others. Making sound judgements is necessary in life. There is a difference between judging and condemning. I am not condemning. I am only suggesting there is room for improvement. This is true for all of us. I am giving them a helpful nudge in the right direction. Most people don't like to be nudged. I do it anyway, because it's the loving thing to do.
 
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