Will Apple TV every support Amazon Instant Video?

[aaronvan]

Will Apple TV ever support Amazon Instant Video? Sure, they are competitors. However, there should be a business model that exploits both companies areas of expertise in a win-win situation.

Then I would have to stream my MBA to the plasma.

 

[JackieInCo]

If you have an iPad or iPhone, you can install the Amazon app and then airplay your purchased videos to the ATV. It works great.

 

[spacepawn]

I doubt it and not just Amazon Instant Video, there are not channels in the apple tv that is a direct competitor of iTunes (Vudu, Blockbuster, etc).

 

[brand]

Will Apple TV ever support Amazon Instant Video?

No one here at Mac Rumors is privy to Apple's highly secretive internal plans so no one can answer that question the way that you asked it.

 

[aaronvan]

No one here at Mac Rumors is privy to Apple's highly secretive internal plans so no one can answer that question the way that you asked it.

Of course. And Mac Rumors never trucks with speculation or opinion. Just hard and unassailable facts.

 

[brand]

Of course. And Mac Rumors never trucks with speculation or opinion. Just hard and unassailable facts.

You asked for a fact not opinions, speculations, or thoughts.

 

[betman]

Will Apple TV ever support Amazon Instant Video?

I used to hope for the same, but with Fire TV out for <$100 and with it being a better-spec box too, I'm find with adding another little gadget to my collection.

 

[Solomani]

You asked for a fact not opinions, speculations, or thoughts.

Well. This is MR after all. Facts are anathema.

 

[APlotdevice]

If you have an iPad or iPhone, you can install the Amazon app and then airplay your purchased videos to the ATV. It works great.

Yup. That's what I do as well.

 

[Weaselboy]

Will Apple TV ever support Amazon Instant Video? Sure, they are competitors. However, there should be a business model that exploits both companies areas of expertise in a win-win situation.

Then I would have to stream my MBA to the plasma.

I would guess it will at some point. There were those who thought they would never allow a Netflix client because it competes with iTunes, and we ended up with Netflix.

 

[Moonjumper]

I would guess it will at some point. There were those who thought they would never allow a Netflix client because it competes with iTunes, and we ended up with Netflix.

This was my thought as well, but you beat me to it. Amazon Instant is like Netflix, and that is there.

We will probably see a whole range of streaming services if an app store arrives on the Apple TV, but I think there will be few until then.

 

[arbogast777]

It wouldn't surprise me if Apple allowed an Amazon Prime app, one that allowed people to stream their Prime Instant accounts but not necessarily purchase titles from...

 

[pianojoe]

It all comes down to how much of their revenue Amazon is going to share with Apple.

 

[coachingguy]

I have an Amazon prime account and I know I've streamed from it to my ATV... Are they going to create a "channel" for it? I don't know, but you can stream to your ATV