Comments on: Will the next Apple TV be launched with Dish or DirecTV?

By: Max

Max — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:40:42 +0000

To quote Mike White:

“I think you’ll see a little bit of the future in our HD user interface because although that’s for the linear product, it will give you a sense of how we’re looking at kind of speed of response, search engines, recommendations, shows you might like, poster art for movies, a much more, I would say, Apple-like, to be honest, experience from an interface standpoint,”

That was from their last earnings call. I don’t think an Apple-like experience is coincidental. I believe Mike and Steve may have “cracked it” awhile back! And why not. The best quality content provider with the best hardware and experience provider. Boom. Oh. And one more thing. Add TiVo to the mix. Oh yes. TiVo.

By: K. Yong

K. Yong — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:42:05 +0000

Exactly. Linear TV and the concept of DVR-ing shows need to die. We traveled overseas recently with our Apple TV and were able to keep up with all our usual network shows with it. It still costs slightly more to buy all the shows we watch on Apple TV than to subscribe to standard HD cable (and the Apple TV UI could use a few minor improvements to make it easier to keep track of the shows you watch regularly) but other than that, the on-demand, commercial-free experience was simply fantastic. It was hard for us to go back to the DVR experience with the suboptimal UI and the fast-forward button.

By: GB in NY

GB in NY — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:52:41 +0000

It seems to me that, technically, it’s not a big leap for Dish or DirecTV to be reinvented by Apple as an IPTV service — making weather conditions irrelevant. In fact, if that were the case, a scaled-down version could also be offered on the iPad: the ultimate “TV everywhere” platform. The key for Apple and their satellite partner would be the renegotiation of transmission rights to include the alternate technology.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:18:43 +0000

ahh, just simplify TV. Cable TV is over the top stupid. hundreds of channels, all repeating shows over and over again, old content, so much stuff you don’t watch because you don’t know if its a repeat. It’s more than information overload, its crap TV overload.

For any Apple TV offer something worthwhile, users should be able to cherry pick the channels or ideally the programmes they want to watch and not be forced into taking channels that are bundled together.

Cable provides need to focus on delivering high quality productions rather than filling the channels with a lot of junk. Less if more as they say.

If anything Cable TV are slowing killing themselves, they just don’t get it!

By: phil swenson

phil swenson — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:07:10 +0000

“Comcast, for example, wants to own the experience”

HAHAHHAHAHA

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:58:38 +0000

Janko, what is linear TV?

By: John

John — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:32:53 +0000

Dealing with the cable companies. Ugh. Can tou imagine someone well heeled enough to afford an Apple TV set when you can get a perfectly good pannel quite cheaply, who would be interested in 90% of the crap on cable?

By: Techie

Techie — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:51:44 +0000

Depending on the implementation, the data may be pulled in via WiFi (or 3G/4G). Hence rain or shine, customers get their favourite shows.

By: mrushing02

mrushing02 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:45:34 +0000

Would this mean that every time a storm comes or it’s windy I’d loose my Apple TV reception?