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By: Apple TV is Dead; Long Live Apple TV « Apple News Daily

Apple TV is Dead; Long Live Apple TV « Apple News Daily — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:00:55 +0000

[...] with Apple. NBC eventually returned, but the industry has still been slow to move on ideas like subscription services or lower pricing through iTunes. The pricing model for video content in the iTunes store has been [...]

By: Apple TV is Dead; Long Live Apple TV

Apple TV is Dead; Long Live Apple TV — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:01:27 +0000

By: iPad Transformation of Print Industry Continues « Apple News Daily

iPad Transformation of Print Industry Continues « Apple News Daily — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:51:13 +0000

[...] Arguably, that’s a fair point, and certainly television executives have thus far refused offering subscriptions for iTunes, reportedly $30 a month and similar to what one gets from cable [...]

By: iPad Transformation of Print Industry Continues « Tech News

iPad Transformation of Print Industry Continues « Tech News — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:44:27 +0000

[...] that’s a fair point, and certainly television executives have thus far refused offering subscriptions for iTunes, reportedly $30 a month and similar to what one gets from cable [...]

By: iPad Transformation of Print Industry Continues

iPad Transformation of Print Industry Continues — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:16:39 +0000

[...] that’s a fair point, and certainly television executives have thus far refused offering subscriptions for iTunes, reportedly $30 a month and similar to what one gets from cable [...]

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:44:20 +0000

I am interested in this. I canceled my Satellite service last spring. I was tired of paying 80 dollars a month for a bunch of channels I didn’t watch. I was also fed up with all the girls gone wild commercials showing up on stuff I recorded at night and watched the next day with my kids. Mostly Star trek. I would like to pick the few channels I want. I would pay a little more per channel if i could choose the 6 or 7 I actually watch. Frankly I’m not going to pay more than $30 dollars a month for TV. If the networks want my business and viewership they will deliver a service that allows me to pick the channels I want for that price otherwise I can do without. I am not sports fan so I have no interest in paying for sports I don’t watch. However I do miss the news channels. I can get news videos via their websites but its not the same.

By: Rewind 2009: “Best of” Lists in the iTunes Store | The Apple Tech Blog

Rewind 2009: “Best of” Lists in the iTunes Store | The Apple Tech Blog — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:17:16 +0000

[...] a problem Apple has been trying to address for years, most recently reported as plans for a subscription-based model for video content. For $30 a month, one would get all the television one could watch. So far, the [...]

By: Rewind 2009: “Best of” Lists in the iTunes Store

Rewind 2009: “Best of” Lists in the iTunes Store — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:20:42 +0000

By: Convergence « Michelle's thoughts

Convergence « Michelle's thoughts — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:25:04 +0000

[...] except that hulu is free and iTunes TV costs $30 a month. To learn more about iTunes Tv click here.I feel like there are more benefits to combing services for companies and consumers, so it is a [...]

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Steve Jobs Gets Crowned “CEO of the Decade” — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:05:40 +0000

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By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:02 +0000

I agree with this. I have an EyeTV tuner for my iMac, and considering the limitations of hooking up my digital cable box through it, I decided to try and make due with the new digital OTA since the switchover. I have to say, it’s not perfect, but I’m quite happy with it. Anything that I can’t get over the tuner, I can get in some form on the net.

To me, the one-two punch that would have Apple completely dominating television as they currently do music would be if they came out with this $30 a month on-demand service, and also released a new AppleTV device capable of using it in addition to including a built-in digital tuner and DVR capabilities.

By: Victor

Victor — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:06:15 +0000

i know with dsl you can get whats called a dry line so you don’t actually need a live telephone account to use it. maybe something similar exists for cable.

and for the record. you don’t need to use parenthesis after every single sentence.

By: Mark Sigal

Mark Sigal — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:06:04 +0000

If the goal was to pick off the dollars that customers currently allocated towards pay-channels; namely, HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc. it might work if for no other reason than when Tablet comes out you could have a TV anywhere offering to view same content on iPhone, Tablet, Desktop and Apple TV for one price.

I do agree with others, though, that it sets up somewhat of an ALL-or-NONE as to whether same price includes Movies/TV and Music.

Some fodder on this one in my post:

Apple, TV and the Smart, Connected Living Room
http://bit.ly/k4rOf

Check it out, if interested.

Mark

By: Why Subscription TV From Apple Could Shake Cable’s Tree

Why Subscription TV From Apple Could Shake Cable’s Tree — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:02:05 +0000

[...] at TheAppleBlog makes the point that such a plan could not only be attractive to consumers but to networks: It probably doesn’t [...]