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Apple Struggling To Secure Content For The iPad

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Its all good and well having the latest gadget around, but it’s not worth a bean if it has nothing to run on it. Apple, it is reported by The Wall Street Journal are still trying to secure deals with content and media companies. The iPad is set to launch offering $1 downloads, but it is reported that content providers are weary of the strategy. The price point could have an adverse affect on their business and threaten existing subscription fees. There is also word that cable and satellite companies do not want that premium content being sold on the cheap.

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Apple Reportedly Looking To Enter The Internet Connected TV Market

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Apple are primed to enter the internet connected tv market and clean up says Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. He predicts that Apple will launch an all in one television that does it all within the next couple of years.

Viewers currently are spending $2,000 plus for new tv kit. When you add on a blu-ray player, cable subscription, games console etc. You are looking at a serious cost. But Munster thinks that  Apple could deliver all the above and more, a super tv with everything built in for around $2,000.

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Apple Reportedly Looking To Enter The Internet Connected TV Market

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Apple are primed to enter the internet connected tv market and clean up says Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. He predicts that Apple will launch an all in one television that does it all within the next couple of years.

Viewers currently are spending $2,000 plus for new tv kit. When you add on a blu-ray player, cable subscription, games console etc. You are looking at a serious cost. But Munster thinks that  Apple could deliver all the above and more, a super tv with everything built in for around $2,000.

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Can Google Overtake Apple TV Using Android

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Apple TV has been around for some time, but openly described by Apple as a hobby project. However Google are taking the TV concept much more seriously, and using the Android os could overtake Apple on TV as well as on smartphones.

Although the The Apple TV is a good product, Apple dont seem to be delevoping it or realising its full potential. And the news of the Google TV product being produced by Google, Sony and Intel that will see millions of television sets running on open-source Android or similar software that can be seen in new smartphones today.

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Apple Start Promoting The IPad With Commercial At The Oscars

Monday, March 8th, 2010

If your one of the millions of people drooling over the IPad, then you might want to see the new IPad commercial which was scrrened during the Oscars on ABC television. The commefrcial shows a lucky guy with the IPad on his lap and using it for the whole range of tasks that Apple are promoting, from presentations to viewing pictures, surfing the net and watching online movies.

Apple have historically chosen high profile TV events to promote new products. The company launched its Macintosh computer in the ads during Super Bowl XVIII iand has aired iPhone ads  in previous Oscar ceremonies.

The iPadis set for US launch on 3rd April with a rollout to the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland later in the month. The IPad is an eagerly awaited 9.7-inch touchscreen mini computer that has no keyboard attached, the device is expected to be a big hit with movie watchers. Especially those that have used an IPhone and could do with a bigger screen. Initially available with Wi-Fi only, with 3G-enabled iPads coming out later in April for all mobile users.

Its good news for online tv viewers as Apple are looking to sell shows for $1 and it looks like Hulu will be on IPad at launch as well. Roll on April

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Will Apple Dollar Downloads Force Other Networks To Follow

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Creating and producing tv content doesnt come cheap and the networks a) dont want to sell cheap as theres no way back up once the price drops, and b) they have the money making cable distributors who are already under threat with cord cutters jumping across to online video downloads from Apple and Amazon amongst others.

But the networks do not want to ignore the 125 million customers with credit cards who have iTunes accounts, either.

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Apple TV is So Small Its Just Treated As A Hobby

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Apple, he said, focuses on businesses with huge markets. But, he said, Apple would continue to keep its irons in the fire because “our gut tells us there’s something there.” It also doesn’t hurt that Jobs & Co. saw a 35% bump in Apple TV sales last quarter compared to a year ago.

Cook also put to rest rumors that Apple could possibly make televisions, a sideline that most watchers agree would be a step back for a company that generally focuses on “new” rather than just “better.”

“Today, the go-to-market model for Apple TV is very difficult,” Cook said. “Because it would seem that that go-to-market model would lead to the TV. And we have no interest in being in the TV market.”

Heres what he said in full:-

On Apple TV:

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Watch Hulu On iPad But Only If You Pay

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Video is going to play a big part in the success or failure of the iPad. And Apple needs services and content providers to come on board quickly if it stands a chance of taking the device mainstream. Hulu and CBS have at least hinted they would be willing to support the iPad.

Apple iPad

The iPad was rumored for a long time before it finally arrived, being unveiled by Steve Jobs at CES 2010. Designed to fill the void between smartphones and notebooks, the iPad is a touchscreen device costing from $499 upwards.

Apple hopes the iPad will change the way we consume media such as television, music, and games. But for that to happen, the company needs the backing of content creators and distributors.

Apple Hates Flash(ers)

As soon as the iPad was unveiled, many people saw Hulu as the perfect service for the device. Getting Hulu on board would be a big coup for Apple, and no doubt help the iPad in its quest for mainstream acceptance.

The big problem is Apple’s insistence on not supporting Adobe Flash, which has been its stance for a long time. Apple thinks HTML5 will become the new standard very quickly, and eschew the need for Flash altogether.

The one problem with that stance (aside from annoying potential customers) is that many of the services Apple wants to attract to the iPad use Flash. Including Hulu.

Hulu On The iPad

Hulu already encodes its files in H.264, so it would be possible for a Hulu app on the iPad. But that’s not the only issue at stake here.

MediaMemo reports that Hulu is indeed considering an iPad option. But it would first have to decide whether the iPad constitutes a mobile device, and if so, work out a new deal with the networks with that in mind.

Either way, Hulu on the iPad is likely to be a premium service, or part of a larger premium service, that Hulu has already indicated will be coming in 2010. It just hasn’t decided what form it’ll take, or how much it’ll cost.

CBS On 99 Cent Shows

Another way Apple hopes to kickstart the iPad’s life is by lowering the price of TV shows on iTunes to 99-cents an episode. We’ve already heard that some U.S. networks warmed to the idea after the iPad’s launch. And now we have a more concrete view from one of them.

MediaMemo (again) reports CBS CEO Les Moonves as saying,

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