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Title: Why I'm willing to wait for an Apple TV streaming service Post by: HCK on December 13, 2015, 09:00:17 am Why I'm willing to wait for an Apple TV streaming service
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Apple’s attempt at a TV revolution has been delayed again. Reports this week were all about Apple hitting “pause” on its streaming TV effort, with CBS CEO Les Moonves kicking things off (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-08/apple-puts-live-tv-service-on-hold-cbs-ceo-moonves-says) by saying that Apple has “pressed the hold button,” followed by confirmation from Bloomberg.</p><p>I’ll just go ahead and say it: I’m bummed. Yes, TV is a luxury, and it feels like it’s not quite among Apple’s core interests, but I was looking forward to some further disruption of the market from Cupertino. So what’s the deal here?</p><h2>Straight up</h2> <p>Everybody wants in to the streaming TV market. Technology companies, like Hulu, Amazon, and Apple; media companies like CBS and Fox; and cable companies like Comcast and Dish. (Though increasingly those latter two groups are the same, with Comcast and NBC both part of the same conglomerate, for example.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3014201/home-players/why-im-willing-to-wait-for-an-apple-tv-streaming-service.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Why I'm willing to wait for an Apple TV streaming service (http://www.macworld.com/article/3014201/home-players/why-im-willing-to-wait-for-an-apple-tv-streaming-service.html#tk.rss_all) |