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  • Apple Dropped the Ball on an NFL Deal [View article]
    Dan, if you read closely the post says out-of-market baseball games.

    You said the Apple TV has low sales. That's the point. NFL access would be an immediate and major boost to sales.

    Yes, some people use Directv for all their channels. But some only use it for football. Directv has gotten a huge number of new subscribers by offering Sunday Ticket. I know plenty of people who have both cable and sat subscriptions.

    Apple could do exactly the same thing DirecTV did - add users via the NFL.

    No Apple does not have cable programming. But leaving cable providers is becoming a far more prevalent practice now with alternatives like Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, and other outlets. Every additional outlet loosens the grip satellite and cable providers have on the market.


    On Aug 21 11:52 AM Dan Rayburn wrote:

    > This post makes no sense.
    >
    > For starters, the Apple TV has a very low sales rate. Even if this
    > deal was made, how many Apple TV units would they really sell? Who's
    > going to spend a few hundred dollars for a device that only gives
    > them NFL games?
    >
    > Also, people who have DirecTV use it for all their cable channels,
    > not just NFL content. There would be no "exodus" from DirecTV if
    > NFL games were on Apple TV because Apple TV does not give you any
    > cable programming.
    >
    > Also, you say that "For many consumers looking to quit cable or the
    > dish there was a problem: live sporting events. The MLB deal changes
    > that, making live baseball games easily accessible and affordable."
    >
    >
    > But you neglect to mention that if you want to watch your local MLB
    > team, live, you can't do that via Roku or the PC with MLB's offering.
    > All local games are blacked out. So how does "the MLB deal change
    > that"? It doesn't.
    Aug 21 14:08 pm |Rating: +4 -3 |Link to Comment
  • Yahoo’s Inquisitor Makes Search Shine on the iPhone [View article]
    The Google app does what you describe in this article. It also searches your online contacts. But why stop there?

    Why can't I do things like add a contact or send a txt from that box? Like this:
    murphymac.com/google-s.../
    Mar 05 14:01 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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