"If Apple really wanted to change the way people watched TV, it would change the way people paid...

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Whitehawk Comments (2789)
 
Exactly. Don't rule out Kinect/Xbox. This game is more than just an iOS.......
16 Aug 2012, 07:00 PM Reply Like

rubicon59 Comments (1207)
 
The current "hobby" AppleTV is now selling more units than XBox. So how is delay helping XBox stregthen its living-room lead, whatever that maybe?
16 Aug 2012, 07:50 PM Reply Like

Applocrat Comments (630)
 
Is this true? It would be amazing, just wondering where you get your numbers?
18 Aug 2012, 05:45 PM Reply Like

Rbongni Comments (30)
 
I really hope Apple succeeds in cutting out the middle man (TWC, Cox, Comcast etc..). People shouldn't have to pay for internet + tv + telephone. This all needs to be collapsed in a "dumb pipe", ie we should rely on internet to get both telephone and TV. In an ideal world, we should pay for internet access (through cable operators or wireless carriers) and then pay for content directly to content creators, skipping out cable operators. Of course, the telco industrial complex does not like this because it cuts off a lot of their revenue stream, and will fight until their death to prevent this. You already see a lot of defensive moves on their part, such as cable operators acquiring content creators (Comcast buying NBC, and TWC's HBO swearing they will never stream their content without someone having a cable subscription). It's really sad that Jobs is dead, because he would have been instrumental in putting yet another "dent" in the universe. But hopefully Tim Cook can pull it off and "revolutionize" the TV industry.
18 Aug 2012, 05:25 AM Reply Like

Gary Bushwacher Comments (359)
 
" In an ideal world, we should pay for internet access (through cable operators or wireless carriers) and then pay for content directly to content creators, skipping out cable operators. Of course, the telco industrial complex does not like this because it cuts off a lot of their revenue stream"

The telco industry is intimately involved, offering voice, data and video via their twisted pair installed base to your home (or business). You know it as U-Verse (ATT) or FIOS (VZ).

They charge reasonable fees. I pay $130 for all three (ATT's U-Verse) when it used to cost me $210 between DirecTV and old fashioned voice landline and ISP (which ironically came from ATT, but with the new bundle provides total NA voice with VOIP.

You have content providers and you have access providers. You need both and you need competition. So I'm not hell bent on eliminating the cable coes. I just want a cheaper price
18 Aug 2012, 12:24 PM Reply Like