Wed, Feb 8, 2012 - A live concert from legendary artist Paul McCartney will be streamed live by Apple to iTunes and Apple TV set-top boxes on Thursday. ( 16 comments )
Tue, Feb 7, 2012 - Amazon is reportedly close to finalizing a Web video licensing agreement with Viacom and is nearly ready to launch a standalone video subscription service that would challenge Netflix. ( 10 comments )
Tue, Feb 7, 2012 - If Apple were to offer high-definition television sets with an average selling price of $1,500, one Wall Street analyst believes the company could capture 5 percent of the market and earn $17 billion in revenue. ( 124 comments )
Mon, Feb 6, 2012 - A new report claims Canadian telecoms Rogers and Bell Canada have an early version of a much-rumored Apple television set in their labs and are in negotiations with the company to enter into a partnership for the device. ( 79 comments )
Mon, Feb 6, 2012 - How Apple plans to provide content to users of its rumored television set remains unknown, but one Wall Street firm sees four potential ways Apple could approach one of its largest hurdles in bringing a connected television to market, with the most likely option seen as a partnership with existing cable providers. ( 68 comments )
Mon, Feb 6, 2012 - Whether it's inside knowledge of a future product or purely speculation, electronics retailer Best Buy has made mention in a survey of a 42-inch high-definition Apple television set powered by iOS priced at $1,499. ( 72 comments )
Fri, Feb 3, 2012 - After meeting with Apple chief executive Tim Cook and chief financial officer Peter Openheimer, Citi analysts noted a strong iPad outlook leaving little likelihood of an ARM-based MacBook Air, vast growth potential in China, an indistinct future role for Apple TV, and the strength and importance of iCloud. ( 75 comments )
Fri, Feb 3, 2012 - Apple has added its Genius recommendation system from iTunes to Apple TV, offering to suggest titles related to previous purchases. ( 15 comments )
Thu, Feb 2, 2012 - As rumors continue to swirl that Apple is preparing to launch a connected television set, a new report claims it is highly unlikely that the company will release such a device in the second quarter of 2012 because Sharp has limited production of the IGZO panels reportedly bound for the device. ( 21 comments )
Thu, Jan 26, 2012 - Apple has shown interest in building a new, simplified remote control that would automatically control a variety of devices while reducing setup and frustration for the user. ( 40 comments )
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 - Apple TV sold 1.4 million units during the holiday quarter after sales of just over 2.8 million across its first year as an iOS product, but Apple's executives are still describing it as a hobby. ( 24 comments )
Sat, Jan 21, 2012 - Apple is expected to rapidly deploy support for the new 802.11ac specification this year, adding so called "Gigabit WiFi" to new AirPort base stations, Time Capsule, Apple TV, notebooks and potentially its mobile devices. ( 115 comments )
Tue, Jan 17, 2012 - Among a batch of new intellectual property granted to Apple by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was a patent regarding a method of organizing episodic content, with the filing being credited to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. ( 23 comments )
Thu, Jan 12, 2012 - HDTV makers have shown increased innovation at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, spurred in part by fears that Apple is planning an entrance into the market with its own television set. ( 84 comments )
Thu, Jan 5, 2012 - LG has taken the wraps off its first Google TV-powered television set, even as rumors of an Apple television loom over the industry. ( 50 comments )
Thu, Jan 5, 2012 - Apple has explored building displays with dynamic backlight adaptation for better picture quality, particularly when watching letterboxed widescreen movies on a high-definition screen. ( 70 comments )
Wed, Jan 4, 2012 - A "slick" 50-inch Apple television is said to be housed in the secure California studio of Jonathan Ive, Apple's acclaimed head of product design. ( 126 comments )
Tue, Jan 3, 2012 - Marissa Mayer, Google's Vice President of Location and Local Services, offered a glowing endorsement of Apple's AirPort wireless router products on her Google+ social network page, where she also notes that she uses multiple Apple TV in addition to Google's own set top boxes. ( 47 comments )
Tue, Jan 3, 2012 - A new report claims both Apple and Google are looking into placing bids for the TV rights to the next season of the English Premier League in order to bolster their respective Apple TV and Google TV platforms. ( 40 comments )
Sun, Jan 1, 2012 - Hackers have developed a workaround that enables full-screen versions of iOS apps for the iPad to run on a jailbroken Apple TV device. ( 108 comments )
Thu, Dec 29, 2011 - Nintendo is quietly working on an application store for its Wii U console that would compete directly with Apple's Apple TV set-top box and iPad tablet when it arrives next year, according to a new report. ( 20 comments )
Wed, Dec 28, 2011 - Rather than utilize off-the-shelf chips from a company such as Intel, Apple is expected to use its own custom-built chips like in the iPhone and iPad for its anticipated television set. ( 68 comments )
Wed, Dec 28, 2011 - Apple's anticipated full-fledged television set could offer Internet-based content subscriptions with customized channel lineups, if the company has its way. ( 144 comments )
Tue, Dec 27, 2011 - Apple's supply chain will begin preparing materials for an Apple-branded television set in the first quarter of next year in advance of a second or third quarter launch, a new report out of the Far East claims. ( 84 comments )
Sun, Dec 18, 2011 - Apple is said to be pushing forward with its plans to launch a full-fledged television set, holding meetings with media executives and sharing their vision for the future of the living room, including the possibility of storing recorded TV content in iCloud. ( 89 comments )
Thu, Dec 15, 2011 - Apple on Thursday released a new software update for its Apple TV set-top box, and also issued a tweaked version of iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone 4S users. ( 29 comments )
Mon, Dec 12, 2011 - While consistently branded as being a "hobby" for Apple, sales of its $99 Apple TV set top box had made it the most popular device in the category, predicted to sell nearly 4 million of the the nearly 12 million TV boxes in the market. ( 118 comments )
Thu, Dec 8, 2011 - Apple TV users in Australia, Canada and the U.K. can now purchase and stream episodes of television shows directly to Apple's set-top box without the need for a computer. ( 21 comments )
Thu, Dec 8, 2011 - Even as rumors of an Apple television set continue to swirl, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has claimed that company's Google TV platform will be embedded on the "majority" of televisions in stores by next summer. ( 160 comments )
Wed, Dec 7, 2011 - Apple's first step toward building a full-fledged television set could be an all-in-one iMac with built in TV functionality, one analyst believes. ( 73 comments )
Mon, Dec 5, 2011 - Apple's full-fledged television set will arrive at the end of 2012 in three screen sizes, maxing out at 55 inches, a new rumor claims. ( 110 comments )
Fri, Nov 25, 2011 - Apple's iPods, iPads, Apple TV and wireless base stations are all on sale this Friday, with savings of up to $45 on the iPad 2, $40 on the iPod touch and $49 on Time Capsules.
Wed, Nov 23, 2011 - Commercial production of Apple's anticipated television set is expected to begin in February at a Sharp plant in Japan, while competing HDTV makers are reportedly desperate to find out just what Apple plans to sell. ( 261 comments )
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 - A new interview with the biographer of Steve Jobs reveals that before he died, the Apple co-founder had three things he wanted to reinvent: the television, textbooks and photography. ( 65 comments )
Thu, Nov 17, 2011 - Apple on Thursday released a software update identified as version 4.4.3 for its Apple TV set-top box, though what changes it includes are unknown. ( 23 comments )
Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Apple has warned developers that its iTunes Connect tool for managing App Store titles will shut down December 22-29 as the company goes on holiday break, while retailers Amazon and Best Buy are preparing for the holidays by lowering the price of the Apple TV to $89.99. Also, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a large batch of 30 patents to Apple on Tuesday. ( 22 comments )
Sat, Nov 12, 2011 - Logitech has confirmed that it has no plans to release a new Google TV-based Revue after implementation mistakes surrounding the device cost the company $100 million in operating profits. ( 51 comments )
Fri, Nov 11, 2011 - Sony CEO Howard Stringer said Thursday that he has "no doubt" that the late Steve Jobs was working to reinvent the television, while the company has spent the past five years developing a platform to compete against Jobs and Apple. ( 74 comments )
Thu, Nov 3, 2011 - CBS boss Les Moonves revealed in an earnings call on Thursday that his company had been approached by Apple about a potential streaming TV service that would share ad revenues, but the network declined to strike a deal because it prefers to license its content. ( 23 comments )
Wed, Nov 2, 2011 - Apple on Wednesday issued iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 to developers, adding support for iTunes Match on the Apple TV set-top box. ( 21 comments )
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