Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
Apple on Wednesday unveiled an updated Apple TV with a new streamlined user interface during the company’s press conference in San Francisco. The iOS-based set top box supports 1080p content, Genius recommendations, iTunes Match, Photo Stream and TV shows will be available the day after they air. “People...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
It looks like there may be a little more fact behind some of the Apple TV fiction we've been hearing over the past few days. According to sources (as well as Apple Store stock counters), the current Apple TV is becoming increasingly sparse at stores around the country, with most locations reporting no...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV
This week it appears more likely than ever that Apple will be refreshing its line of Apple TV units as stock has grown low not only here in the USA, but at international retailers as well. This refresh comes right on top of rumors that Apple will be releasing a new product at the start of March, this...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV, TV 2gen
Looking forward to an update to your beloved Apple TV? It seems the company still fancies the device as well. On the quarterly numbers call today, Tim Cook quipped that "we still classify this as a hobby, but we continue to add things to it." He went on to say that the company will "continue to pull...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
We've seen a jailbroken Apple TV running iOS apps but admittedly, the last demo we were treated to was brief, dimly lit and light on commentary. Now, the developers behind the Apple TV MobileX project are back with a longer, more explanatory video, and this time you can see apps like Facebook, YouTube,...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
Apple has released an incremental software update for the second generation Apple TV that brings it to version 4.4.4, but before you get too excited, it's a pretty minor one. Aside from the usual performance and stability improvements, it fixes "an issue that displayed an error when playing some video...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
A new codename was spotted in the iOS firmware assigned to the next generation Apple TV. The Apple TV box has the codename J33, which indicates that it is closer to getting ready. 9to5Mac has published the firmware entries found for J33 from a tipster. Until now we only saw references of Apple TV 3,1....

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
CBS just announced its quarterly earnings a few hours ago, and CEO Les Moonves dropped a very interesting tidbit in on the call. When asked about possible streaming deals for the network, Moonves mentioned rather casually that the company had turned down a deal with Apple for a streaming TV agreement...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
Along with the barrage of updates and novelties unleashed today from Cupertino, Apple has pushed out the Apple TV 4.4 software update, which features some new ways to stream content to your TV.

The most notable addition is AirPlay mirroring, which allows you to stream whatever is on your iPhone...

TVs, Digital Media Players, Apple
The persistent rumor of an Apple-branded TV was sparked once again with a rumor from multiple sources. The tips from San Francisco Bay area contacts for Alsop Louie Ventures didn't say much more than that it would most likely run iOS and with an aim for 2012. Co-founder Stewart Alsop explained to VentureBeat...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV, TV 2gen
Apple is looking into adding some sort of subscription to Apple TV, in a bid to bring more premium content to the service.

This is according to the Wall Street Journal, which has been speaking to undisclosed sources at Apple about what will be the next big move for the electronics giant now that...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
Brief remarks in an overview of Tim Cook's new position as Apple CEO have hinted that Apple is developing a new approach to TV. The company was cryptically described as making a "new technology to deliver video to televisions." What that entailed wasn't elaborated by the WSJ source.



The...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
Reports that Apple will imminently offer re-downloads and streaming access to purchased movie and TV show content as part of an iTunes Replay system are premature, new sources have suggested, amid claims that in fact the Cupertino company is yet to secure most of the necessary licensing agreements. So...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
The Apple TV was just recently updated with support for Vimeo and TV show streaming, suggesting that Apple still has many plans for this supposed “hobby” of a product. With the upcoming iOS 5 and the iCloud, it’s likely that Apple TV may tap into these for more functionality later this fall. But for...

Digital Media Players, Apple, TV 2gen
Apple issued an update to its Apple TV product on Monday that will allow users to stream purchased high-definition TV shows directly from iTunes. Specifically, Apple says the update will enable:

iTunes TV Shows: Purchase your favorite TV shows directly from the iTunes Store, and watch the shows...