Category: AppleTV
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What Do People Want from the AppleTV Box That Isn’t Already Possible? An AppleTV with Apple Intelligence
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve been meaning to address the issue of the future of AppleTV since WWDC. Right now I’m wondering if Apple is about to release AppleTV with Apple Intelligence? Coincidentally today Mark Gurman from Bloomberg and the PowerOn Newsletter asked the question that tees up my answer more than ever: The M-Series Chip,…
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World Cup Fever Clobbering “TV Everywhere” Authentication Servers
Reading Time: 2 minutesSince the beginning of the World Cup 2014 game between USA and Germany (and again during USA-Belgium), we’ve seen people report issues with starting to stream the game on AppleTV and iOS. We were asked to re-verify our cable subscription before seeing USA-Ger on #WatchESPN. Did it happen to anybody else? pic.twitter.com/Ynjbf4BRvm…
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What Does Adobe Pass Do, And Why is it Critical to Live Sports Event Streaming?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the aftermath of some gitches that happened when people were trying to tune in to WatchESPN to watch Team USA play Germany in WorldCup 2014, I talked to some people who have streaming infrastructure experience. A few of those people told me that in order to understand the issues with verifying…
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Watching the World Cup Online If You Are Outside of the United States
Reading Time: 2 minutesOperation Gadget is a U.S. website, and a lot of what we talk about is focused on the products and services that are available in the United States. But some of our readers are outside the United States and Canada. Therefore we try to present information relevant to international readers whenever possible.…
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WatchESPN on iOS Puts “Replay” Tab in a Different Place Than on Apple TV
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe flurry of articles about WatchESPN that we published on Wednesday resulted in Twitter and Facebook conversations with a bunch of readers. The question that kept coming up; Basically, “Where are the ‘Tactical Cam’ videos in the iOS app?” was articulated by Ashi Sagati in this tweet: @daveaiello yah it wasnt available…
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Apple TV Turned into a World Cup Highlight Machine by WatchESPN
Reading Time: 4 minutesI found some hidden features of the WatchESPN app on Apple TV that make it the best overall tool for U.S. cable and satellite TV subscribers who want to absorb as much of the sites and sounds of World Cup without actually being there. Most of the features highlighted in this article…
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NBC Sports Tour de France Live is Worth $14.99
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor the 100th Anniversary of the Tour de France, NBC Sports has released Tour de France Live, the latest version of their iPhone and iPad app for mobile viewing. In this article, I’m going to explain several of the features that make this iOS app worth $14.99, and how I get as…
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Activating WatchESPN on AppleTV
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning, Apple announced that HBO GO and WatchESPN have been made available as services on AppleTV. I had a few minutes to spare, so I decided to update my AppleTV, see how quickly I could activate WatchESPN, and get an idea how how the user experience differed from activation on the…