Apple TV

Apple TV Gets a Bit Bigger, With HBO and ESPN Apps (For Most, but Not All of You)

Peter Kafka in Media on June 19 at 8:19 am PT

Some exceptions apply, of course, because nothing is ever easy when it comes to the Web and TV.

Apple Adds iTunes Radio to Apple TV, but Not Much Else

Peter Kafka in Media on June 18 at 12:34 pm PT

A question without a good answer: Why doesn’t Apple open up Apple TV to outside developers?

Here’s Comcast’s Version of Apple TV

Peter Kafka in Media on June 12 at 5:34 am PT

We’re still waiting for Tim Cook to show us the “real” Apple TV. In the meantime, everyone from Microsoft to Roku is doing their own version. Here’s the entry from America’s biggest pay-TV company.

Handicapping Apple’s WWDC Keynote

John Paczkowski in News on June 8 at 9:05 am PT

Apple’s long product silence ends Monday with its annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote.

Voices

I Was a Cord Cutter … But I Fell Off the Wagon

Albert Lai, CTO for Media & Broadcast Solutions, Brightcove in Voices on June 3 at 2:51 pm PT

Have the pay television operators already lost the living room? Or are they dinosaurs with lasers?

Apple’s Tim Cook: The Full D11 Interview (Video)

Ina Fried in D11 on May 29 at 12:10 am PT

Apple’s chief was happy to talk about taxes and even new hires and acquisitions. But when it came to new products, he was his usual coy self.

Apple’s Tim Cook Has a “Grand Vision” for Television — And Still Won’t Talk About It

Mike Isaac in D11 on May 28 at 6:45 pm PT

Cook gives a teensy bit more insight — but not much — on the mysterious Apple TV.

Apple Has More Game-Changing Tech in the Works, Says CEO Tim Cook

Ina Fried in D11 on May 28 at 6:00 pm PT

“We have some incredible plans that we have been working on for a while.”

Why Microsoft’s Xbox One Won’t Kick the Cable Guy Out of Your House

Peter Kafka in Media on May 22 at 3:00 am PT

Microsoft’s new box does lots of cool stuff. But when it comes to TV, it’s still an accessory.

News Byte

Amazon TV Set-Top Box Reportedly in the Works

John Murrell in Media on April 24 at 11:11 am PT

There has been chatter in the past about Amazon’s interest in selling a set-top box to advance its video businesses and compete with similar accessories like Apple TV, Boxee and Roku (and, as Peter Kafka reported in September, even word that it had made a bid to buy Roku). But the talk freshened today, with sources telling Bloomberg Businessweek that a team of video hardware vets at Amazon’s Lab126 is developing such a device, and aiming for a fall debut.