Apple pitching TV plan to broadcasters
Industry insiders are saying that Apple is currently speaking with a wide range of broadcasters about the content that would be required to support their rumored upcoming TV subscription service.
Industry insiders are saying that Apple is currently speaking with a wide range of broadcasters about the content that would be required to support their rumored upcoming TV subscription service.
Is Apple preparing to push its industry-leading jukebox/device management/digital download store software in a new direction? The latest rumor making the rounds is that Steve Jobs, Eddy Cue and their merry band are preparing the way for a monthly subscription service, but you’re run of the mill pay-forever-music deal that everyone else is offering.
The Apple TV product has never had much of a priority in Cupertino and therefore has not been a big seller. With Apple’s new emphasis on media, all of that could change.
Apple is using an innovative Javascript framework to deliver album LP and film Extras content within iTunes rather that requiring a heavy middleware layer like Flash or Silverlight.
An analyst’s report has the Apple world abuzz with rumors of a television coming from Apple, adding one of the last devices necessary to have total Apple entertainment direct from the manufacturer.
Analysts at investment bank Morgan Stanley have upgraded Apple to an “overweight” investment, a positive move, due to hot prospects for the new iPhone over the next 18 months.

It’s road trip time again, and that means I need to scrunch another bunch of movies and cartoons for playback on our family’s iPod touch and iPod nano—gotta keep the kiddies transfixed. Here are four AVI to MP4 conversion solutions that will get that job done with varying degrees of speed and finesse, one of which is sure to meet your technical and budgetary needs.
With the permission of the movie studios, our favorite fruit company expanded its iTunes Store movie offerings on Thursday, though fans will definitely be paying a bit extra for the convenience of not leaving the comfort of their couch.
The patent watchers have been at it again. This time they have come up with an Apple patent that may presage a Wii-like device for Apple TV.
The Apple TV is a closed sandbox. Even when ordering, your only options are how much capacity the integrated hard drive has—40 ($229) or 160 gigabytes ($329) — though even the largest of those two choices is puny and inadequate for many (and neither is cheap).