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What could Apple contribute in 2013? Pulling the strings on the intensely interesting future of Apple TV and iTV

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 a 10:12 am

During Apple's Q1 2013 conference call, the Apple Television Rumors That Will Not Die were once again raised with Tim Cook, who smacked them back down hard. However, Cook did announce that they sold 2 million of the current Apple TV, up 60% year-over-year. Cook also dropped all the talking points, including "area of intense interest", "a lot Apple can contribute", and "continue to pull the string".

Apple TV gains subscription service Watchever in Germany

By Joseph Keller, Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 a 2:09 pm

Apple has added a new app to the Apple TV for German users for the on demand television and movie service Watchever. Watchever was launched earlier this month, and works similarly to Hulu Plus.

The market, the madness, and the Apple television

By Chris Umiastowski, Friday, Dec 14, 2012 a 11:36 am

It seems you can’t read about Apple these days without someone saying that they’re about to make a big splash into the television market. Apple, of course, hasn't and won't pre-announced anything. But that hasn't stopped Wall Street analysts claiming that the company’s TV strategy is flawed. That's right, Apple's unannounced, unreleased, entirely presumed by someone not-Apple, strategy is flawed. But I digress.

Holiday app section shows up on Apple TV, turns out to be lump of coal

By Joseph Keller, Monday, Dec 10, 2012 a 12:44 pm

A new content section called “Holiday” appeared on the Apple TV late last night, and in addition to being a collection of holiday movies, users were also presented with banners for various holiday apps. The section, shown here in a photo from Mac OS Ken, was inactive, and nothing happened when you attempted to delve further into the menu, and no apps are for sale:

Cook upgrades Apple's television ambitions from "beloved hobby" to "intense interest"

By Derek Kessler, Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 a 8:17 pm

When Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with NBC's Brian Williams for a wide-ranging interview about the past, present, and future of Apple (set in Apple's mammoth Grand Central Terminal store, no less), he closed with an interesting note.

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By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Dec 3, 2012 a 3:51 pm

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Google wants to make an open source AirPlay alternative

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 a 11:46 am

YouTube recently launched a service very similar to Apple's AirPlay that allows Android users to beam movies to their Google TV. Apparently Google wants to take it a step further yet, and with an open standard.

Iterate 32: The future of Apple design

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Oct 29, 2012 a 11:57 pm

Marc, Dave, and Rene talk Scott Forstall's departure from Apple and Jonathan Ive's new roll as head of Human Interface, and what it means for OS X and iOS, and for Apple's influence on interface design in general. Also, some talk on Apple TV, iPad 4, and what comes next.

Apple Events channel added to Apple TV, will live stream iPad mini keynote

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 a 6:56 am

Apple has silently added a new "Apple Events" app to the standard Apple TV home page and is set to stream today's media event live. So far it appears that this will only be available to Apple TV users but we may find out more later.

Apple releases software update for Apple TV second and third generations

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012 a 4:21 am

Apple has been really busy the last few weeks and the Apple TV must have been feeling really left out seeing all Apple’s other iOS devices receiving shiny new upgrades to iOS 6. Thankfully Apple hasn’t been ignoring the Apple TV at all and has now released an update for the Apple TV second and third generations.