[opendtv] Re: Apple TV No IPhone as Talks Bog Down With Media Companies
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 14:58:58 -0500
Monty Solomon posted:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-06/apple-tv-no-iphone-as-talks-bog-down-with-media-companies.html
May I say "I told you so"?
Reading this article, does anyone come away with the impression that "all Apple
wants to do" is compete with Scientific Atlanta, merely to build a better
proprietary STB for a given cableco? On the contrary, what it says is:
"Apple is vying with the likes of Google Inc. (GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) to make TVs the digital hub of people's lives in an
industry projected to reach $200 billion worldwide by 2017."
(I didn't know that Microsoft was in that fray too. It has a very nice Windows
Media Center available with Win7, which I don't believe require any special
deals with anyone.)
Also another quote:
"Unlike negotiations with music companies and book publishers, Apple co-founder
Steve Jobs was never able to strike a comprehensive media deal to create a
product fitting that vision before his death last October. He regularly told
Apple executives that unless the company can get more content, especially live
broadcasting, Apple's impact on television wouldn't be disruptive, said two
former Apple managers."
Apple is looking to have TV content, including live content, on the same basis
as it has other iTunes content, in a OTT type of service, or "walled garden"
arrangement, similar to Amazon's.
Bert
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