Apps for iPad From Some TV Networks, Not All By BRIAN STELTER April 1, 2010 Television networks are taking sharply different approaches to the iPad. One network, ABC, has readied a fully functional app for the eagerly awaited Apple tablet. Another, NBC, has ditched its plans to stream full television episodes onto the device. From MSNBC.com to People.com, buyers of the iPad will be able to watch plenty of ad-supported video despite Apple's decision to ban Flash, the dominant software for online video viewing, from the device. Many Web sites have raced to convert their video files from Flash to HTML5, a different computing standard. And Netflix, the popular movies and TV subscription service, is expected to release a free streaming app for subscribers on Saturday, the day the device goes on sale, according to a person briefed on the plans. ... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/business/media/02netflix.html s ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.