[opendtv] Apps for iPad From Some TV Networks, Not All

  • From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 01:08:20 -0400

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

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