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Apple Keynote Webcast Delayed

MacCentral reports that earlier rumors that there would be no live broadcast of the MacWorld SF Keynote are true.

In a statement released this morning, Apple confirmed that it will webcast the keynote -- but doesn't plan to do so until 6:00 PM Pacific Time Tuesday, nine full hours after Jobs' keynote is scheduled to begin.


No further details on the delay were given. It's unclear if Apple will allow the press to post live updates of the event.

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93 months ago
What?!? :eek:

Why? What harm is it to let us see the keynote, those who couldn't be present?

Ah well, 9 hours.....darn. Live would have been so much nicer.
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93 months ago
that sucks :mad:
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93 months ago
Edit out all the iTunes commericals and Steve Job bloopers like throwing the camera.

On the bright side, perhaps it will be encoded using the new Quicktime codec and look super sharp with a download option.
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93 months ago
disapointment is oozing out of my eyes ears and shocked mouth...

oh well.. sucks for those who cant be there.
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93 months ago

nine full hours after Jobs' keynote is scheduled to begin.


That's long!

I don't understand why they are making such a fuzz about it. They should be glad that they have such an enormeous fan-base.

The long delay is probably to put less strain on the servers becuase at that time Europeans are asleep.
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93 months ago
whats with the additional wait? :confused:


With all the hype and all the disappointing news as of late its all just . :)
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93 months ago
better than nothing, I guess
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93 months ago
This is a real bummer, the keynote live is a ritual for the Mac faithful and that means me. :(
It must be related to threats from protesters, thats the only thing I can think of.
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93 months ago
it often took them a while to post it...... not unusual. the lack of live feed is the unusual part. if nothing else it will save Apple a ton of money. the live stream peaks at some $$$$incredible$$$$ levels. having it posted for people to watch whenever will save the stockholders some money.
hopefully there will be some good live reporters keeping everyone updated.


odd are you'll never know why they didn't have a live feed, but the decision was made weeks ago. it had nothing to do with leaks. they always hire an outside company to produce the live webcast, and reserve all the needed bandwith..... so if they really did pull the plug a few days ago it would be known.
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93 months ago
Maybe since they believe we know everything they plan to show, what need is there to let everyone see live.

Face it people Apple is fickle this way and has always been like this. Nothing is business as usual with them.

Based on other threads it will be interesting to see if any of the rumor sites can post information live as it happens as has been done in the past. Sounds like Apple plans to disable any wireless connections while it is going on. Someone will just have to try to connect to the internet via cell phone.

How many people will be upset they are not the first on their block to have the latest Apple news.
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