Google to Supply Video for Apple iTV?
Newsweek reports that Apple and Google are in talks about supplying videos to Apple's iTV product when it ships next year.
Apple's iTV was previewed last week at Apple's Media Event. The $299 set-top-box is positioned as a "DVD player that happens to play Internet videos [instead of DVDs]" according to Steve Jobs. The box is wi-fi enabled and allows users to play music and videos from their iTunes library on their television. One additional feature, however, is that it can also connect to the internet. In Steve Jobs' demo last week, he showed that it could stream movie trailers from Apple's Movie Trailers page. It would not take much to also allow it to pull videos from Google Video.
The partnership is interesting in that Google is a competitor to Apple's iTunes and also offers CBS television shows for $1.99/each.
Is it possible that when iTV ships next year, you may also be able to choose a menu item called Google Video, and then zip through the best of the thousands of user-submitted videos on the search giant's service? Google's consumer product chief, Marissa Mayer, tells me that indeed, the two companies are engaged in talks.
Apple's iTV was previewed last week at Apple's Media Event. The $299 set-top-box is positioned as a "DVD player that happens to play Internet videos [instead of DVDs]" according to Steve Jobs. The box is wi-fi enabled and allows users to play music and videos from their iTunes library on their television. One additional feature, however, is that it can also connect to the internet. In Steve Jobs' demo last week, he showed that it could stream movie trailers from Apple's Movie Trailers page. It would not take much to also allow it to pull videos from Google Video.
The partnership is interesting in that Google is a competitor to Apple's iTunes and also offers CBS television shows for $1.99/each.
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71 months ago
Suddenly this device makes a lot more sense. What are the chances they might include some hooks to YouTube as well?
71 months ago
Suddenly this device makes a lot more sense. What are the chances they might include some hooks to YouTube as well?
good idea, but YouTube's quality isn't that great and what really makes YouTube is their comments section, and the ability to embed videos on other pages.
71 months ago
good idea, but YouTube's quality isn't that great and what really makes YouTube is their comments section, and the ability to embed videos on other pages.
Well that, and the selection.
71 months ago
Stupid idea. I hate it.
iTV should be a quality product with quality content brought to it. Movie trailers and Movies/TV shows bought on the iTunes music store are far different then that of YouTube and Goggle Video.
I hate these "anyone can upload websites." There is plunty of good content on them but unfortunatly there is just to much crap. I rarely see a quality video on YouTube. If I had an iTV with this "functionality" I would feel like apple was providing me with crap just because they needed some sort of free content that was worth watching on the device. Add a DVR, not a bunch of crap.
YouTube is not compatable with this device. The interface is completely different and anyone who has attempted to upload content to YouTube should understand that the quaity it is compressed to makes it un-viewable. Keep in mind people, Steve specificly said "your new high def TV." Who wants to stream a 100meg video to that? Google videos are a little different but not a lot better. If this does happen, I am happy it is not YouTube.
I see no advantage in this. The only content I would watch over google video on my TV is copy written content that either:
a) I should be downloading off of iTunes legally.
b) Stuff I diddent to record on my DVR.
I hate this idea. It's all about the content? I agree, but quality beats quantity. Dont provide content, provide great content. Add a DVR.
iTV should be a quality product with quality content brought to it. Movie trailers and Movies/TV shows bought on the iTunes music store are far different then that of YouTube and Goggle Video.
I hate these "anyone can upload websites." There is plunty of good content on them but unfortunatly there is just to much crap. I rarely see a quality video on YouTube. If I had an iTV with this "functionality" I would feel like apple was providing me with crap just because they needed some sort of free content that was worth watching on the device. Add a DVR, not a bunch of crap.
YouTube is not compatable with this device. The interface is completely different and anyone who has attempted to upload content to YouTube should understand that the quaity it is compressed to makes it un-viewable. Keep in mind people, Steve specificly said "your new high def TV." Who wants to stream a 100meg video to that? Google videos are a little different but not a lot better. If this does happen, I am happy it is not YouTube.
I see no advantage in this. The only content I would watch over google video on my TV is copy written content that either:
a) I should be downloading off of iTunes legally.
b) Stuff I diddent to record on my DVR.
I hate this idea. It's all about the content? I agree, but quality beats quantity. Dont provide content, provide great content. Add a DVR.
71 months ago
If I had an iTV with this "functionality" I would feel like apple was providing me with crap just because they needed some sort of free content that was worth watching on the device. Add a DVR, not a bunch of crap.
Well, you see, the problem is that you're not the only person in this world.
Are you going to be the person who will determine what videos are high enough "quality" to be streamed to iTV, and which videos are not?
What about people who want to stream child porn or some disturbing fetish videos from their computer to iTV?? I certainly don't want that sort of thing to be streamed or viewed anywhere, but I can't control what gets streamed and what people like.
Don't like the service? Don't use it. Some other people out there might actually enjoy watching videos from Google from their iTVs.
71 months ago
"The $299 set-top-box is positioned as a "DVD player that happens to play Internet videos" according to Jobs."
So...does this mean it does have a dvd drive?
If it does, I'll have one on the day of release.
Mark
www.crushmy307.co.uk
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So...does this mean it does have a dvd drive?
If it does, I'll have one on the day of release.
Mark
www.crushmy307.co.uk
Crushed by the power of the Internet!
71 months ago
I'm just gonna buy one because it looks so nice and it can sit next to my 42" Sony Bravia HD TV :)
71 months ago
If you have a hi-def display, it just means you have a wider selection of content that you can view. It doesn't mean you have to view content at it's highest possible quality. I think it is excellent to expand non traditional video into the living room like Google video and Apple's movie trailer site. Internet surfing, music, photos have been done already by WebTV and Tivo. Time for something new. Perhaps on-demand CNN and BBC coverage. News stories that you can finally control what is playing on your TV.
Higher quality will evolve over time. I would like to see Apple Keynotes viewable on iTV.
Higher quality will evolve over time. I would like to see Apple Keynotes viewable on iTV.
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