Time Warner Cable to Launch Live TV Streaming iPad App [Update: Now Available]
Time Warner Cable iPad app prototype discussion - Part 1
(Additional videos: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
The Associated Press reports that cable and Internet giant Time Warner will release a new iPad application tomorrow morning that will allow subscribers to the company's services to watch live television on their tablet devices. The app is said to initially support 30 basic cable channels, and access is limited to the customer's home Wi-Fi network.
The app will be free to download on Tuesday morning, but it will only work for people who subscribe to both video and Internet service from the New York-based cable company. Even then, it only works in the home, when the iPad is connected to the company's cable modem via a Wi-Fi router.
Rob Marcus, the company's chief operating officer and president, said the app will play 30 basic cable channels in high definition to start, but that number should expand soon.
"For all intents and purposes ... this enables you to convert any room in a house into a TV room," Marcus said.
Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable company in the United States, with 12.4 million customers across 28 states.
Update: The TWCable TV iPad app is now available in the App Store.
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16 months ago
Huzzah! Honestly excited for this! Time Warner hasn't been the best with some other hot topics, but this is pretty cool.
16 months ago
DirecTV? Where are you? I know you have your app, but I don't care about using it as a remote control and setting my DVR. I want to watch my DVR on the road. Comcast and now Time Warner have this ability... Come on. I do not want to go back to Cable. Hated Comcast when I had it and I don't want it again....
16 months ago
For what? Just turn on your TV.
Sorry Mr. Rockefeller, but not all of us are rich enough to have tv in our bathrooms. We have to use our ipads during our long visits!
16 months ago
For what? Just turn on your TV.
This argument has gotten old.
When AppleTV came out every one told me to just use my XBox or PS3 which I dont have plugged into all 4 of our TVs.
And my office is reserved for computers only at the moment, not bad being able to watch TV on my iPad in my office.
Or I guess I could follow your input and go buy an additional TV since that's so easy.
People need to not recommend doing things the "easy" way because the "easy" way doesn't exist for everyone.
16 months ago
Charge subscription price for iPad only and allow to work over 3G and I'll join in!
16 months ago
Why would I watch TV on a 7 inch or 10 inch tablet when my 55'' HDTV is just right there in the living room??
Maybe perhaps Time Warner is thinking of us watching porn on the tablet from their service secretly in our bedroom?? That's the only reason I can think of for utilizing this app/service. LOL :D
Maybe perhaps Time Warner is thinking of us watching porn on the tablet from their service secretly in our bedroom?? That's the only reason I can think of for utilizing this app/service. LOL :D
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