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More TV Shows on the Way? 'Front Row' iMac Only.

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MacCentral posts some notes about yesterday's announcements including analyst comments as well as comments from Apple executives.

With regard to there only being 5 TV Shows presently available on iTunes, Apple's Greg Joswiak explains that they only told the one network (ABC).

"You see that we have the top two shows on TV, as well as the top shows on the Disney Channel. We couldn't really start off with a better foot forward. This is just the beginning."

Meanwhile, Apple's David Moody, confirms that "at this time [Front Row is] only on the iMac as part of the integrated hardware software solution".

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