I always felt TV would be the Killer app for the iPad. I can see kids sitting in bed or doing homework with their iPads blasting away with cartoons or music.
The new app will play 30 basic cable channels in high definition to start, but that number should expand soon.
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 connected to the company's cable modem via a Wi-Fi router.
So they are never going over the Internet, just with the Time Warner Network.
Companies such as Netflix Inc. and Hulu Inc. already have apps that stream movies and TV shows to the iPad, bypassing, in some respects, cable companies. However, the apps don't show live TV.
From Slashdot:
"Time Warner Cable Inc. is launching an iPad application that plays live TV, becoming the first cable company to do so. 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."
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I agree that a TV app is probably one of the best things the iPad can have. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the Time Warner app is cutting it. You can only stream certain channels, and you must be subscribed to both the television and internet service. Not everyone has that, now do they? I am a DISH Netowrk customer and employee, and I have the DISH Remote Access app, and it does take full advantage of the iPad. Using my 922 SlingLoaded DVR, I am able to stream my recordings or my channels anywhere that I have a 3G or wifi connection. That is truly TV Everywhere.
Very interesting. Do you have a link. I would love to know more.
Hey here is the link for yeah John. http://www.dishnetwork.com/tveverywhere/
"I can see kids sitting in bed or doing there homework with there iPads blasting away with cartoons or music."
It's "their" not "there".
To use the service, you'll need to have your iPad connected via Wi-Fi to a Time Warner cable modem. Don't plan on using the app outside of your home; there's no streaming allowed to remote devices due to licensing restrictions.
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