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| From | True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: New Apple TV on its way, pending deal with Time Warner |
| Date | 2014-02-13 11:34 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ldiaja$bpm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <ldi9ju$sh5$1@solani.org> |
On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:17:19 +0000, RS Wood wrote: > From the if it aint got rabbit ears it aint TV department: > Title: Report: A new Apple TV is on the way, pending a deal with Time > Warner Cable (update) > Author: Sarah Silbert Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:22:00 -0500 Link: > http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/12/new-apple-tv-time-warner-cable-deal/? ncid=rss_truncated > > [image 1] If sources who spoke with Bloomberg News are correct, a new > Apple TV could be "introduced" as early as April. Apple is currently in > talks with Time Warner Cable, among other programming partners, to add > video content to the set-top box before... > > Links: > [1]: > http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/9e23a304217a0a090e732b51f5e150ee/ apple-tv-new-logo_thumbnail.jpg > (image) Apple's market share in both cellphones and tablets is falling rapidly...'phones are becoming commodity items with price being the key factor for many users and even those seeking somewhat high-end models are tending to be more interested in bang for buck than style. The tablet market seems close to saturation and in both market's Apple's high mark up for what are Chinese made goods seems hard, if not impossible, to sustain in the long term. Given the above they must/should be desperately seeking a major new product line and it has been long rumoured that this would be found in the Apple TV...but I just don't buy it...and suspect that few enough others will part with hard cash for it. These days people are tending to keep their TV's longer than they used to and the equipment is tending to greater reliability so there will only be a relatively limited market for replacements...the total TV market is, and has long been, completely saturated anyhow. I just can't foresee a scenario where Apple TV revenue can be big enough to replace falling revenue, due to falling market share, in other divisions. BTW I do realise that their revenues are still huge but I'm projecting trends forward and don't see that as being a long term situation.
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New Apple TV on its way, pending deal with Time Warner RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-13 11:17 +0000 Re: New Apple TV on its way, pending deal with Time Warner True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-13 11:34 +0000
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