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Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours

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JF Mezei wrote:
>
> Basically, it is a realisation that Apple's original plans to compete
> against cable and traditional media as well as TV manufacturers was not
> realistic without a HUGE investment to kill off the existing monopolies.
>
> But Apple TV will haveto offer something more compelling than the
> software that is built-in TVs today. Not going to buy an Apple TV to
> watch Netflix when the Netflix ap embdedd in my Sharp TV is likely better.

I dispute that. I am in Israel as some of you know and we have our equivalent companies HOT (cable) and
YES (DBS). There is a small UK type DVB-T service with 6 channels, 1 the local equivalent to the BBC,
2 commerical channels and some government ones. There is a TV tax to fund it.

It was supposed to be expanded to a second DVB-T channel adding 12 more channels at a small monthly cost.
So far no one has said anything.

Last week, out of nowhere, Rami Levi, the owner of a chain of discount grocery stores and a virtual cellular
network announced he was going into the entertainment business with a service similar to netflix, which
for copyright reasons is not avialable here. 

It seems that he has made a deal with a company called Vonetize, which has been quitely making distribution
contracts with programming providers and sells them to retail marketers, like Levi. 

While I am in no way implying that they have anything to do with Apple, I am sure there is lots of competition
in that market, and there is someone who sells such a service in the US. Apple may be buying that service,
or knowing what little I know about Steve Jobs, there was a clause in the contract that program providers signed
to get their material in the iTunes store that allows Apple to sell it as a service.

Of course, for all we know Apple has signed a contract to resell Netflix using their own brand and front end.

Geoff.


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Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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OT: New Apple TV rumours JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-02-12 14:18 -0500
  Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 12:39 -0700
    Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-12 15:03 -0500
      Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 13:42 -0700
        Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-02-12 16:24 -0500
          Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Ted Lee <tmplee@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 15:32 -0600
          Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-12 21:51 +0000
          Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 15:22 -0700
          Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-12 17:31 -0500
            Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 15:47 -0700
          Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-13 04:39 +0000
          Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2014-02-14 12:08 -0800
        Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-12 16:40 -0500
          Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 15:28 -0700
            Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-12 17:48 -0500
              Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 16:00 -0700
                Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-12 18:29 -0500
                Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 16:49 -0700
                Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-12 18:56 -0500
                Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 17:08 -0700
                Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-02-12 23:18 -0500
                Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Happynet Steering Society <b@o.ru> - 2014-02-13 17:04 -0500
                Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-13 17:38 -0500
                Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-13 17:38 -0500
            Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-02-12 22:48 -0800
            Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-13 17:09 -0500
    Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-12 17:20 -0500
      Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-12 15:46 -0700
    Re: OT: New Apple TV rumours Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-13 15:27 +0000

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