“Apple has added a rare new app and service to the Apple TV, this time in Germany,” Matthew Panzarino reports for The Next Web.
“Essentially a German version of Hulu launched by Vivendi this month, it offers local, European and international movies and TV series for €8.99 a month,” Panzarino reports. “Key features include the ability to choose between a German dubbed version of international movies, or the original. There is also a personal recommendation algorithm à la Netflix.”
Panzarino reports, “This marks the first time that Apple has added an international-specific service. and the first time that the service is available in only one region.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Hope this can be followed by Lovefilm in the UK.
Is this Lovefilm the video distributor for H&E magazine? 🙂
Problem is, Lovefilm is aligned with Amazon, Apple’s main competitor in digital media. I doubt we’ll see it on Apple TV. At least they have an iPad app. If they’d enable AirPlay video streaming that would be fine.
Geographically specific App raises interesting possibilities if executed properly.
Things to come? BTW, interesting 1936 movie of the same name. 🙂
cue the patent troll zombies!
Kill all the lawyer Zombies first … 😉
Germany? Where’s that? Burbank California. Media capital of the world! We’re where it all happens. Good old U.S.A..
Apparently the world doesn’t revolve around the US.
Currently I see Roku tops Apple TV in terms of available content providers. Perhaps Apple is entertaining the thought of adding apps (or channels) to a new Apple TV soon? Would they wait to introduce such an upgrade to coincide with their highly speculated TV’s?
We need an asshole analyst to help straighten this one out.