“After adding the Watch ABC app to Apple TV late last year, today ABC News arrives as its own channel on the device offering users access to a lot of the network’s content free of charge,” Jordan Kahn reports for 9to5Mac.
“While the WatchABC app provides full TV shows from the network and requires a cable subscription, the new ABC News app offers mostly news, clips of new shows as well as the same live stream that is also accessible from ABCNews.com,” Kahn reports. “The new ABC News app comes alongside PBS Kids, Willow TV, AOL On, and a redesigned Flickr app.”
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MacDailyNews Note: ABC’s full press release, verbatim:
ABC NEWS LAUNCHES ON APPLE TV
Immediate Access to Live & On-Demand Video Content, Entertainment News, Live Hourly Updates, Original Programming and Video Highlights from “Good Morning America,” “World News,” “Nightline,” “20/20″ and “This Week” 24/7
ABC News on Apple TV Delivers Local News Updates and Video from 9 Major Market ABC Television Stations Across the Country; 50 Years of Historical Footage from the ABC News Archives
ABC News Continues to Lead the Industry in Digital, Delivering Live, Original and VOD Programming Across Desktop, Mobile, Tablets and Now Connected TVs
ABC News announced the release of ABC News on Apple TV today, providing viewers with a new way to experience live and on-demand news content. ABC News on Apple TV offers immediate access to live, multi-streaming video and on-demand content, entertainment news, live hourly updates, original programming and video highlights from “Good Morning America,” “World News with Diane Sawyer,” “Nightline,” “20/20,” and “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ABC News on Apple TV also delivers local news updates and video highlights from nine major market ABC television stations across the country, along with 50 years of historical video footage from ABC News’ archives. ABC News continues to lead the industry in digital, delivering live, original and VOD programming to millions of users across desktop, mobile, tablets and now connected TVs. For 28 consecutive months the Yahoo-ABC News Network has remained the #1 source of news and information online, delivering more content to more users than any other online news competitor.
ABC News on Apple TV invites users to see the whole picture with instant access to a robust lineup of original, live, local and on-demand programming. Personalized for the individual news consumer, ABC News content is specifically curated for young, video-hungry audiences that crave immediate, 24/7 access to news programming from an unrivaled lineup of ABC’s trusted anchors and correspondents. ABC News on Apple TV offers more choices for how, when and where to get the video content you want. Unlike other news offerings, ABC News provides a robust line-up of original and on-demand content and up to four live streaming events at once, allowing viewers to select and view the live news they care about most. From court trials and breaking news to the daily White House press briefing, live continuous coverage of the day’s top stories, videos and more are instantly accessible with ABC News on Apple TV. Other highlights include:
-Constant Video: 24/7 access to live and on-demand video from an unrivaled lineup of ABC’s trusted anchors and correspondents. ABC News on Apple TV also features four separate live video streams allowing users to alternate between live events and breaking news throughout the day.
-Hourly Video Updates/4-5 Live Reports Per Day: ABC News on Apple TV delivers video updates on the hour and 4-5 live updates per day from ABC News correspondents and reporters around the world. From the Ukraine and Iraq to the World Cup in Brazil, ABC News’ powerhouse team keeps you informed on the latest headlines anytime you need a hit of news.
-Local Content: ABC News on Apple TV extends the local power of ABC News, featuring the best video content from nine ABC television stations, with others rolling out in the near future. Stations at launch include: WABC in New York, KABC in Los Angeles, WLS in Chicago, WPVI in Philadelphia, KGO in San Francisco, KTRK in Houston, WTVD in Raleigh, KFSN in Fresno and Hearst station WISN in Milwaukee. From extreme weather updates to breaking news, with just a click of a button, ABC News on Apple TV delivers up-to-the-minute local video content from the biggest markets across the country.
– Original Programming: Unlimited access to the best of ABC News programming and original video series.
-Editorially Curated Top Stories/Videos: From entertainment news and politics to original programming like ABC News’ “Second Tour” and GoodMorningAmerica.com’s “GMA Live,” Apple TV offers a editorially curated selection of the top stories and videos that are continuously updated throughout the day.
-ABC News Archives: Over 50 years of historical footage and video from the ABC News video archives. ABC News on Apple TV also features special sections such as “This Week in History” and “The Day in Pictures,” showcasing the best in historical video footage and photos from around the globe.
“We are delighted to deliver ABC News to a whole new and growing audience,” said James Goldston, President of ABC News. “Now the stories that interest you most and anything that’s happening live is instantly available to you on Apple TV from ABC News.”
“Our goal is to put our users in control of their news,” said Joe Ruffolo, SVP of ABC News Digital. “We are very excited to be extending our leadership and innovation onto an amazing platform like Apple TV. Utilizing hours of live video each day, opening up our archives, extending our strong local brands, and bringing the trust of ABC News to our users when and where they want it.”
“We’re #1 on air and #1 online, surging in mobile and expanding to connected televisions. We are very focused on what’s next,” said Ruffolo.
Over the past few years, ABC News has focused on delivering and expanding live and original video programming to users across platforms and to all devices. In 2012, ABC News launched the redesigned, day-parted ABC News App for iPad, developed to reflect the natural viewing behaviors of online news consumers throughout the day. Building upon this model, ABC News revolutionized the way users watch and participate in live news events when it launched three, live video feeds and a simultaneous social feed that brought all of the excitement and action inside the Republican and Democratic National Conventions to users across desktop and the ABC News App for iPad. Today ABC News continues to lead the charge in the live video space.
About ABC News Digital
ABC News Digital properties include ABCNews.com and Goodmorningamerica.com on Yahoo! along with ABC News’ iPad, iPhone & Android apps, offering a dynamic, around the clock look at the news as it breaks. It’s the online destination for newsmaker access, investigative coverage, and exclusive footage from every big story. As part of the Yahoo!-ABC News network ABC News Digital content reaches over 82 million people a month and almost 50% of all news and information videos streamed online are from the #1 online news network.About ABC News
ABC News delivers a big picture understanding of the world to empower and inspire viewers to make confident decisions for themselves and their families. More people get their news from ABC News than from any other source. ABC News is responsible for all of the ABC Television Network’s news programming on a variety of platforms: television, radio, and the Internet. With an average television and radio audience of 180 million people in a given month, ABC News surpasses the competition. More than 2,400 affiliate stations broadcast ABC News Radio’s global news coverage. In addition, ABC News Digital video content is currently available to 44 million users across cable, broadband, and mobile platforms. NewsOne, the affiliate news service of ABC News, provides live and packaged news, sports, and weather reports, as well as footage of news events, to 200 ABC affiliates and more than 30 domestic and international clients.
Source: ABC
I love my Apple TV, but if we’re getting more “updates”, how about a real update that will allow better home screen customization options? Could they let us decide which apps we want to display, and organize them into folders, instead of just dumping them onto what has become one really overloaded screen? Right now, the only way we have to clean up the screen is to use the parental control options, which is a clunky workaround.
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Milord, there is yet another way to position, hide, or display main menu icons. From the main menu, select the icon, press and hold the Select button until the position, hide, or display options appear. Alas, no directory structure while we wait for the Apple harvest this fall.
I’m hoping Apple has an update right around the corner that drastically improves the way viewers interface with content on the Apple TV. Right now with each new update of content apps, the main interface is slowly turning into a mess. Without an update to the overall interface, it’s going to actually be a [i] worse [/i] experience than cable TV.
Who cares about far left ABC news, which isn’t even real news anymore. The top three stopped reporting the real news and truth years ago. Simply block that one. How about an update to put apps in folders so we can clean up the mess it has become. Love my Apple TV but it needs organization. Just a thought
And who are those top 3? Don’t forget fox has more viewers than all of them. So I assume your including them not real news and no truth.
I haven’t depended on any of ‘the four’ for news in many years. Obviously, it’s all corporate moderated news. Meanwhile, the real world goes on despite their filtration. I’m more interested in the real world.
For future readers: Note that ‘the four’ never did question the official line about 9/11. It’s not journalism. It’s slop for the pigs. That’s us: The pigs.
No insult intended Arnold!
ABC,CBS,NBC. you know exactly who I’m talking about. Oh wait, sheeple can’t think for themselves. At least Fox gives you both sides. The other three give you one side. And that my friend is the truth.
“At least Fox gives you both sides.”
I know which ‘the truth’ that is. Climb out of your box and notice there’s a hell-of-a-lot more ‘truth’ going on than you currently comprehend, enough to make you feel like a fool for not bothering to notice. So much more…
The AppleTV 3 is great, but getting long in the tooth considering it is a single core A5. Hope this announcement means Apple is ready to kickoff the AppleTV 4 very soon. Especially now that I cut off the cable tv from my house.
Derek. I know a lot more than you think. What I do know is that most of the news channels today are biased. But at least Fox attempts to give you the other side too. You cannot tell me the other ones do that. Also, I get my news from several sources. Just so you know.
Tranlation:
About ABC News a.k.a Fox Newz Lite
ABC News delivers eyeballs to advertisers with TMZ celebutard content combined with villager beltway gossip masquerading as political coverage.
More people get their news from BBC than from any other source, but ABC claims that title among uninformed Americans.
June 16, 2014 Ratings for Evening News:
NBC 7,992,000
ABC 6,979,000
CBS 6,044,000
The Associated Press is the worldwide leader in print and online news coverage, yet ABC also claims leadership with cooked up bullshit numbers.
Mickey Mouse Network News. If they were only half as good as they claim to be.