“After a fraught few years, Apple and Amazon have reached something of an accord over their rival video efforts,” John Paczkowski reports for BuzzFeed News.
“Sources in position to know tell BuzzFeed News that Amazon’s Prime video app — long absent from Apple TV — is indeed headed to Apple’s diminutive set-top box,” Paczkowski reports. “Apple plans to announce Amazon Prime video’s impending arrive to the Apple TV App Store during the keynote at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 5.”
Paczkowski reports, “As part of the arrangement between the two companies, Amazon — which stopped selling Apple TV devices two years ago, when it also banned Google’s Chromecast devices from its virtual shelves — will resume selling Apple’s set-top box.”
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wowsville, Pipeline Timmy, just wowsville.,,you da’ man, you da’ man. The victories just keep comin’! Just no doubt about it, Pipeline, YOU are an iconoclast. The legend of Steve Jobs has been obliterated forever and ever!
You are the only one who claimed it to be the “highlight of the WWDC,” Mr. Straw Man.
C’mon Bottvinick, if Trump and Rosie can agree on something why can’t you? 😜
He is Mystic Meg and I claim my $5
Still obsessing about ‘pipelines’?? Eh? There’s really no point in fighting those brain worms botty, parasites of the mind will inevitably consume your whole life and personna…if it hasn’t happened already.
How about ‘pipe down!’ instead.
Tim Cook blinked and is releasing iTunes on Windows S and allowing Amazon Video on the Apple TV.
The following companies now have streaming video services:
Amazon
Netflix
Hulu- now with live TV (beta)
YouTube Red- now with Live TV
Sony- PlayStation
AT&T- DIRECTV Now
Dish- Sling TV
Acorn- British TV bundle on demand
Megahertz Networks- International broadcast bundle on subscription
Comcast XFinity Streaming (in select markets)
Then there are stand alone channels- services
Curiosity Stream (documentary and other science, culture and history programming on demand from the founder of the Discovery Channel)
Smithsonian Earth – original ad free content different from Smithsonian Channel
Bloomberg Business News
CBSN- free streaming 24/7/365 news channel from CBS News
Sky News- free streaming 24/7/365 news channel from Sky TV (UK)
NHK- free streaming 24/7/365 news channel from Japan’s oldest broadcaster in English
DWTV- free streaming 24/7/365 news channel from Germany’s Public Broadcasters in English
France 24- free streaming 24/7/365 news channel from France in English
Qello- streaming music channel with live concerts
Apple has been developing Planet of the Apps forever and still has nothing.
And Eddie Cue, Dr Dre, and Jimmy Iovine still have jobs at Apple.
Late to the party does not even begin to describe this.
Timmy should release the App immediately it is available.
If this App is being held back to be announced at WWDC because Eddie Cue has finally managed to cut a deal.
ATV is useless just like an iPad