“Where others saw nothing beyond a pitched battle pitting peer-to-peer networks selling stolen music versus generic but expensive CDs in hermetically sealed cases, Steve Jobs saw iTunes,” Bob Evans writes for InformationWeek.
“Where others saw smartphones and notebooks converging into hybrid devices that offered nothing new and often failed to match up to the performance of either original product, Steve Jobs saw the iPad,” Evans writes. “And now, where others regard the nascent generation of sprawling new data centers as little more than highly automated powerhouses for online operations, Steve Jobs could well be seeing a new broadcasting network.”
Evans writes, “While others might call Apple’s nearly complete $1-billion facility a data center, Jobs might be calling it his all-digital, all-customizable, all-streaming, and all-Apple broadcasting system and network of the future.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “W.T.Effyall” for the heads up.]
As I’ve said b 4 this will be fir iPhone users no mote AT&T or verizon all phone will b going thru this facility. Reinvent telephones. Goodbye AT&T
@John Smith,
Are you and I related?
ABC
CBS
NBC
PBS
CNN
MSNBC
FOX
TNN
SHOW
HBO
DIS
etc…
Why not ASBN or Apple’s “All-Streaming Broadcast Network”!
ABC
CBS
NBC
PBS
CNN
MSNBC
FOX
TNN
SHOW
HBO
DIS
etc…
Why not ASBN or Apple’s “All-Streaming Broadcast Network”!
I called my cable company this morning to report a couple of ‘missing’ channels. They were unable to fix the problem, and TWICE during my tech support call they tried to get me to agree to a two year contract for cable. Their excuse was that the price would be going up soon, so I should ‘lock in’ my current price for two years by agreeing to be bound by their new contract. I declined, but I wonder why they are pushing so hard. Could they be concerned that Apple will be providing an alternative to conventional cable tv?
You have it all wrong. I know for sure that its really a RDFSG. “Realty Distortion Field Super Generator”. It has the capacity to extend the field around half the planet. Phase II will take care of the rest when complete. Wait till you see where Phase III will take it.
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The HTML 5 streaming KeyNotes were a test-ground for public streaming of live sports events. 50,000 people watch the replays live on their iPhones while at the game.
Apple will launch “iSearch” in January 2011. A direct competitor to Google and Bing but with new and logical functionality which will seem completely obvious when first used.
Sell your Google shares now and put your savings in Apple.
Is that Bob Evans, the restaurant guy?
Yes, it can be Apple’s on demand broadcasting system! And so much more!!!
“Just one more thing.”
@Paul Johnson: “And how will he get the content providers to go along with the plan? Discuss.”
Buy them…starting with Disney/ABC/ESPN. Remember the $51B cash hoard for “future opportunities”?
I am so confused by all of this talk of taking the carriers out of the picture. How? U-Verse, Infinity (Comcast reinvented), Time-Warner, etc. as far as I can find insist on bundling things so you can’t just get internet alone at a reasonable price. Without them, there is no high speed connection and no ability to tap into content. What am I missing?
Apple wouldn’t have to stream some other network’s shows. All they have to do is come up with the right “broadcast” or syndication deals with the Production Studios to get their shows on their own “channel” — they’d get the exclusive.
But I doubt Apple would take a step back to do that…I mean do a standard broadcast network model, just over the internet. Now, if they were gearing up for multiple “channels” or live sports…I could see that.
@Tiger Leopard
In 3-D no less…
D8 conference Jobs interview, go to 1:32:14
he sets the puzzle pieces on the table, and very kindly sets the corners for you
the global distribution method is packets
the competitors are broadcasters
the biggest market left in his personal electronic space is television
his authorization of the biography says he knows his time is close
Steve knows every one else’s cards, and he has gone chips in