“Cablevision Systems Corp is launching an app for customers using its Optimum package to watch television on their iPads at home,” Xavier Briand reports for Reuters.
“The service, available at no extra charge, will allow the cable operator’s more than 3 million customers to watch some 300 channels, search programing by genre and enable customers to record programs,” Briand reports. “The move by New York-based Cablevision comes weeks after Time Warner Cable launched its own iPad app in mid-March.”
Briand reports, “The Time Warner version allows users to watch live programing from 32 networks so long as they are at home using their Wi-Fi network.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Now, watch the cease and desist orders fly!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “ob1spyker” for the heads up.]
Related articles:
Time Warner Cable adds 20 new channels TWCable TV for iPad app – April 1, 2011
Time Warner pulls several channels from TWCable TV iPad app – March 31, 2011
News Corp.’s Fox TV delivers cease and desist letter to Time Warner Cable over iPad app – March 31, 2011
Time Warner cuts back live TV iPad app due to overwhelming demand (updated) – March 16, 2011
Time Warner Cable first to launch iPad app that delivers live TV (Updated) – March 14, 2011