“One of the drags about being an AppleTV owner is the dearth of content. Sure you can rent or buy from iTunes or watch Netflix, but all of the yummy apps available for the iPad from the pay cable networks like HBO and Showtime balk when you try to use AirPlay to watch their content on your television [with no restrictions on location, either],” The Mac Advocate reports.
“Fast forward to today. DirecTV released an update to their app that allows you to *gasp* watch some of the content playing on these stations on your iPad and on your HDTV via AirPlay,” The Mac Advocate reports. “Now I realize this in itself is not groundbreaking, but it’s a definitive step in the right direction. It sucks that it had to come from my provider, but it’s better than a stick in the eye.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “FinneasMax” for the heads up.]