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Apple TV has Commercial Skipping Function?

Apple got a patent for skipping ads. Could it be a killer feature for the rumored Apple TV setop box or Apple Television?

Aug 22 2012, 8:41am CDT | by

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Apple is rumored to getting into the TV business in a big way. Most recently rumors focused on Apple offering a TV setop box replacement with an iCloud DVR and iOS like User interface. The rumors of...

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How to view content from your Mac on your Apple TV with AirPlay Mirroring

Source: The iPhone Blog

If you own a Mac running OS X Mountain Lion and either a second or third generation Apple TV, you have the ability to display content from your Mac on your TV wirelessly with AirPlay Mirroring. If you are familiar with how AirPlay works ...
Full article at: The iPhone Blog  More like this  5 hours ago

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"Arguably the battle against both Apple and Google for dominating a consumer's time share more so than taking on Sony and Nintendo directly."


Source: News24

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The CW Heading to Apple TV

Source: Broadcasting & Cable

The CW Network confirmed that it is developing an application that will offer full episode streaming to the Apple TV, marking the first broadcast network to make a broadband connection with the Apple platform. Like Th ...
Full article at: Broadcasting & Cable  More like this  22 hours ago, 6:34pm CDT

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Apple TV has Commercial Skipping Function?

Apple is rumored to getting into the TV business in a big way. Most recently rumors focused on Apple offering a TV setop box replacement with an iCloud DVR and iOS like User interface. The rumors of Apple building a full HDTV are not dead yet either. Forbes now highlights an Apple patent about commercial skipping.

The new Apple patent describes a method of detecting commercial and skipping or replacing it with other content. This is nothing new. I owned a cool DVR (ReplayTV, RIP!) that could do that years ago. The problem is that TV networks do not like this idea.

Why is Apple even working on something like that? It is interesting to note that the patent does not mention commercials specifically, just talks about media.

 

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