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Will We Get iTunes TV in 2010

post from TVissimo | Internet and Television Convergence Discussion Blog on 23 December 2009 03:01:00 AM. © TVissimo | Internet and Television Convergence Discussion Blog

Here is more on 2010 predictions. I am a great fan of Apple. I have a Mac, and iPod, and an iPhone. Now there are rumors about Apple taking its already big iTunes library of TV shows and its Apple TV hardware device and greatly expanding what content they offer and what they can do. Rumors are surfacing in such posts as: 2010?s hottest contenders: 8 products to watch, iTunes turned the music market on its head. Could iTunes TV do the same for TV?, and more aggressively, Apple May Be On The Verge Of Kneecapping The Cable Industry. Finally. This move would certainly enhance the convergence of TV and the Web I have been discussing from time to time.

Venture Beat writes that iTunes TV is ?likely to do for TV what iPod did for music industry. Apple, as usual, will bundle the service with its hardware to sell more Apple TVs. In the meantime, better broadband speeds and dedicated hardware will make the internet-TV watching experience comparable to TV quality on cable. Key, however, will be Apple?s ability to get content producers on board.?

There are a number of hurdles here. For now the Apple TV hardware device has limited functionality. I looked at it myself in an Apple store and could not see the reason to get one yet. However, this could change if Apple was able to bring in more quality content partnerships. They could do what they do with music: break even on the content to sell more hardware. This hardware could be several devices, just as iTunes music is a driver of iPhone sales as well as iPod sales. Apple has the best hardware (outside of TV sets), including computers, iPhones, and iPods to play the TV shows.

I am listing to iTunes on my computer as I type this and play iTunes on my iPhone in my car or whenever else I am away form my computer. Goodbye CD player. I already have a big screen monitor next to my laptop when I am home. Will these devices also become my TV player? Of course I would need a lot more memory but that is likely doable. Another option mentioned is to move iTunes(TV) to the cloud.

Once all these delivery issues get worked out, the strategy of cheap content to sell hardware would allow Apple to give better deals to the quality channel provides than the cable companies. However, expect a knock down drag out fight here. The cable companies have seen what Apple did in the music industry. Hopefully the consumer comes out the winner here and quality content gets good distribution. 2010 will be an interesting year to see what happens in this space.

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What to TiVo: Wednesday

post from BuzzSugar on 23 December 2009 02:50:45 AM. © BuzzSugar

ABC has How the Grinch Stole Christmas and repeats of The Middle, Modern Family, and Cougar Town
CBS is new with A Home for the Holidays With Faith Hill, and has repeats of Criminal Minds and CSI:NY
FOX has repeats of Glee
NBC has repeats of Mercy
The CW has repeats of One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl
ABC Family has Miracle on 34th Street and The Polar Express
Bravo is new with Launch My Line
Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
E! is new with Jonas Brothers
FX has Deck the Halls
MTV has repeats of South Park and is new with Real World/Road Rules Challenge, The Ruins: The S#@! They Shoulda Shown!
TNT has A Christmas Carol
VH1 has 40 Greatest Pranks 2 and Footloose
Late-night highlights include the Dan Band on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Alec Baldwin and Darlene Love on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Elijah Wood on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC; Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), the Jackson family, and Passion Pit on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC; Paris Hilton on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS; Joy Behar, Jonny Lee Miller, and The Muppets on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC; and Julie Benz on a repeat of Last Call With Carson Daly on NBC

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Review: Better Off Ted - Battle of the Bulbs

post from TV Squad on 23 December 2009 02:20:00 AM. © TV Squad

(S02E03) This wasn't the great Dr. Bhamba-centric episode I've been hoping for since season one, but it'll do. Watching Bhamba and Lem work together to solve Stella Clifton's insane equation was a blast. And so was learning about the disturbing lack of crocodiles in Bhamba's dreams. But this ep was less about my favorite wacky underused character and more about a competition between two co-workers and an odd dynamic between a mother and her son.

Let's start with Ted and Linda. Veridian finally gave Linda a pat on the back after she came up with an idea for a scented light bulb that comes in "aromas ranging from zucchini bread to fresh laundry." Good for her. Sadly, the company's decision to greenlight Linda's smelly bulbs meant Ted's idea for a super long lasting bulb was shelved. I was hoping to see Ted squirm a little more to win back the company's favor, but the focus fell more on Linda and her newfound confidence.

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Scrubs, Dexter

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

07.00 Scrubs
07.30 Dexter

Scrubs. Season 8, Episode 13. "My Full Moon" Elliot, Turk and the interns.

Superb. One of the best-ever episodes. Hardly any of the main cast appear, it's all handed over to new characters and... Elliot and Turk.

Their conversation is a series highpoint for me. Particularly the ending, where Elliot gives her thoughts on continuing to be a doctor. Superb.

Dexter. Season 4, Episode 4. "Dex Takes a Holiday" Lady cop is a killer.

A superb case-of-the-week for Dexter, with the awesome Christina Cox as his target. As is ever the case, Dexter and his prey have a deathbed conversation and Dexter learns a bit about his own life from what he hears.

The ending is a real shocker.

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