Opinion: Why TV fears the Apple iBroadcast 'revolution'

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Seems to me this could end up been another Pippin if they aren't careful.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Bandai_Pippin

It was an early attempt by Apple to break into the whole multimedia thing. But it could play games, connect to the net, run multimedia CD's.

It failed lol.

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I doubt it. The amount of times Apple have dropped the ball but then recovered is rediculous.

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I love my tv. 50 inch of pure joy. But I do think the smart tv is the way forward.

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I would imagine content will be based on what apple deem suitable and also depending on what kind of fee structure they would use. End of the day it would be Apples service and as such they will have final say about what does or doesn't go on.

I am sure that the whatever hardware comes out will eventually get jail broken anyway. Much like the current apple tv has.

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Yup and we in the UK have to pay for some of through a tv license.