<story><title>Apple&apos;s iTV: Apps Are the New Channels</title><url>http://daringfireball.net/2011/10/apps_are_the_new_channels</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nostromo</author><text>I agree that this is the direction Apple will probably take, but I&apos;m not sure I like it.&lt;p&gt;When I sit down on the couch my brain thinks &quot;I want to watch The Walking Dead&quot; not &quot;I want to watch AMC&apos;s The Walking Dead.&quot;&lt;p&gt;Think of how poor the interface would be on the TiVo if, instead of show titles, you were presented first with folders of television networks to select from.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>luigi</author><text>We may start seeing shows as apps, not channels as apps. So I can get The Walking Dead app, or the Battlestar Galactica app.&lt;p&gt;Television networks are like book publishers. They&apos;re not really needed anymore when content creators can sell their stuff directly to a willing audience.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple&apos;s iTV: Apps Are the New Channels</title><url>http://daringfireball.net/2011/10/apps_are_the_new_channels</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nostromo</author><text>I agree that this is the direction Apple will probably take, but I&apos;m not sure I like it.&lt;p&gt;When I sit down on the couch my brain thinks &quot;I want to watch The Walking Dead&quot; not &quot;I want to watch AMC&apos;s The Walking Dead.&quot;&lt;p&gt;Think of how poor the interface would be on the TiVo if, instead of show titles, you were presented first with folders of television networks to select from.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jodrellblank</author><text>It would be like the Windows Start Menu where you had the likes of Start -&amp;#62; Programs -&amp;#62; Muffleklumpf Software Ltd -&amp;#62; Picture Editor.&lt;p&gt;It led to a searchable start menu.</text></comment>