In 26, Aug, Apple quietly removed the iTunes Store TV rental. Apple released the new Apple TV in September 2010, while introducing of television rental service, providing the television rental service of $ 1 per episode. But now the TV rental options just disappear, and Apple has confirmed the message that it has been removed permanently. So for those of you looking to rent your favorite TV shows from iTunes, you are too late.

A spokesman of Apple said, overwhelming data shows that consumers of iTunes are more desirable to buy TV shows, not rent. Now ITunes cloud allows users to download and watch their favorite TV show, as long as they have any device of IOS, not just Apple TV, even Macbook or Mac desktop, with them we can still enjoy these TV shows. iTunes cloud application was released in the WWDC conference in June 2011 for the first time, the, it supports resume, download music, books, and applications. And in earlier time this month, Apple has expanded its capabilities to allow users to download and resume TV shows on their computer and iOS, also, consumers can purchase the previous stream on Apple TV. Although the lease option is off, but the service to buy TV shows in iTunes still exists, $ 2 per episode, $ 3 per episode for high-definition TV. iTunes App Store provides a complete TV season. And it doesn't affect the movie rental in iTunes App Store.

Over the past year, rental prices have increased from $ 1.99 down to $ 0.99, but the users whoare interested in leasing service are still very few. Finally, Apple decided to give up the business, because its upcoming iCloud processor can transfer the movies and television programs that saved in iCloud to iPhone, iPad or other equipment that iCloud can support, then users can watch them conveniently. iCloud is in testing phase currently and will be officially launched later this year, may be at the same time with our long-waited iPhone5 and new iPod. The upcoming iTunes in the Cloud service will let you stream purchased content on all of your devices with ease. Considering the upcoming service, the rental of television shows just isn't attractive -especially when the cost of doing so isn't considerably cheaper than actually buying them, giving you all the time in the world to enjoy them on your schedule.

Knowing Apple, they haven't fully given up on television rentals. A lot of speculation suggests their next attempt will be with an iTunes in the Cloud television subscription service. Whatever they come up with, it will have to be more competitive with other streaming services out there right now. Hulu offers the streaming of many current television shows for free, while their plus service offers a large full-episode catalog for a low monthly fee. Netflix is another viable option, though their catalog is often somewhat slower to update. But I bet after Apple launching iCloud, most users will support them, after it's Apple, and if the release date is really the same with iPhone5 or iPad3, it will cause a great influence in the world.

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We can watch more free TV shows on our iPad now, don't you think? Compared to buy movies or videos on iPad, we prefer to enjoy free things, right? So as we wish, more applications are released on iPad or iPhone, and they are free.

Following NBC's footsteps, Turner Broadcasting System just released the TNT iPad app, which gives you complete access to full-length television shows and movies aired by the network. The new app provides you with a lineup of TNT Dramas that you can access wherever and whenever you want. Appreciate that, but the truth is we can't watch programs of every channel, after all, just NBC and TNT have do something, so if we want to watch all dramas or movies on iPad for free, we have to figure out another way, just like another production of Apple, Mac, if we want to watch dvd or blu-ray videos on Mac, we have to do that with the help of dvd copy mac, anyway,that's another thing. So let's just hope that more channels can sacrifice their show to iPad, and now TNT's iPad app gives you complete access to behind-the-scenes videos, program guides and also schedule reminders. It also integrates with GetGlue, Facebook and Twitter allowing you to share with friends all kinds of updates. As an authorized user, you can watch clips and full episodes of The Closer, Falling Skies, Rizzoli & Isles and more. But the key word here is "authorized user". That's right, in order to use this app you must have a subscription with a TV provider to get full access to video content. Perhaps one day, all content owners will start providing online access to their video libraries without requiring a paid TV subscription.

And Bloomberg announced Thursday that its 24-hour live global business and financial news broadcast would be made available for free to all iPad users, via the new Bloomberg TV+ app. The free-for-everyone strategy sets Bloomberg apart from competitors like CNN and ESPN, who only allow select subscribers to watch live feeds. The app allows viewers to watch in both landscape and portrait mode. An interactive, customizable scrolling ticker displays stock information and news relevant to what's currently playing. While live television plays 24-hours a day, the app also allows users to check out featured videos of the biggest business stories and important videos from the last 24 hours. Videos can be downloaded for offline viewing, and the app also provides extra content on people, companies, and topics while watching. Bloomberg TV+ features Bloomberg's full library of on-demand shows, including Bloomberg West, Charlie Rose, Tech Stars, Innovators, and more.

Like I said, it's more convenient for us to enjoy TV shows on iPad as more apps being released, also, we can copy dvd movie to our mobile devices, iPad, iPhone etc, so we can do more things with our iDevices as time goes.

Certainly you are familiar with iPad, iPod and iPhone those Apple brand products, but there is still a question about Apple TV, when I first heard that name, I pictured a big screen television with special features in my head, of course, now I know it was an honest mistake.



This week the folks at Apple have sent out an update to Apple TV users everywhere that they could have the newest build that addresses several issues found in the version released right alongside the iOS 5 release this October. Apple TV version 4.4 is now updated to version 4.4.3 which is indeed the third update since the original 4.4 release. For those of you still on a pre-4.4 release, note that everything newer adds several features like Wall Street Journal Live, National Hockey League Content, Photo Stream, AirPlay Mirroring support, and iTunes Trailers.

The early Apple TV models had a hard drive that would sync with your computers' iTunes libraries. You could also buy movies from the iTunes store and save them to the Apple TV's hard drive. However, the second generation Apple TV does not have a hard drive so it can only stream media. But if you want to watch DVD movies in Apple TV, easy, you just need a free mac dvd burner to copy movies to your iTunes, then you can hook up the Apple TV to iTunes.

So here is a question, what do we need to know about how to set up Apple TV?

1.First, you need to buy one HDMI cable. Plug the cable into your HDTV or receiver and your Apple TV. Connect the device to a power outlet, then it will boot up.

2.Then, you need to choose the language you speak.

3.The Apple TV will then scan for available WiFi networks to connect to (assuming you're using WiFi, that is. The Apple TV can also connect via Ethernet). Find yours and choose it. Then enter your password (case sensitive, of course) and hit "done."



4.Choose whether you want your Apple TV to report diagnostic information to Apple or not, and continue.

5.Make sure Home Sharing is enabled on your main home computer. Home Sharing allows you to stream content from your iTunes library to the Apple TV to be displayed on your HDTV. Sign into Home Sharing with the same iTunes account used for sharing on your main iTunes library.

6.At this point, you should be all set. The Apple TV ought to be connected to your WiFi network and the Internet, as well as the iTunes library on your computer.

And remember, even though we can't save movies in the hard drive, because the newest Apple TV doesn't have hard drive, but we still can watch many DVD movies with it, what we need to do is copy dvd on mac, hook up those DVD movies to our iTunes library, then connect Apple TV to iTunes.