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ITV Executives Planning to Sue Apple Over Some Rumors

A few days ago Engadget posted a scoop about Apple’s plans for the upcoming new Apple TV: iOS integration, no 1080p support, new brand. According to Engadget, the new name should be “iTV” - which sounds pretty likely if you ask me, considering that Apple has recently put a lot of products under the “i-” prefix.

Now, there’s a very little problem. There’s a major UK broadcaster called “ITV” and its executives are getting furious over these Apple speculations and are planning to sue Steve Jobs and all his crew.

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Time Warner Cable Prototype iPad App [Video]

Time Warner Cable is working on an official application for the iPad, not publicly available yet, and they’re showing it off in a series of videos where TWC CEO Glenn Britt, CTO Mike LaJoie, VP of Web Services Jason Gaedtke and Director of Digital Communications Jeff Simmermon discuss the future of their online services and the possibilities that new devices like the iPad create for content publishers.

Even in its early development stages, the app looks good. It embeds a TV guide, and allows you to schedule recording with a few taps. Another section of the application lets you stream content to the iPad, but it’s still unknown whether the first version of the application will allow you to sync the status of your watched shows across multiple devices.

Check out the video below, and find other vides of the discussions here, here, and here. [via Engadget]

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Wired to Bring Exclusive Short Films to the iPad

I’ve been thinking about what types of media people would rather consume lately. Though I’m not quite ready to propose my position, Wired clearly sees the potential for video on the iPad. I too think the iPad is a fascinating device to watch video on (as the device seemingly melts away during those Keanu Reeves action sequences), and I’m glad to hear Wired will be bringing us a few engrossing short films in a future issue or two.

With its August issue, it’s going one step further, producing original short films that are available exclusively on the iPad.

For the films—there are four—Wired got comic Will Ferrell to spoof once-anticipated inventions for the 21st century, like ray guns and jet packs. The films are tied to the August cover subject, “The Future That Never Happened.”

Mediaweek says that Condé Nast’s Scott Dadich is behind the genius of these featured films, and that a sample will be available on Wired’s website so iPad naysayer’s can see what the hype is about. Though you may want to buy an iPad with bigger storage space anyway if these interactive magazines start becoming storage hogs.

[via Mediaweek]