• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

SEENIT

TV, Film, Broadband, Pay-TV, Games, Computing and Tech | News, Comment & Reviews

  • NEWS
  • UPCOMING BLU-RAYS
  • ADVERTISE
  • Twitter

Software update (sort of) brings iPlayer to Apple TV

October 14, 2011 - Staff@seenituk

Apple TV users can now mirror their iPad's display on their television.
As I’ve previously written, the Apple TV has been something of a missed opportunity here in the UK where it could have been positioned as the perfect addition to Freesat and Freeview homes.

The combination of movie rentals and catch-up TV services would have been a great selling point but Apple, possibly because it never localises products, has failed to rise to the occasion.

For their part, the UK’s broadcasters also failed to grasp the potential of Apple’s Airplay wireless push technology which allows users to push music and video content to the big TV via the Apple TV.

Thankfully the latest version of iOS – the operating system which powers Apple’s non-computer devices – provides a workaround.

A new mirroring feature allows iPad users to push the device’s display to the TV – whatever is on the iPad’s screen can be on your TV as well.

That can be Twitter, a website, a game or the iPlayer, 4oD or ITV player catch-up apps.

Unfortunately the iPad isn’t widescreen so the content you’re pushing won’t fill a large widescreen TV but it will at least allow you to view something you’ve missed on decent sized screen.

Given that broadcasters apparently can’t disable the Mirroring feature – it’s a system-wide setting, not app specific – it seems pointless for them to continue to refuse to implement proper Airplay support within the apps.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

RECENT ARTICLES

Top Gun becomes oldest film to top the UK’s Official Film Chart

BBC Sounds now available on PlayStation 5

Green Lantern: Beware My Power is coming to Blu-ray in July

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum gets final console and PC release date

UPCOMING BLU-RAY RELEASES

Luis Buñuel’s The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie is coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray

Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables is coming to 4K UHD Blu-ray

Downton Abbey: A New Era now available to pre-order on Blu-ray and DVD

The Shaolin Plot to be released as part of the Eureka Classics range

POPULAR

Paramount+ gets confirmed UK launch date and pricing

Streaming sticks and Smart TVs will be forced to prominently display UK catch-up apps under new rules

Virgin Media unveils its new streaming TV service

Sky to offer its streaming puck as a standalone device

ADVERTISE ON SEENIT

We’re pleased to offer a number of advertising opportunities to high quality brands including sponsored content, competitions and advertising placements.

Please contact us for details.

 

TOPICS

Audio Blu-rays and DVD Cinema Gaming Guides Streaming Telecoms Telecoms Television

Copyright © 2022 · All Rights Reserved · Contact Us · Copyright · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy · StreamedTV.uk