Invisible-bob wrote:
What about CNN? Is that available? Or maybe I should ask is any of the major cable tv news show available?
AppleTV is probably not the product for you.
It is described here:
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
It is currently not designed to show live or catchup broadcast TV, it does not have a tuner or web browser.
It is a device for playing content from iTunes Store on your TV - either stuff you purchase in iTunes or rent (Movie/TV Shows) from the device itself.
You can also stream compatible media you've created yourself from itunes eg Home movies.
It has access to Netflix, Youtube and the other items described on the page above though many things are not available outside US.