I see Apple TV added CNN Go today and I read an article that says "CNNgo is available through Comcast..." but when I open app on Apple TV and go to the activation site to enter code and it asks for your provider, no Comcast or Xfinity in list. Am I just blind or is it not available with Comcast/Xfinity through Apple TV for some reason? I can watch CNN Go on my web browser just fine.
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It looks like CNN can be added to list of channels Comcast blocked on the Apple TV.
It looks like CNN can be added to list of channels Comcast blocked on the Apple TV.
Strange to block on Apple TV, but then I can open up a web browser and sign in with Comcast and watch just fine. What do they have to lose by letting their subscribers watch on Apple tv?
Comcast also blocked Lifetime, History, A&E, and maybe something else that I'm forgetting. They also block channels on the PS4 and Roku. They have their own set top box, so the Apple TV and other similar products are competition. It's purely politics, and capitalism at it's lowest.
Strange that I can install the CNNGo on my iPhone or iPad and get authenticated through Comcast xfinity, but the AppleTV doesn't show comcast as a provider when you activate it. Seems like lack of coordination between groups at Apple to me.
EXactly what I don't get...works on all these other Apple devices, but they don't allow on Apple TV. I feel like besides lifetime, history and a&e I have to hide so many apps BECAUSE a of Comcast. I want to use history and A&E on my Apple TV but of course, Comcast has some excuse to not allowe it...as big as they are, no excuses When all these other providers allow it.
With all the all the views of my questio, it looks like I'm not the only one ticked off and wondering why. Unreal...come on crapcast.
dustman9000 wrote:
Strange that I can install the CNNGo on my iPhone or iPad and get authenticated through Comcast xfinity, but the AppleTV doesn't show comcast as a provider when you activate it. Seems like lack of coordination between groups at Apple to me.
Blatantly wrong. Apple has nothing to do with this. Other providers like DISH and Direct TV are listed on the supported providers. Comcast and Charter (my cable provider) have chosen to not allow their content on the AppleTV. THEY decided this, NOT Apple. Your beef is with your content provider. Ask them why they won’t allow the Apple TV to activate on their systems.
This wouldn't be the same Comcast that wants to buy Time Warner and reckons that the combination will provide a better service, is it ?
Simple for me:
If Comcast does not change this policy of blocking CNN on Apple TV by the end of April, I"m planning to leave them for Verizon FIOS after over 30 years.
Enough Is Enough Comcast!
Don't blame uncoordination at Apple - blame Comcast.
NO. The beef is NOT with the content provide (CNNgo), it's with Comcast?
This is clearly a comcast problem.
I pay for comcast and can't get this on Apple TV.
TIme for me to switch to Fios!
I Just got off the phone with a very helpful Comcast employee. After doing some research, and having me try various attempts to AirPlay Comcast content to a TV to which my AppleTV is connected, he concluded that at least it's a problem between Apple and Comcast. Apple won't put certain Comcast Apps on the Apple TV (e,g., the TV App, the TV GO App...) and so Comcast won't let Apple TV users AirPlay material from anApple device to a TV that could be viewed directly on the TV using the Comcast Apps not found on AppleTV.
The Comcast guy was making a report and would escalate it, and he encouraged me to file a complaint with Apple for not putting the Comcast Apps on AppleTV. So I will do that. I encourage everyone who reads this post to do the same -- call Apple out on their refusal to load Comcast's Apps onto Apple TV.
I Do not challenge that there is some sort of spat between Apple and Comcast. But ask yourself why Comcast and not other major content providers? And then ask why you are not surprised Concast could not get padt DoJ.
Curiously, there are a number of threads here regarding the appearance and then disappearance of the NBC Sports Live Extra app on ATV. Who is NBC owned by? Hint: starts with a C.
I just wonder if this is another piece of the "spat"...
Comcast should not take out their anger with AppLe on their paying subscribers by blocking Apple TV!
Comcast, if you're listening, think I'm going to switch to Fios after more than 25 years!
Goodbye!
Does CNNGo for Apple TV not work with Comcast/Xfinity?
