NBC & TW to Apple, we're sticking with Flash

scottjl · 05-27-2010, 02:36 PM

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/busines...QOkAEn3lVNOX9O

now it is the ny post.. which is only slightly more credible than the national enquirer, but it seems not everyone is jumping off the flash train just yet. good move or bad move, only time will tell.

Tamara · 05-27-2010, 03:34 PM

I'm betting they change their minds in the next 6 months.

scottjl · 05-27-2010, 03:36 PM

nbc has flip-flopped on similar decisions before.. don't know time warner's history. could end up costing them in the future, or costing apple users. or they could just develop an app to pull down their content and skip the web interface entirely, like abc.

dmaul1114 · 05-27-2010, 03:44 PM

Good example of why I currently need/want Flash in a tablet.

I couldn't care less about Flash's survival etc. But as long as it's being used so much, I need it available in any device I'm going to do a lot of web browsing on.

Maggie Leung · 05-27-2010, 03:52 PM

Isn't CNN part of Time Warner? If I remember right, I was able to view a CNN video on iPad. I'm not a big consumer of Flash even on PC, though, so I'm not missing it. If Flash were important to me, I wouldn't have gone with an iPad.

scottjl · 05-27-2010, 03:59 PM

CNN is part of turner broadcasting..

dmaul1114 · 05-27-2010, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

Isn't CNN part of Time Warner? If I remember right, I was able to view a CNN video on iPad. I'm not a big consumer of Flash even on PC, though, so I'm not missing it. If Flash were important to me, I wouldn't have gone with an iPad.

Yeah as Scott said, CNN is part of Turner.

Their site and ESPN.com pop up a different video format on the iPad so the videos will play. Still Flash (at least ESPN is) when viewing on a PC.

Maggie Leung · 05-27-2010, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottjl

CNN is part of turner broadcasting..

I think TW owns Turner.

Added:

http://www.timewarner.com/corp/busin...ing/index.html

dmaul1114 · 05-27-2010, 04:04 PM

Interesting. Guess it's up to the individual sites then rather than TW as a whole--unless they go crazy and take away the non-flash videos on CNN.com.

DixieGal · 05-27-2010, 04:05 PM

National Geographic isn't on board with us either. I just tried tp view their magazine site and got this Keeo Out sign:

IMG_0023.PNG

Aw hell, it didn't show. Take your own self over to NG and see for yourself. I've been displeased with them ever since ending my subscription a couple of years ago. They don't have any plans for things such as large print editions or anything like that. Now they hate ipad.

Maggie Leung · 05-27-2010, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

National Geographic isn't on board with us either. I just tried tp view their magazine site and got this Keeo Out sign:

IMG_0023.PNG

Not sure whether you want to buy the Zinio version, but Nat Geo is gorgeous on it. It was kinda slow when I tried it, though.

DixieGal · 05-27-2010, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

Not sure whether you want to buy the Zinio version, but Nat Geo is gorgeous on it. It was kinda slow when I tried it, though.

Really? I'll check it out. THANKS!

FourOhFour · 05-27-2010, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

Not sure whether you want to buy the Zinio version, but Nat Geo is gorgeous on it. It was kinda slow when I tried it, though.

I don't know when you last tried it, but a recent update to the Zinio reader made page turns much faster.

Maggie Leung · 05-27-2010, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FourOhFour

I don't know when you last tried it, but a recent update to the Zinio reader made page turns much faster.

Good to hear. Thanks for the update.

Batman Jr. · 05-27-2010, 11:10 PM

While searching for something else today, I ran across this comic strip from this past March - a little dated, but it seems at least somewhat related to the original post, and I got a chuckle from it:

http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2010/03/21/

05-27-2010, 02:36 PM	#1
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	NBC & TW to Apple, we're sticking with Flash http://www.nypost.com/p/news/busines...QOkAEn3lVNOX9O now it is the ny post.. which is only slightly more credible than the national enquirer, but it seems not everyone is jumping off the flash train just yet. good move or bad move, only time will tell.

05-27-2010, 04:05 PM	#10
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	National Geographic isn't on board with us either. I just tried tp view their magazine site and got this Keeo Out sign: IMG_0023.PNG Aw hell, it didn't show. Take your own self over to NG and see for yourself. I've been displeased with them ever since ending my subscription a couple of years ago. They don't have any plans for things such as large print editions or anything like that. Now they hate ipad. Last edited by DixieGal; 05-27-2010 at 04:08 PM.

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05-27-2010, 03:34 PM	#2
Tamara Evangelist Posts: 446 Karma: 1812 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: iPhone	I'm betting they change their minds in the next 6 months.

05-27-2010, 03:36 PM	#3
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	nbc has flip-flopped on similar decisions before.. don't know time warner's history. could end up costing them in the future, or costing apple users. or they could just develop an app to pull down their content and skip the web interface entirely, like abc.

05-27-2010, 03:44 PM	#4
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	Good example of why I currently need/want Flash in a tablet. I couldn't care less about Flash's survival etc. But as long as it's being used so much, I need it available in any device I'm going to do a lot of web browsing on.

05-27-2010, 03:52 PM	#5
Maggie Leung Wizard Posts: 1,449 Karma: 58383 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Kindle, iPad	Isn't CNN part of Time Warner? If I remember right, I was able to view a CNN video on iPad. I'm not a big consumer of Flash even on PC, though, so I'm not missing it. If Flash were important to me, I wouldn't have gone with an iPad.

05-27-2010, 03:59 PM	#6
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	CNN is part of turner broadcasting..

05-27-2010, 04:04 PM	#9
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	Interesting. Guess it's up to the individual sites then rather than TW as a whole--unless they go crazy and take away the non-flash videos on CNN.com.

05-27-2010, 11:10 PM	#15
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