Apple Announcement Broadcast Live

ignipotentis writes "Apparently Apple's 'music to your ears' announcement will be broadcast live. I'm a bit confused by this, however I hope someone will pick this up and netcast it perhaps?" Apple usually broadcasts these things on satellites, so they can be picked up in the Apple stores etc.; the question is, will Apple broadcast it in QuickTime, will TechTV pick it up?

Re:For an iPod

[chasingporsches]

aye, but anything apple announces takes atleast a year for its PC counterpart to make the same darn thing, and then advertise like they created it (i.e. intel with centrino wireless networking - apple has already moved on past 802.11b). so its nice to see what's here now for us mac users, and down the road for the pc users. it's a big PR deal to have these events, and they usually have a lot of awe behind them.

Re:For an iPod

[JJahn]

Yeah, sure...Intel never claimed to have created wireless networking. PCs have had that long before Centrino. Centrino is just an integrated thing optimized for battery life and such.

By the way, usually its the other way around, especially for some reason with video cards. Takes forever for the PC versions to hit the mac.

Like the GeForce 4?

[Xenex]

You mean like the GeForce 4, that was for sale in Power Macs before nVidia had even announced them [cnn.com]?

Re:Like the GeForce 4?

[PeePeeSee]

Dont forget the Rage 128 as well.......However I have a feeling that these companies do this simply to make the mac people feel special and it will only sell or look better.

Re:Like the GeForce 4?

[Anonymous Coward]

and I'm sure they feel very special.

But your logic sucks. Why would companies trying to earn money (hopefully) care how special 3% of the market feels?

The poster's point is that the industry's ideas come from Apple, and he's right on. The PDA? Came from Apple (though they obviously missed out by dumping the Newton project). Wireless networking? Wasn't popular until Airport. Dell even claimed to have built wireless networking into their laptops the very first. OK..... The sad thing is that misinfor

iStation pictures at SpyMac

[williwilli]

http://www.spymac.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo= 27110

Re:Like the GeForce 4?

[Ashran]

> The internet? It came from NeXT which is now Apple.
Whoa wait a moment! You mean if Gore bought NeXT he would really have invented the internet?

Re:Like the GeForce 4?

[PeePeeSee]

My logic sucks huh?? Why would companies trying to earn money care how special 3% of the market feels? Well how about for starters - 3 percent of this market is quite a bit more than it appears you have taken the time to think about because it isnt small by any means - Also - If your company is making video cards for computers like say Apple computer and say Windows compatibles - If you had the chance to simply make a large portion of people who traditionally have strong feelings about vendors and what no

Re: NeXT, Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's the tie-in.
From: http://www.w3.org/History.html
1990

September
Mike Sendall, Tim's boss, Oks the purchase of a NeXT cube, and allows Tim to go ahead and write a global hypertext system.

October
Tim starts work on a hypertext GUI browser+editor using the NeXTStep development environment. He makes up "WorldWideWeb" as a name for the program. (See the first browser screenshot) "World Wide Web" as a name for the project (over Information Mesh, Mine of Information, and Information Mine).
Project original prop

Re:Like the GeForce 4?

[PeePeeSee]

Actually, it does - We were talking about video cards and them coming out first and I said it makes mac people feel special when they do that and he said thats not why - the reason they do it is because apple is this fountain of innovation - now STFU. Good day sir.

Re:Like the GeForce 4?

[kalidasa]

The Internet did not come from NeXT, it was invented on a DARPA grant in the 60s or early 70s by a bunch of scientists from MCI etc. You're thinking of the fact that CERN's own Tim Berners-Lee wrote www, the original web brower and web server, the html language, and the http all on a NeXT box - but he did it specifically to be accessible from all the other hardware (it just looked much cooler on the NeXT box, at least until Mosaic came along).

Letdown? All kneal to the AHM

[djupedal]

The enemy will run like fraid'ie kittens from the brutal force of the AHM and High Ruler Job's most powerful reality distortion field machine, Allah be bathed. They will withdraw into their Walmart brand dickies and die upon the Capuccino gates of Cupertino, God willing.

Re:Letdown? All kneal to the AHM

[Dylan Zimmerman]

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QuickTime Streaming

[Quixotic Raindrop]

Apple usually shows their MacWorld keynotes, and sometimes other events, via QuickTime Streaming Server from their own website. Check Apple's Quicktime Site [apple.com] for updates, I would think. That or hotnews [apple.com].

Re:QuickTime Streaming

[MasonMcD]

Here you go. [apple.com]

The Clue

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm a bit confused by this

Yeah, see, people who don't spend all day trying to fiddle with config files on Linux have things like "leisure time". In that time you can choose to do things besides attempt to build libfrobber-0.0.1alpha from source. One of those things is called "watching television", where someone sends pictures to a display box in your home. It's a lot like downloading pirated dvd's off the internet, but without having to recompile mplayer source to see it.

Anyway, this technique is usually referred to as "Broadcasting".

I hope this helps.

Re:OMG!

[Gogo Dodo]

You're not running the zealot branch of libfrobber? It's had NPTL and skins since day one! I guess you're not 31337, d00d.

(I swore I would never write like that, but I couldn't resist.)

Re:OMG!

[Znonymous Coward]

This is the best thread ever!

Re:The Clue

[Anonymous Coward]

I saw one of those 'T.V.s', but I couldn't find the keyboard or mouse and it seemed like it was locked up (monitor did not respond to my IR Palm connection, even though I could see it had an IR sensor). The clerk could not tell me what distro it was running, so I payed for my Ho Ho's and left the store.
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I think ...

[Znonymous Coward]

it's an announcement so big that no website could handle the traffic it will generate.

Re:I think ...

[ENOENT]

Yeah, it's really big, like a tiger-stripe-patterned iPod. Woo hoo. Either that, or Apple just bought THE INTERNET.

Re:I think ...

[JDWTopGuy]

They wouldn't have to BUY it if Al Gore invented it and he's on the board...

Pudged cleared up confusion

[ignipotentis]

Pudged Cleared up my confusion. My main issue was the release of coordinates to the sattalite braodcast. I was un-aware of the Apple stores picking up this broadcast individually. Sorry for not being clear.

Primarily for media and Apple Retail stores

[daveschroeder]

This event is primarily targeted at the media, Apple Retail stores, and Apple corporate offices around the country. It's not like Apple thinks people are just going to pull out their 12 foot C-band dish and start watching this; it wasn't intended to be a "public" or webcast event (in fact, the original release was likely intended to be a Media Alert release and not a full blown public press release, as it was pulled from Apple's press release page [apple.com]).

That said, the University of Wisconsin - Madison will be hosting the event live at the Pyle Center [uwex.edu]. It will be open to the public. For details, see:

04.28.2003 Apple Media Event Coverage [wisc.edu]

TechTv airing it?

[fdiaz5583]

Please, TechTV hasn't aired anything live since the days of the original iMac. When was that? Back in '97? They weren't even TechTV back then, remember the days of ZDTV? Ziff-Davis kept them to their roots, C|Net made them more popular but at a cost. I still remember actually getting replies on the air from Leo Laporte, try getting your e-mail read on the air now. LOL

Re:TechTv airing it?

[Anonymous Coward]

TechTV has aired the last few Apple keynote addresses live, albeit with commentary.

Re:TechTv airing it?

[leifm]

Exactly. I was pumped last year to watch their live E3 coverage, but no...instead of keynotes like in '01, the Screensavers... TechTV is useless.

Re:TechTv airing it?

[mbbac]

Various Cnet people have read a few of my e-mails to them on air. Too bad they don't broadcast (netcast?) anymore.

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Re:Dear apple.slashdot.org Troll

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So, would that be a metatroll?

Satelite frequencies to watch

[snowtigger]

Here are the satelite channels to watch the broadcast. Unfortunately, they are not available in Europe.

Ku-band
Telstar 5/Transponder: 25 K
Orbital Slot: 97 degrees west
Uplink Frequency: 14444.0 MHz
Downlink Frequency: 12144.0 MHz
Polarity: Vertical down
Audio subcarriers: 6.2 and 6.8

C-band
Galaxy 3C/Transponder 1 C
Orbital Slot: 95 degrees west
Uplink Frequency: 5945 MHz
Downlink Polarity: Horizontal down
Downlink Frequency: 3720 MHz
Audio subcarriers: 6.2 and 6.8

Re:Satelite frequencies to watch

[mrpuffypants]

this better really be Steve Jobs and not porno ...on second thought the porno would be ok too

Re:Satelite frequencies to watch

[jaysones]

Seriously! I'm not interested in the nightly broadcast from WGSE-CX. That would put the "broad" back in broadcast!

Anyone could pick it up...

[phycoman]

As people have said, the Apple Stores will be able to pick this up, but also a tv channel (such as TechTV) could if they so desire. If you want information about the exact details of the webcast, they can be found at here [yahoo.com], this way only major news stations can pick the signal up, not your average consumer. There is a possibility that Apple would do a webcast, and I would be supprised if they didn't, but usually they would have posted a link on their Quicktime site a lot earlier.

OK, I've figured out what the announcement is!

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple's music service will consist of an entire library of Al Gore singing the biggest hits. Remember how popular William Shatner's rendition of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was?

I'm just picturing Gore singing Linkin Park...

Re:OK, I've figured out what the announcement is!

[Anonymous Coward]

i'm actually drawing a blank at imagining Gore singing. can you describe what that might be like?

Re:OK, I've figured out what the announcement is!

[Drakonian]

Do you know what Fred Durst looks like when he's singing? It's pretty much like that. Actually maybe it's more Zach de la Rocha ish.

Re:OK, I've figured out what the announcement is!

[kalidasa]

I'm just picturing Gore singing Linkin Park...

Good god, no, now I can't get that out of my head, and it's

[head melts like Martians' in Mars Attacks]

Re:OK, I've figured out what the announcement is!

[numberthree]

"Apple's music service will consist of an entire library of Al Gore singing the biggest hits."

Yeah. They can call it Al Gore Rhythms.

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Re:This one's obvious

[Anonymous Coward]

I think it's fairly obvious when you look at Apple's recent product upgrades what's about to be announced.

Yes, let's look at the product history:

1) metal cases

2) 2.54ghz Airport transmitter

3) flat panel screens

4) iPod touch control dial

5) .Mac accounts

If any intelligent person looked at that, it would just jump out at him (or, uh, her), as it did to me when I first saw it. Apple's next product announcement will be:

The iCook internet-enabled microwave oven!

You read it here first, folks.

alternative news item perhaps?

[sevenofnine]

Has anyone considered that the news might be about osx.3? feature freeze is about a week away, and still no press release or any official news about this... Though music to you ears does sound like somthing different, its still a posibility...

Music to your ears?

[douglasq]

Unless Henry Mancini is playing while Jobs announces OS X 10.3, code-named "Pink Panther," I think the announcement will be about the music service. They already showed their hand with their press teaser.

Re:alternative news item perhaps?

[Chucker23N]

"feature freeze [for 10.3]is about a week away"

Your source being?

Well, I guess this won't be the revolution...

[punkass]

...seeing how this is being televised and all...

Quit it with the rumors, already!

[nycroft]

Macs rule, as we all know. Rumors blow. So enough already with the speculation! Wait for the broadcast, and get it from the big man himself.

the question is, will Apple broadcast it in QuickTime, will TechTV pick it up?

Of course TechTV will pick it up. The Screensavers [techtv.com] know everything! I hope Leo Laporte didn't hear you say that! And I'm sure someone will get it out there in Quicktime. Unless, of course, if whacking QT is what this broadcast is all about. But I don't want to start any rumors.

why the @#$#!?

[SHEENmaster]

does TechTV use the micros~1 windows media player format? Hell, even the video clip for building a hard disk switcher for easy dual-booting [techtv.com] uses WMP!!

Live Stream

[Andre Breton]

www.macrumors.com seems to have a link to the webcast. I won't post it directly, if you want to watch you'll have to click a little ;)

w00t! Webcast!

[zaren]

http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/apr/moscone/apr 28_28_56_100_250_ref.mov [apple.com]!

Re:w00t! Webcast!

[Phrogz]

Although good luck trying to get into it.

Re:w00t! Webcast!

[pkretek]

There is one for the Media player as well. Seems to be less busy. msnbc [msnbc.com]

Click on Apple/Online Piracy ;)

AP and Reuters have stories

[KH]

So, this [yahoo.com] was the announcement. Note the mention of new iPod.

working webcast and details

[funwithstuff]

OK. So Apple doesn't offer a webcast, or the one that's out there is broken. I feel kinda dirty watching this, but if you're quick, you can catch it at:

http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp [msnbc.com]

I know, I know, it's wrong. But the details sound cool, anyway. Here's the quick summary:

Buy tracks for 99c/track or $9.99/album.

Unlimited backups, iPod transfers, and 10 burns per unique playlist.

Each song to up to three macs (yep, DRM)

Everything is AAC @ 128k - claimed to be better than MP3 @ same bitrate.

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