Content from shows on popular networks including HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel are now available with apps launching in the App Store for the new Apple TV.
The apps offer much the experience offer in their iPhone and iPad counterparts, and require users to sign-in using a cable TV account. Like the iOS apps for HGTV, Travel Channel, and Food Network, users can sign in with accounts from AT&T U-verse. Bright House Networks, Cox, Comcast XFINITY, DIRECTV, DISH, Google Fiber, Optimum, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS, and a long list of others.
In each of the apps, users will find the usual selection of on-demand episodes and clips from popular shows on each of the networks, as well as access to a Live TV stream of what’s airing on the channels.
You can download the HGTV, Travel Channel and Food Network apps on the new Apple TV now.
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I wasn’t able to activate the Food Network app with Comcast, it wasn’t one of the options on http://watch.foodnetwork.com/activate
Same issue here, which is odd since Comcast is an option for the same apps on iPad.
I am not able to login with XFINITY Comcast to get Food Network. :( Sad day for a fellow foodie.
Am I correct that these are the first channels to not appear on earlier AppleTV boxes? Not appearing on my Gen 3 Apple TV’s.
Nope. BBC iPlayer app was not pushed to the Apple TV 3 when set to the UK locale, despite it being in UK App Store for Apple TV 4.
Downloaded HGTV last week.
Comcast isn’t an option on any of them.
Comcast isn’t an option. WTF.
This will help: http://verysimple.com/content/xfinity/
You still may have to do some URL manipulation for some of the channels…
Charter/Spectrum isn’t listed either. Anyone know when Charter and Comcast are suppose to be added?
So, you have to have cable or satellite service to be able to watch The Travel Channel on Apple TV? If so, what’s the point of having Apple TV?