The future of television is apps – or something like them, and software developers are exploring possibilities with Apple TV.

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If you live in India why shouldn’t you be able to watch US television? If you live in the US, why can’t you watch TV from Delhi? There isn’t really a good reason, and that’s why you should expect more services like YuppTV.

South Asia’s largest OTT TV provider, YuppTV’s recently released Apple TV app offers live and catch-up television, thousands of on-demand Bollywood movies and local sports. That’s a significant contrast to the way things worked until relatively recently, when such access required expensive satellite connections. This inevitable future is already being explored by UK TV content producers working with Acorn TV, which recently offered up its own Apple TV app.

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