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Apple TV update brings new iMovie Theater channel

When Apple updated its iLife suite on iOS and OS X today during its iPad event, it announced a new feature for iMovie called “iMovie Theater” designed to allow users to share content to iCloud and then watch the clips, movies or trailers easily on any Apple device. Apple mentioned that would also include the Apple TV and has now added a new “iMovie Theater” channel in a quiet update to Apple TV.

The new iMovie Theater channel is accessible after installing a software update on Apple TVs and you can access your shared content by signing into the same Apple ID used for your iCloud account on your other Apple devices with iMovie.

The iMovie apps are available for free to users who purchase new devices and to everyone else for $4.99 and $14.99 on the App Stores.

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Comments

  1. Terry Dunham - 10 years ago

    is the AppleTV update showing up yet for anyone?

    • Terry Dunham - 10 years ago

      update: three hours later, “software update” on appleTV still has not reported an update available, BUT iMovie Theatre is now among the options on the appleTV screen, so I’ve been updated without any overt action. I guess that’s what they mean by a “silent” upgrade?

  2. iMovie Theater is the Apple equivalent of Google’s YouTube.

    • Andy Brooks - 10 years ago

      No it’s totally different. The videos you upload are not pubic. They are private only to that iCloud user. Its just a super simple way for people to watch their iMovie projects on a nice big TV without going through YouTube.. Its way more straight forward and simple than YouTube and completely private.

    • Robert Nixon - 10 years ago

      Not even close.

    • tallestskil - 10 years ago

      Says the man who does not know what Apple, YouTube, iMovie, and the Apple TV are.

  3. riterrick - 10 years ago

    Didn’t see the update yet. Apple TV is slowly but surely coming into its own.

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