Why is Apple TV not available on Sky Glass

[Mattiello]

I see that Sky Glass supports Apple TV+, but not Apple TV; so any movies I have on Apple TV are not available for me to watch on Sky Glass. This seems a major oversight as even the most basic Smart TV allows me full access to Apple TV. Is there something I am missing or a workaround someone can suggest?

[Jporch316]

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@Mattiello wrote:

I see that Sky Glass supports Apple TV+, but not Apple TV; so any movies I have on Apple TV are not available for me to watch on Sky Glass. This seems a major oversight as even the most basic Smart TV allows me full access to Apple TV. Is there something I am missing or a workaround someone can suggest?

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I suspect that would decrease the use of sky store (which is a competitor to other movie purchasing services)

alsonit maybe due to Apple and not a sky decision. You could plug a third party device into the glass tv that has access to the full Apple TV services. 

[Mattiello]

Possibly, but I refuse to use Sky Cinema as it is ridiculously expensive for what you get. Getting a third party device will make Sky Glass nothing more than a dumb TV, which I guess is what it is. 🙂

[Ellie_TV]

@Mattiello 

It's not just Sky Glass which only offers the Apple TV+ app. Other brands of TV only have the Apple TV+ app and not the Apple TV app. 
If such app availability is important to you then it's imperative to do your own independent research when purchasing an expensive TV. 

[TimmyBGood]

@Mattiello 

This appears to be a decision by Apple to retain the Apple TV service on their own hardware while offering Apple TV+ (ironically despite the name a more limited service) to many of their partners.  Even Comcast, let alone their Sky division, doesn't hold much sway with an entity on the scale of Apple.

A cynical person might suggest this is related to the legendarily generous profit margin which Apple enjoys on its own manufacturing.

[Ellie_TV]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

@Mattiello 

This appears to be a decision by Apple to retain the Apple TV service on their own hardware while offering Apple TV+ (ironically despite the name a more limited service) to many of their partners.  Even Comcast, let alone their Sky division, doesn't hold much sway with an entity on the scale of Apple.

A cynical person might suggest this is related to the legendarily generous profit margin which Apple enjoys on its own manufacturing.

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The fully featured Apple TV app (as opposed to the Apple TV+ app) is available on plenty of non-Apple hardware. 

https://www.apple.com/eg/apple-tv-app/devices/ 

The only real benefits of having it on Apple's own hardware include higher bit-rates on Apple TV+ content, iTunes extras (bonus content) on purchased movies and a faster UI. 

[Exiled-in-HH]

The Apple TV+ app is intended to only give access to Apple's subscription TV service Apple TV+ which is a discrete service🤔

It is only relatively recent Smart TVs that have access to the Apple TV app whose addition services may include MLS, Library, Store, and other subscription services such as AcornTV, CARNEGIE HALL+, and BFIPLAYER😉

[Ellie_TV]

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@Exiled-in-HH wrote:

The Apple TV+ app is intended to only give access to Apple's subscription TV service Apple TV+ which is a discrete service🤔

It is only relatively recent Smart TVs that have access to the Apple TV app whose addition services may include MLS, Library, Store, and other subscription services such as AcornTV, CARNEGIE HALL+, and BFIPLAYER😉

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The Apple TV app runs very well on my not particularly recent 2018 Samsung smart TV. It uses the current Apple UI with access to MLS, Library & the Apple Store so movies & series can be purchased and/or rented directly from it. 
It is a more fully featured competitor to Sky Store so I can see why Sky wouldn't want it on Glass/Stream. 

[Exiled-in-HH]

2018 was about when some TVs first got the app😊