According to its blog post, TWC is providing 3 new features in this version: "basic" search (for shows by title), closed captioning and parental controls to block live viewing of certain channels on the app itself.
Search box in upper right corner of the guide
Closed captioning in the settings menu
and in action
and parental controls
In other words, nothing too dramatic. Closed captioning is interesting because in addition to the benefits to the hearing-impaired iPad users, it was one of the things cited by Viacom in its since-dropped legal action against Time Warner Cable as a difference between a TV set and the iPad app.
For my account, there are no new channels available unlike the last iPad app update which added 15. There are still 87 channels the only change I noticed was that the app now has the HD feed of Cooking Channel SD feed. Of the 87 channels, 21 are now SD and 2 of those are 21 are services carried in HD on the system (Bloomberg and Sundance).
- A&E HD
- ABC Family HD
- Africa Channel HD
- AMC HD
- Animal Planet HD
- Bio HD
- Bloomberg (still SD)
- Boomerang (SD)
- Bravo HD
- Cartoon Network HD
- Chiller (SD)
- CNBC HD+
- CNBC World (SD)
- CNN HD
- CNN International (SD)
- Cooking Channel HD
- C-SPAN HD
- C-SPAN2 HD
- C-SPAN3 HD
- Current TV (SD)
- Discovery Channel HD
- Discovery Fit & Health (SD)
- Disney Channel HD
- Disney XD HD
- DIY HD
- E! HD
- ESPN Classic (SD) - this service is not on the WatchESPN app
- ESPNews HD
- EWTN SD
- Food Network HD
- Fox Business HD
- Fox News HD
- FX HD
- G4 HD
- Galavision HD
- Gol TV HD
- Golf HD
- Gospel Music HD
- Great American Country (SD)
- GSN (looks like HD)
- Hallmark Channel HD
- HGTV HD
- History HD
- History International HD
- HLN HD
- Home Shopping Network HD
- Hub HD
- IFC HD
- Investigation Discovery HD
- Jewelry Television by ACN (SD) -- the weird branding continues
- Jewish Life TV (SD)
- Lifetime HD
- Lifetime Movie Network HD
- Lifetime Real Women (SD)
- Mav TV HD
- Military Channel (SD)
- MSNBC HD
- Mun2 (SD)
- National Geographic HD
- National Geographic Wild HD
- NY1 News HD
- NY1 Noticias for Time Warner (SD) -- odd "for TW" branding continues
- Oprah Winfrey Network HD
- Ovation (SD) looks like HD
- Oxygen HD
- Planet Green HD
- QVC HD
- Reelz Channel HD
- Science HD
- Shop NBC (SD)
- Sleuth (SD)
- Smithsonian HD
- SoapNet (SD)
- Style HD
- Sundance (still, oddly SD)
- SyFy HD
- Tennis Channel HD
- TLC HD
- Travel Channel HD
- TruTV HD
- Turner Classic Movies HD
- TV Guide HD
- TV One HD
- Universal HD
- USA HD
- WE tv HD
- Word Network (SD)
This is version 2.5.4474 of the app.
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