Apple’s revolutionary iPad’s killer app: Live TV – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home: “So Cablevision, Time Warner and Comcast have jumped on the magic tablet ride, producing apps to deliver their programming, control their DVRs and conduct sundry other tasks,” Quain reports. “The apps are all free, too — the catch is that viewers still have to pay a traditional cable TV subscription to gain access to the wireless streaming feeds. Why are cable companies doing this? By accommodating a second screen, they hope to stay relevant — and retain their customers.”