Although Apple has updated its Apple TV  box a few times in 2013 making it much more useful by enabling a bunch of additional channels, most of the premium content sources are limited to users in the United States due to licensing restrictions. A good example is Netflix, which just rolled out crisp Super HD video streaming that’s however of little use to customers overseas as Netflix is a U.S.-only play.
It’s not just paid streaming service, some of the most popular free channels also come region-restricted. Vevo, for example, got added to the $99 streamer late-August, but it did not not work in all regions. In a sign that Eddy Cue and his team were able to negotiate a better deal, Apple TV users in Germany are now reporting sightings of both Vevo and NHL channels on their device…
As first reported by the German blog Macerkopf.de [1] , Apple TV owners in Germany can now stream 24/7 music videos from Vevo and enjoy sports content by the hockey channel NHL GameCenter. The latter has been available in many Apple TV markets for two years now.
Last October, the iPhone maker flipped the switch on local TV shows in the Cloud for Apple TV users in Germany and Switzerland.
And earlier this year, German users were treated to exclusive content from Watchever, a local Netflix-like streaming service that offers unlimited access to local, European and international movies and TV shows for €8.99 a month, or about $12 USD.
Back in the United States, in a major push earlier this year Apple TV users gained such streaming channels as Major League Soccer and Disney Junior , ESPN’s News and Deportes , as well as The Weather Channel, Disney, Smithsonian and much more.
We also heard Disney is considering a Star Wars streaming channel for the set-top box. And if well-informed TechCrunch columnist MG Siegler is right, there will be a new Apple TV hardware later this month .
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