Some of the issues on tv.apple.com seem like they may be related to DRM (sometimes playback simply doesn't work, even though the m3u8 playlist and segments load

Some of the issues on tv.apple.com seem like they may be related to DRM (sometimes playback simply doesn't work, even though the m3u8 playlist and segments load nicely), but most of the problems are just really (severe) UI glitches. They're probably not doing any more DRM than e.g. Netflix. Anyway, it's pointless - the launch shows are already available on The Pirate Bay. I'm sure the video/audio/subtitle quality is excellent.