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Apple Said To Be Working On a Pay TV Service

Posted by timothy on from the box-for-every-day-of-the-week dept.

walterbyrd writes Apple is in talks with TV programmers to put together its own over-the-top pay TV service, Recode says. According to the site's industry sources, Apple's proposed service would be comprised of bundles of programming, secured through deals with content providers and sold direct to consumers, rather than a full TV lineup. Apple has reportedly already shown demonstrations of the proposed service to people in charge of TV programming, but Recode says the talks 'seem to be in early stages,' with the pricing and release date still yet to be set.

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  1. Late to the party... by jedidiah · · Score: 3, Informative

    Someone else is already offering this sort of service (Sling TV).

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  2. Re:problem by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Informative

    I use my Apple TV for Netflix 95% of the time and other various non-Apple sources the last 4.95% of the time. The last 0.05% is using my Apple TV to watch movie trailers, that's the only Apple service I use.

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  3. "Over the top" by imidan · · Score: 5, Informative

    In case you don't know what "over the top" means in this context, this is from Wikipedia:

    In broadcasting, over-the-top content (OTT) refers to delivery of audio, video, and other media over the Internet without the involvement of a multiple-system operator in the control or distribution of the content. (A multiple-system operator or multi-system operator (MSO) is an operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems.)

    So, apparently, it just means streaming media over the Internet.

  4. Re:Hey Apple, here's some free consulting by DocSavage64109 · · Score: 3, Informative

    What annoys me are all the youtube adds that overlay the video until you manage to click the little "x" on each of them.