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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. Hey Apple, here's some free consulting by n0w0rries · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If I pay for TV I expect NO COMMERCIALS. PERIOD!

    Hulu thinks if they show me the same commercial every 5 minutes that somehow I won't despise them and their advertiser.

    1. Re:Hey Apple, here's some free consulting by MouseR · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Works well for Netflix/ 8$ a month and no commercials.

      My cable TV bill used to be 160$ to get HD/PVR/Channel On Demands (which the pileup of all the crap you dont want but are forced to get through CRTC and "cable packages").

      Quite a savings since I dumped cable TV out the house.

    2. Re:Hey Apple, here's some free consulting by zlives · · Score: 3, Insightful

      and you can easily skip them without them taking up your time.

  2. problem by slashmydots · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everyone in America at this point knows if it says Apple, don't get into it in the first place. It's like a black hole. Once you're inside, you're stuck and that's that.

  3. Re:Already done, and better. by ArcadeMan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apple will not attempt to create a TV set top box [...]

    The Apple TV doesn't exist?

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  4. Re:Late to the party... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps YOU are unfamiliar with Apple.

    Apple is never first to market, but make the best-of-class product in the category, and is able to sell it for a premium because it IS best-of-class.

    Nobody wants to pay higher prices for a product. Apple doesn't force anyone to buy their products. Apple delivers better value, therefore they can charge higher prices. Other companies would LOVE to charge the higher prices that Apple does, but can't - because their products just aren't worth it.