Report: Apple To Suspend Effort To Develop Live TV Service (bloomberg.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 10, 2015 @12:29AM from the giving-up-for-now dept.

schwit1 sends word that Apple has reportedly suspended plans to offer a live internet-based television service and will focus on being a platform for media companies to sell directly to customers through its App Store instead. Bloomberg reports: "Apple Inc. has suspended plans to offer a live Internet-based television service and is instead focusing on being a platform for media companies to sell directly to customers through its App Store, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. While Apple isn't giving up entirely on releasing a live-TV service, its plan to sell a package of 14 or so channels for $30 to $40 a month has run into resistance from media companies that want more money for their programming, said the person, who asked not to be named discussing a prospective product."

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Let me save you some money by Anonymous Coward · 2015-12-10 04:38 · Score: 0, Troll

instead of subscribing to ESPN... just print up a picture of some fat guys standing around doing nothing.
Sit & stare at that for three hours every sunday.
Betcha cant tell the difference.