Apple is preparing to offer online television - An important innovation is the offers per show and not per channel, in the style of iTunes - The new service will be provided via the internet.
Apple is reportedly in intensive negotiations with major American networks to promote a service for broadcasting television content via the Internet, according to unnamed sources cited by the Wall Street Journal.
As the relevant publication reports, Apple is expected to launch an online television service in September 2015.
This is a new service that will be provided via the Internet and the consumer will be required to pay per show.
Apple is already in talks with major American television networks, such as Fox and ABC, to create the new online television service, the Financial Times reports.
The service will not be broadcast via cable or satellite dishes, but via the Internet and, unlike what traditionally applies to subscription networks, it will not offer “broadcast packages”, but will allow the consumer to pay per show.
According to the information cited by the “WSJ”, the subscription for the new service will range from 30 to 40 dollars per month, when the average in the US is 64 dollars. There is also a rumor that Apple has related hardware in its design.
The currently available “Apple TV”, a device for viewing content already available in the Apple Store, provides well-known channels in the American market, including online ones such as Netflix and YouTube or conventional ones such as “CNBC” and “Sky News”. Apple CEO Tim Cook had stated a year ago that television was a market of great interest as it yielded over a billion dollars for the company.
Source: Proto Thema
