Apple has decided to move for 2016 launch an online television service that allows you to organize broadcasting via the Internet. On Friday wrote to the news Agency Bloomberg.
According to the source, Apple is going to introduce a television service that runs over the Internet, on September 9 in San Francisco, however, the process of obtaining broadcast licenses from the broadcasters CBS, Fox and NBC has been slower than expected. In addition, according to people familiar with the matter sources the Agency, the company from Cupertino has no sufficiently powerful computer network to ensure stable operation of the service within the United States.
The idea for Apple is to offer users a “light” pack of approx 25 popular television channels. Agreement on an appropriate topic has already been met with Walt Disney, CBS Corp., and other media companies. In July it was reported that Apple has agreed with major TV channels in the face of ABC, CBS, NBC, 21st Century Fox and is now negotiating with local television networks.
However, the lack of necessary amount of content has forced Apple to abandon plans to launch a TV service this year. Despite this, in September, the company decided to introduce a new generation of set-top boxes Apple TV.
TV service Apple is rumored to be available in 2016 through multimedia Apple TV, and mobile iOS devices — iPhones and iPads. The subscription price will be from 10 to 40 dollars a month.
