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Apple Wants iTunes to Replace Your Cable Box for 30 Bucks a Month [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... Apple's apparently pitching to networks a subscription plan that would deliver all your TV shows through iTunes for $30 a month, with the goal of launching it next year. ...
Apple pitches $30-a-month iTunes TV subscriptions - report
AppleInsider —
... Published: 12:10 PM EST Apple has reportedly reached out to TV networks in recent weeks with a proposed $30-per-month subscription plan to deliver content via iTunes -- a service it hopes to launch in early 2010. Citing multiple sources, Peter Kafka at MediaMemo said Apple's subscription proposal is not based on any specific piece of hardware, like the Apple TV or forthcoming tablet. Rather, the plan would stick with the existing iTunes desktop software. "Apple has told industry executives it wants to launch the service early next year," the report said, "but I have yet ...
Apple To Provide TV Through iTunes?
I4U News —
... Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:56:57 CST | by Robert Evans I don't have access to cable TV, but I do have the Internet and an iTunes account. If I could pay $30 to get access to a wide variety of TV shows through iTunes, I'd be sorely tempted. Apple is apparently betting that there are a lot of people like me. According to AllThingsDigital Apple is pitching that very idea to several TV networks. And no, before you ask, this service has nothing to do with Apple TV. There are over 65 million people with iTunes accounts. A potential audience of that size must look very good to the ...
Apple Pitching iTunes TV for $30 a Month
TheAppleBlog —
... Big Cable has just been given a lot more to worry about in a landscape that is already rapidly changing under its feet. All Things D is saying that Apple has been shopping around a subscription-based model for video content to TV networks recently, and it looks to be a fairly attractive deal from a consumer standpoint. It probably doesn’t look too shabby to networks, either, since it will help them stay relevant as more users turn away from their cable and satellite boxes and towards their computers. ...
Apple iTunes $30/month bid to take-on Hulu and cable
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... Seems this chatter’s back again, with Peter Kafka’s MediaMemo claiming Apple to have been in talks with TV networks in an attempt to put together a $30 all-you-can-eat TV subscription service. ...
Apple pitching $30 a month TV service for iTunes to the networks?
Engadget —
According to Peter Kafka over at AllThingsD, he's had "multiple sources" tell him that Apple is shopping around a subscription service to TV networks that would give iTunes users a catch-all subscription for $30 a month. As far as he's heard, nobody's jumped on board just yet, and of course networks have to work out their typical fears of such a service cutting into ratings and biting into cable revenue. However, at least one unnamed executive briefed on the plan says "I think they might get it right this time," and with Disney's cozy relationship with Apple ...
$30 a Month iTunes TV Show Subscriptions?
The iPhone Blog —
... MediaMemo is hearing that Apple Internet exec, Eddy Cue, has been tasked with exploring a $30/month iTunes TV Show subscription service: ...
Apple Pitching $30/Month iTunes TV
EverythingiCafe —
... According to MediaMemo, Apple has been shopping around TV studios, trying to drum up support for a $30 per month TV over iTunes service. Apparently, this would be entirely separate from the recently updated Apple TV, but rather part of iTunes, an extension of its current abilities (iTunes X maybe?). ...
Apple Cooking Up New $30 A Month TV Service? - But specifics seem awfully muddy for now...
DSLreports - front page —
... According to Media Memo, Apple is pitching the idea of a new, "over the top" $30 a month subscription broadband TV service. The service, which would not be tied to Apple's Apple TV device, would simply be an extension of the iTunes video store. According to the report, Disney is one likely possible partner -- an interesting mention given they're supposedly ...
$30/month iTunes subscription: Cable killer?
DVICE Atom Feed —
... on cable.
Apple's not tying the service only to the recently firmware-updated Apple TV set-top, but aiming much higher than that, counting on a sizable percentage of its 65 million iTunes users to spring for a monthly subscription. One thing's for sure, television viewing is headed toward the Internet, and if Apple could leverage its iTunes users, it might emerge as a leader. Again.
First, they're going to have to name it something other than iTunes.
All Things Digital, via Gizmodo
Apple TV could start offering unlimited TV shows for $30/month
CrunchGear —
... PKafka has talked to some industry execs who have been approached by Apple in preparation of just that sort of thing. You pay $30 and get TV – on demand. The Apple TV would ignore the DVR market completely, instead becoming a sort of subscription-based cable TV service. ...
Why Subscription TV From Apple Could Shake Cable’s Tree
GigaOM —
... For months now, Apple has been rumored to have its eyes on a new type of iTunes TV subscription offering — and we may be on the verge of seeing this potentially disruptive idea come to fruition. Multiple sources have confirmed that Apple has been pitching TV networks to support a monthly subscription service that would deliver television programs via iTunes for fees far lower than $85-plus monthly cable bills, according to Peter Kafka at All Things D. NewTeeVee and TheAppleBlog have some interesting input on the possibility today, and have ...
Apple pitching "all you can watch for $30 a month" TV to networks
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Rumors, Video, AppleApple is already the huge name in the music business with the iTunes Store, and they've made continual inroads into the application, video, and movie markets as well. But what if Apple also became the content provider of choice for TV?
That idea isn't that far-fetched, according to a blog post by Peter Kafka at the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital. Kafka reports that Apple has been pitching the concept of $30 monthly TV subscriptions through iTunes to TV networks. ...
Apple TV Subscription Service In The Works, Apple Ready To Rob iTunes Customers
ZiggyTek Blog —
... Apple TV is about to get even better with the newly introduced $30 TV subscription service that Apple is currently working on. Peter Kafka of All Things Digital recently talked to some industry executives who have been negotiating with them about a $30 a month on-demand TV service through Apple TV. This would make the Apple TV similar to that of a cable like service, completely ignoring the DVR market at this point. Kafka also said that there are currently 65 million iTunes accounts which Apple can use in order to get their new subscription service out to the public. So ...
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GeekBrief.TV —
... Apple looks to be creating a subscription TV service. You’d pay $30 a month, but will all content providers be on board to give you a complete viewing experience? ...
Apple entering the Television market?
SolSie.com —
... a “catch-all” subscription for $30 per network. This far no one has acted on the proposal but as we know from the past that isn’t something that would stop the folks are One Infinite Loop. Clearly the networks have quite a few kinks to work out and for once I actually think that the price isn’t the main problem. What I’m sure they are worrying about most is how this would affect their rating & advertising systems already in place. There has been a little bit of chatter though as one source has a ABC exec saying "I think they might get it right this time," which with ABC ...
$1.9 Billion in Capex? What's Apple Planning?
Digital Daily —
... Certainly sounds plausible. After all, there’s a lot a company like Apple could do with an additional $.9 billion in capital expenditures. Certainly, an iTunes TV subscription service would require some investment. A ...
Here’s the iTunes TV Subscription I’d Pay For
Technologizer —
... Over at All Things Digital, Peter Kafka is reporting that he’s hearing that hearing that Apple wants to offer a $30 TV subscription service through iTunes, and is trying to stir up interest among content providers. He has very details, but the basic idea of a technology company taking on cable with an Internet-based service appeals to me. (I’ve written in the past of my ...
$30/month iTunes “Cable Killer” Subscription Service On The Way?
OhGizmo! —
... The word on the street (meaning Peter Kafka from AllThingsD) is that Apple has been going around TV networks over the last few weeks pitching a $30/month subscription service that would make it possible to watch TV through iTunes. It’s not clear exactly how this would work. For instance, we don’t know whether this would make live programs available live or as a later download, nor whether you’d have access to the same kind of programming that you get currently from cable companies. This of course would depend on how many networks jump on board, a selling ...
Apple planning TV service to tie in with tablet?
Electricpig.co.uk - The UK's fastest-growing tech news site —
... heard plenty of talk about the Apple tablet or Apple Slate as an ebook reader but adding TV into the mix makes sense. And with the iTunes subscription service apparently headed our way in early-2010, it’d arrive at the same time we’re expecting the Apple Tablet.
While you wait to see if Apple is going to bring TV subscriptions to iTunes, try our guide to online TV streaming services.
Out Now | Apple (via PC World and Media Memo)
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jkOnTheRun —
Report: $30 iTunes TV subscriptions possible
MyCE News, Articles & Reviews —
Apple is reportedly pitching producers on a subscription service for iTunes television content. All Things D reports that Apple wants to charge $30 per month for the service, and is trying to get TV studios and networks on board. The plan wouldn’t be tied to a specific device, such as Apple TV or the ...
Weekend Update 11.07.09—Big Trouble in Little China Edition
Digital Daily —
... Media Memo started the week off right with a fresh bite from Apple. Peter covered the revamp of Apple TV, which will now be offered for $30 a month. ...
