Apple ’s long - bruit subscription TV armed service is reportedly back on track and will set up this fall .
The Apple streaming service will plunge with roughly 25 channels , including programme internet such as ABC , CBS , and Fox , according totheWall Street Journal‘s sources . Some media executive director think Apple will charge between $ 30 and $ 40 per month .
It ’s unclear what other distribution channel will be part of the sheaf . Apple is negotiating with several media company include Disney ( which ownsCBSABC and ESPN ) and Fox ( which owns FX ) .
NBCUniversal is reportedly not on control panel due to a feud between Apple and NBC parent company Comcast . The two companionship were reportedly working together on a streaming video avail last year , but Apple eventually felt that was being string along along by Comcast as the cable giant worked on its own TV overhaul , calledXfinity X1 .
If all goes to plan , Apple may announce the service in June , and launch it in September . It would work across iOS - powered gadget such as the iPhone , iPad , and Apple TV , but there ’s no word on a web rendering or Mac support .
The story behind the story : The rumor mill has been talking about a subscription - base Apple TV service forat least five long time . But the web were always wary about cutting into the lucrative cable revenue current and giving Apple too much power , as the music manufacture did with iTunes .
Those obstacle seem more climbable now . Traditional pay television set subscriptions have laze as masses reverse to cheaper streaming video services , and the networks have realized they’releaving money on the table . CBS President and CEO Les Moonvesrecently saidthat the “ days of the 500 - channel creation are over , ” and masses are “ slicing it and dicing it in different ways . ”
And if Apple moves into pelt television , it already has batch of contention , not just from Netflix and Amazon , but from new mini - parcel such asSling TVand Sony ’s upcomingPlaystation Vue . Instead of giving Apple all the power , internet are now complimentary to rat around . If there was ever a time when Apple subscription telecasting rumors seemed credible , this is it .
