Apple plans to launch its own online TV service in 2015 – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, March 17 – RIA Novosti / Prime. American corporation Apple plans to launch its own online TV service in 2015, the newspaper The Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar with the situation.

The announcement of teleservice can be held in June this year, and the launch – in September. View channels can be through Apple device companies such as Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. The subscription price could reach $ 30-40 per month, the magazine writes.

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According to sources, Apple is currently in talks with programmers to create a lightweight mesh television broadcasting. According to the newspaper, most viewers prefer to pay “a la carte service” channels, instead of their entire broadcasting network, most of which they do not look.

Apple TV service will include about 25 channels, technology-based streaming by television broadcasters Fox, CBS, Walt Disney Co., 21st Century Fox Inc. and ABC. However, to obtain the rights to broadcast the famous and popular soap operas and talk shows American company can be difficult, since for this it is necessary to obtain a number of licenses, the newspaper notes.

The main competitor to Apple’s new TV service will be Sling TV launched Dish Network Corp. Its cost of subscription is $ 20 a month. Running a similar service is also planned at Sony Corp, but the cost of its subscription may significantly exceed the amount of Apple, the newspaper writes.