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 pitching TV networks $30 monthly subscription service for iTunes TV programs
MacDailyNews — ... as an extension of its iTunes software, which already has a huge installed base. "A so-called 'over the top' service could theoretically rival the ones most consumers already buy from cable TV operators — if Apple is able to get enough buy-in from broadcast and cable TV programmers," Kafka reports. "Network executives I’ve talked to are intrigued with the idea — they are eager to find new revenue streams — but are also wary, for multiple reasons." More details in the full article here . ...

Apple pitching iTunes TV viewing for 30 bucks a month?
Macsimum News — ... Would you pay US$30 a month to watch TV via iTunes? That’s the pitch Apple has been making to TV networks in recent weeks, Peter Kafka writes in a report for AllThingsD. ...

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 Pitching iTunes TV for $30 a Month [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... 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 Could Launch iTunes Version of TV Everywhere: $30 Per Month for TV
NewTeeVee — ... Apple is recruiting TV networks to go in on an iTunes TV subscription offering, according to Peter Kafka at MediaMemo. For $30 per month starting “early next year,” users would be able to watch episodes via iTunes. This is actually something that had been recommended to the company by prolific Apple prognosticator Gene Munster, who ...

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 To Offer iTunes TV Subscription Service?
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... is trying to win broadcast and cable TV network support for a $30-a-month service to offer TV programs on a subscription basis via iTunes, according to AllThingsD. ...

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 iTunes Movie Subscriptions
Cult of Mac — ... accounts. Disney is most likely to take Apple up on its subscription plan because of the tight cooperation the two companies have developed. Disney became the first studio to sell programming via iTunes in 2005. After the studio bought Steve Jobs’ animation house Pixar, the Apple CEO became Disney’s largest single shareholder. In August, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster predicted Apple could unveil a subscription TV plan that would appear for between $30 and $40 per month. [Via MediaMemo and ...

Apple to Launch iTunes Powered TV Subscription Plans [Rumor]
Mashable! — ... to the service. They aren’t alone; according to AllThingsD, Apple is pitching TV networks on the idea of a monthly subscription service that would allow users to watch TV programs from multiple sources, using Apple’s extensive iTunes distribution system. ...

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?). ...

Rumor: Apple Wants to Route Your TV Shows Through iTunes
Fast Company - Technology — ... The news has surfaced over at AllThingsD. According to the site's sources, Apple's been courting the TV networks directly, mentioning a $30 iTunes TV subscription service. As if that weren't intriguing enough, Apple's aiming to have the service live next year some time, which is seriously soon. ...

$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

Report: Apple pitching TV subscription service to networks
Macworld — ... in the digital age. According to a report at All Things Digital , Apple has been floating a $30 per month television subscription service to content owners. That’s the pitch Apple has been making to TV networks in recent weeks. The company is trying to round up support for a monthly subscription service that would deliver TV programs via its multimedia software, multiple sources tell me. Of course, content providers are notoriously resistant to change—doing a three-point turn on an African elephant is probably faster. The entrenched business model has networks making ...

Apple Singing New iTunes About Online TV Subscriptions?
paidContent — ... ) is pitching network execs an iTunes-based monthly plan for $30, according to AllThingsD. As part of its increasingly deep TV “store,” Tunes already sells some subscriptions via season passes for specific shows—Mad Men is $2.99 an episode or $34.99 for Season 3 with shows delivered as they air.  Often pilots, season premieres or select shows are free. ...

Apple To Reinvent Apple TV...For The Rest Of Us
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek — ... According to All Things Digital's Peter Kafka, Apple has been trying to convince programmerrs to make their shows available as part of a subscription, available via iTunes. The monthly price would be around $30, he reports. ...

iTunes TV subscriptions? Let’s do this properly, Apple
The Next Web — ... For $30 per month it would appear that you would get access to whole networks’ output rather than individual shows. All Things Digital suggests that Apple has been touting the idea to a number of TV networks but that none have yet come on board. ...

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. ...

iTunes TV subscriptions: Sure, it could happen - and probably will
Between the Lines — ... built-in (at least not yet.) The Media Memo blog today cited several unnamed sources who say that Apple is pitching the TV networks on a subscription model  - though no deals have yet been reported. ...

Why Subscription TV From Apple Could Shake Cable’s Tree [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... 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 ...

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 pitches $30 per month iTunes TV program to studios, Snow Leopard 10.6.2 kills hackintosh Atom netbooks, Sprint WiMAX goes live in Chicago, Dallas, and eight North Carolina cities
Obsessable News Feed — ... Apple is reportedly trying to get content producers (TV studios and the like) to agree to a plan by which Apple would offer an on-demand array of TV shows via its iTunes service to compete with cable. The plan would cost $30 month, significantly less than what you probably pay for cable or satellite. So far no headway has been made, though. ...

Rumor Mill: Will Apple Replace Your Cable Service?
Switched — ... Apple TV (which, mind-bogglingly, is still Apple's only HDMI-connected device), shows would be bought and viewed through iTunes and its ever-popular iTunes Store. Continue reading Rumor Mill: Will Apple Replace Your Cable Service? Rumor Mill: Will Apple Replace Your Cable Service? originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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? ...

Report: Apple floating $30/month iTunes subscription plan to TV networks
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... So, how does the idea of $30 a month for all-you-can-eat TV episodes from iTunes strike you? Well, it's sounding pretty good to Apple, apparently, and according to the AllThingsDigital and its "multiple" anonymous sources, Apple execs are actively shopping the idea around to the big broadcast and TV networks, hoping to drum up some interest. Apple is looking to launch the subscription service—which, I'm assuming, would offer a buffet of TV episodes from participating networks for a flat $30-a-month subscription fee—"early" next year, AllThingsDigital reports. (No comment from ...

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 ...

Vaporware Rumor Would Turn Apple TV Into Cable Box
Podcasting News — ... MediaMemo reports today that Apple is allegedly talking to the TV networks to round up support fr a monthly subscription service that would deliver TV programs via iTunes: ...

$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 ...

Apple Pitching $30-Per-Month iTunes TV Service: Report
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... and store across a wide range of hardware via a $30-per-month subscription service. The networks are both intrigued by and wary of the new potential service, according to a Monday report in The Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital blog. Rather than tying such a service to its Apple TV box or a rumored table device, Apple would make the TV shows available for subscription via iTunes as early as next year, wrote Peter Kafka in the All Things Digital blog . Apple has yet to sign any programmers to commit to the service. However, Kafka wrote, Disney could be the first ...

5 O’Clock Roundup: Droid reviews, Apple’s secret TV plan, Sprint’s dubious netbook deal
VentureBeat — ... Apple may or may not be building a tablet, but they’re definitely shopping a $30-per-month  TV service — Peter Kafka, our reliable gossip source at MediaMemo, says Apple has been pitching TV networks in recent weeks, “trying to round up support for a monthly subscription service. The service wouldn’t be tied to the company’s iffy Apple TV hardware. It would be delivered through iTunes. ...

Apple working on a $30 iTunes TV subscription service?
TechSpot — According to unnamed sources cited by AllThingsD , Apple is trying to secure backing for a monthly TV subscription service -- not unlike your average cable or satellite provider. The supposed service would cost $30 per month, and would be delivered via iTunes. This would make the service accessible to various devices and platforms, rather than binding it to a specific piece of hardware, ...

Apple pitching TV subscription option for iTunes to networks
Infinite Loop — ... According to multiple industry insiders that spoke to All Things Digital, Apple hopes to launch the service early next year. Apple's VP of Internet Services, Eddy Cue, has been charged with drumming up interest among TV networks, though so far none had made a commitment to providing content available for the service. The sources so far are laying odds that Disney is likely to be the first to bite; it was the first studio to ...

Would you watch TV on iTunes for $30 a month?
TV Squad — ... Obviously, many networks already offer various shows on iTunes, but this would be a scenario where Mac and PC users of iTunes would pay a $30 a month subscription in order to watch TV shows. And that would be all shows, not just paying for each show that you want to watch. ...

$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 ...

iPhone Informer — Touching the iPhone This Week [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... and we talked about the possibility of Apple offering iTunes TV content for $30 a month. I have no idea if Apple is doing that (or planning a slate tablet), but there’s an interesting opportunity when you combine the two mythical ideas. What would you get when you cross a portable 1280 x 720 slate running the iPhone OS with a monthly iTunes all-you-can-eat plan? I’d call it a reasonably compelling product. Not only would you have access to various television content in high-def, but you’d have your music and 100,000 apps for ...

iPhone Informer — Touching the iPhone This Week
jkOnTheRun — ... and we talked about the possibility of Apple offering iTunes TV content for $30 a month. I have no idea if Apple is doing that (or planning a slate tablet), but there’s an interesting opportunity when you combine the two mythical ideas. What would you get when you cross a portable 1280 x 720 slate running the iPhone OS with a monthly iTunes all-you-can-eat plan? I’d call it a reasonably compelling product. Not only would you have access to various television content in high-def, but you’d have your music and 100,000 apps for bite-sized functionality too. ...

iTunes turned the music market on its head. Could iTunes TV do the same for TV?
VentureBeat — ... Rumors surfaced this week that Apple is in the process of putting together a $30-a-month iTunes TV offering. This rumored iTunes TV is supposedly something altogether different from the currently available ...

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. ...

New Apple TV Subscription Service: Not so Fast, Cautions Forrester's Bobby Tulsiani
Beet.TV — ... Earlier this month, Peter Kafka at MediaMemo reported that Apple has a new initiative to sell broadcast and cable programming via iTunes for a monthly fee of $30. ...

Apple Empowering Users to “Sell” Their Attention to Advertisers for “Free” Stuff
Technology Liberation Front — ... We don’t expect anyone will choose the ads. Because, for a very reasonable monthly fee, you’ll be able to eliminate all those ads and get your content free of all interruptions. How reasonable, you say? Well, let’s say that for $30 a month you could watch all the TV you wanted. Let’s say that we can get all the TV networks, or most of them anyway, on board for this. Let’s say that we give you not just this week’s shows but an enormous archive, one that ultimately includes every TV show ever made. Tear out the cable box, stop paying those assholes $100 or $200 a month, and go ...