Report: Apple cuts back ambitious TV plans to create a familiar-sounding app<article>
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For such a secretive company, Apple’s problems building a TV service have been relatively well-documented. The company has struggled partnering with TV networks to offer local programming, and the players involved can’t seem to agree on the price of the service. These roadblocks allegedly have led to
Apple hitting pause on the project, until now.</p><p>
A new report claims that Apple is picking up its TV ambitions but scaling them way down. According to
Re/code, instead of launching a TV service, Apple is working on a digital TV guide app for tvOS and iOS. This forthcoming app will let viewers search through different streaming apps like Netflix and HBO Go to find content that they can then play in-app with one tap.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3104141/streaming-media/report-apple-cuts-back-ambitious-tv-plans-to-create-a-familiar-sounding-app.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Report: Apple cuts back ambitious TV plans to create a familiar-sounding app
