Apple streaming service with local stations

[jmkcool2002 8]

1. Reports are out that Apple is negotiating directly with affiliate owners rather than networks corralling them over as it was first reported. Do you think this will go well

2. How do you perceive this report? Is Apple launching a linear network of its own on their new service and where will this programming come from? The networks' libraries? Do the networks even own their own shows? Apple has a linear radio station on its music service now aka Beats 1 so a linear TV net makes sense. http://nypost.com/2015/07/19/apple-explores-special-occasion-tv-streaming/

[johnnya2k6 171]

I can see San Francisco becoming a test market for this, since Apple's HQ is down the highway in Cupertino.