Apple (AAPL) plans to launch a TV streaming service this fall with some 25 channels, including several broadcast networks. The service, which would seriously disrupt the cable industry, would work on any Apple iOS devices, including iPhones, iPads and Apple TV, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday night. The channels would include CBS (CBS), Fox (FOXA) and Walt Disney (DIS)-owned ABC broadcast networks, but not NBC. The monthly fee could be
Can broadcaster CBS come up with a ratings encore to match its enviable 2014? For example, CBS (CBS) swept the week before Christmas in terms of all viewers, adults between the ages of 18 and 49. and adults 24 to 54, with double-digit percentage year-to-year growth in every one of these crucial categories, according to Nielsen. New York-based CBS had 15 of the 20 leading shows in viewers and adults 25-54, as well as 14 of the top 20 for adults
The National Football League has handed off video clip rights to social networking giant Facebook (FB) as the NFL continues to expand media distribution deals. Facebook will post short video clips starting next week, the Wall Street Journal reported. Terms were not disclosed. The NFL garners licensing revenue from Walt Disney’s (DIS) ESPN sports channel as well as TV broadcasters CBS (CBS), Comcast (CMCSA)-owned NBCUniversal and 21st Century Fox