Kwezi veki zidlulileyo, siyibonile indlela iintshukumo ezinxulumene nenkonzo yokusasaza ividiyo ka-Apple Baye banda. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, sikwazise malunga nokusayinwa kwangoko kwe UTamara Hunter, ufumene imifanekiso yakwaSony nesivumelwano ebefikelele kuso UJJ Abrams uyila umdlalo weqonga omncinci noJennifer Gartner.
Namhlanje lithuba lezinye iindaba ezinxulumene nothotho esinokuluvuyela kule nkonzo intsha ye-VOD. Ngokwimagazini eyahlukeneyo, iApple ifikelele kwisivumelwano nenkampani yemveliso iPerfect Storm Entertainment, emva kwayo nguJustin Lin, Umlawuli weefilimu ezininzi kwi-saga ekhawulezayo nenomsindo.
Kodwa u-Justin Lin akaziwa kuphela ngokuyalela ezinye iifilimu zale nto ilungelo lokuthengisa ilungelo eliphantse lawela kwelokulibala kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo emva kwesavenge sesibini, kodwa ikwasebenzisene I-Star Trek: Ngapha koko kwaye usebenze kwiziqendu ezithile zolu ngcelele uluntu y Umcuphi wokwenene.
U-Lin ufikelele kwisivumelwano sodwa no-Apple emva kokuba usebenze kwi-Sony Pictures TV kule minyaka mithandathu idlulileyo, Ukusebenzisana kolu thotho Scorpion, I-SWAT y IMagnum PI (ukubuyiswa okutsha kothotho lwe-hit ukusuka kwii-80s).
Njengesiqhelo kolu hlobo lwesivumelwano, okwangoku asinazo iinkcukacha ezithe kratya malunga nokuba ziziphi izicwangciso zabo bobabini uLim noApple emva kokuba besayine isivumelwano, kuya kufuneka silinde iinyanga ezimbalwa jonga ukuba bayisa phi iinzame zabo.
Ukuba sihoya ulwazi olupapashwe yiWall Street Journal kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, inkonzo ka-Apple yokusasaza ividiyo ingabona ukukhanya kwemini ngo-Matshi wonyaka olandelayo, kwaye ekuqaleni iya kuba simahla kubo bonke abasebenzisi besixhobo seApple.
