Konke kubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi i-Apple ivala isivumelwano sokunikeza abasebenzisi be- Apple TV isevisi yokubhalisela izinkampani ezintathu zokukhiqiza zesimo se: I-HBO, i-Showtime, ne-Starz. Ulwazi silwazi ngokusebenzisa i- umbiko oshicilelwe ngu Ukuthola kabusha emahoreni ambalwa edlule. Kuze kube manje le nsizakalo izotholakala e-US kuphela kepha lokhu kuzoba yipulatifomu yokukhulisa insizakalo ezigabeni ezahlukahlukene zalaba noma abanye abasabalalisi bokuqukethwe. Ngale ndlela, i-Apple yayizodlala ebhodini eliqinile lezinsizakalo zethelevishini ezikhokhelwayo.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, I-Apple izokwazi ukuzihlukanisa nomncintiswano, ngoba lezi zinsizakalo zivame ukunikezwa: kungaba njengezinsizakalo ezizimele, noma njengomphelelisi wegridi yeziteshi zekhebula noma ze-inthanethi, njengoba kunjalo ngocingo oluphambili nabasebenza kuthelevishini. Ngakho-ke, inketho eveziwe ingaba kwimodi isikhwama noma izicelo eziningana kuqoqwana elifanayo. Kuyisu elisetshenziswe kwezinye izikhathi yi-Apple, njengokukhishwa kwamuva kwezinhlelo zokuhlela ividiyo nomsindo, ngentengo ephansi, kunokuthengwa ngakunye ngokwehlukana.
Njengesibonelo, i-Apple ithengisa insiza HBO kungxenyekazi yayo yethelevishini ngentengo ka- $ 15 / ngenyanga, $ 11 / ngenyanga uma kwenzeka Showtime nokuqasha I-Starz Kuthengiswa ngo- $ 9 / ngenyanga. Kuze kube manje asazi intengo yalezi zinsizakalo uma sizihlanganisa ndawonye.
Izinhlelo zika-Apple zihamba ngokunikela ngale nsizakalo nge-Apple TV ne-iOS. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma uphinda imodeli yokwenyusa esetshenziswe ne- I-Apple Umculo, singaba nesikhathi esikhawulelwe sephromoshini, esisinikeza isivivinyo sesevisi ngentengo ephansi.
Noma kunjalo, isivumelwano okungenzeka ukuthi sisengakude kakhulu. Ngokusho kwemithombo esemthethweni yomkhakha:
I-Apple ayinaso isivumelwano senqwaba nganoma yimaphi amanethiwekhi aphezulu. Abamele i-HBO, ephethwe yiTime Warner, neShowtime, ephethwe yi-CBS, benqabile ukuphawula. Abamele inkampani ephethwe yiLionsgate i-Starz ne-Apple abaziphendulanga izicelo zabo zokuphawula.
Mhlawumbe ukwethulwa kwesivumelwano kuzokwenzeka ngokwethulwa kwe- Isizukulwane sesine se-Apple TV, enikezela ngokubikezela ukusekelwa kwe-4k.