Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) are reportedly discussing a potential deal to release a new streaming-television service, which could be integrated into a future Apple TV set-top box that could provide buffering-free content to users, a new report said Sunday.
While talks between the two companies are still in the early stages and many hurdles remain before a deal can be struck, the collaboration is expected to allow Apple’s users to stream live and on-demand TV programs as well as digital-video recordings stored in the cloud through a set-top box device, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
During peak viewing hours, when most people are accessing the Internet, connections tend to become considerably slow, affecting streaming-video services such as iTunes, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Hulu. And, Apple intends to separate the new TV service from public Internet traffic over the “last mile,” which connects the customer's home directly to the cable network, for faster transmission, the Journal reported.
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