Netflix

[Grieve]

If they are able to pull this off, that will be the thing that will push it over the top.

http://gizmodo.com/5834698/wsj-says-appl...e-industry

What this could mean is an offensive against the cable industry akin to Apple's complete conquest over the music industry. A "subscription TV service," given successful licensing wrangling (a herculean task, we admit) could give us what we want from traditional cable TV: the stations we want, and only those stations. Imagine your Apple TV completely replacing your cable box—scroll through a list of networks, select the ones you want, and pay for them monthly. Their programming available on demand. Their live broadcasts, streamed. True internet TV. All the convenience of a DVR, all the vastness of a regular cable box, and all the sophisticated pleasure of an Apple TV.