“Apple, who is trying to cut global deals with Hollywood movie studios, has included Australia in a list of countries that the Company wants rights to first run movies for,” David Richards reports for Smarthouse. “They are also looking to launch a 55″ OLED TV.”
Among the rights Apple are after are current TV shows being aired in the USA, claims a Hollywood lawyer who believes that Apple will launch a new TV in 2012,” Richards reports. “There is also speculation that Apple has held discussions with LG Display the Company that makes display screens for MAC [sic] products, about the possibility of getting access to a new 55″ LG OLED panel that will be used in a new Apple TV that will be capable of delivering music, video & TV shows over an IP network.”
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Richards reports, “In other Apple news, the Company that has amassed a war chest of $80 Billion dollars in cash and securities was tipped as being interested in acquiring the rights to the Hulu online video service.”
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