Apple and cable operators to expand the set-top boxes cooperation talks

SAN, SAN FRANCISCO, August 16, according to foreign media reports, informed sources, Apple is working with several of the largest U.S. cable operators to start negotiations to an Apple device as set-top boxes, to provide users with TV and other content. This will become Apple's most ambitious in the living room battle in the first attempt.8 Inch Tablet PC

Apple does not seem to have reached an agreement with any cable operators. A major obstacle may be derived from the operators do not want to allow Apple to gain a foothold in the TV field.7 Inch Tablet PC

Apple may also need to convince a large number of consumers to give up 10-15 U.S. dollars per month for cable TV package and instead spend hundreds of dollars to buy a set-top box. TiVO and Samsung (microblogging) has launched a set-top box, but did not have much impact on the market.Android Phone

The negotiations also show that Apple wants to give up the radical practice with existing service providers to expand their markets, rather than with direct competition.

An Apple spokesman declined to comment.Watch Cell Phone

Technology companies early will be the television market as the next major battlefield. However, cable operators and media companies are reluctant to accept these practices, fearing loss of control over the same like the record companies and mobile operators. But to really break into the market, Apple will have to follow a similar approach to the mobile industry: to convince the existing ISP service with Apple hardware and software products combined.Wireless Keyboards

In this way, Apple is not only through the iPhone in huge profits, will also service delivery costs passed on to the operator.