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"If you subscribe to Time Warner Cable, soon you might be able to access all that programming on an Apple TV box. That is, if a deal between Apple and Time Warner Cable, Inc., goes through, which Bloomberg reported could happen \"within months.\"\nOver the past year, Apple has been acting on what Apple CEO Tim Cook said was \"intense interest\" in TV, looking to add additional content to the movies and TV shows it sells on its iTunes store. If this Time Warner Cable deal is successful, users will be able to access their cable TV service through the Apple TV device.\nSEE ALSO: 10 Better Alternatives to Your iPhone\u2019s Native Apps\n\nApple is now working to make content deals within today's cable and satellite TV distribution structure. This is where providers such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Dish and DirecTV sell programs to subscribers packaged as bundles of TV stations, rather than individual programs or channels.\nIt would be possible for Apple to incorporate live broadcast television into the Apple TV device using a service such as Aereo, which receives broadcast TV signals via antennas, and then streams those local stations to users over the Internet without compensating the TV stations. \nAereo is currently available in New York, Boston and Atlanta, and its CEO says it will be in more than 20 cities by the end of September. \nHowever, Apple has taken a different route, so far making deals with Time Warner Cable, as well as cable TV networks such as HBO and ESPN for apps that allow those already subscribing to cable or satellite systems carrying those networks to watch them on Apple's iOS devices. Those apps and capabilities aren't yet available for Apple TV, though.\nWhat is apparently not happening is the ability to access individual cable networks on Apple TV, or any other device. Such an a la carte capability would take away the cable and satellite TV providers' ability to charge people a lump sum for bundles of networks, many of which they never watch.\nTime Warner Cable has made no official announcement about a possible deal with Apple, and a spokesperson told Bloomberg on Wednesday, \"We don't have an agreement with them at this time.\"\nGraphic courtesy Apple, Time Warner Cable; composite by Mashable"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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