Pani hoʻolaha

Ua loaʻa mai nā lono hoihoi mai ka honua media. Ke piʻi nui nei ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka hui media ʻo Time Warner, ʻo ia kekahi o nā pūnaewele kīwī nui loa ma ka honua, a e nānā pono ʻia ke kūlana e Apple, ma waena o nā hui ʻē aʻe. No ia, hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana ke kī i ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana.

I kēia manawa, pono e ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole kūʻai aku ʻo Time Warner, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna CEO Jeff Bewkes i kēia hiki. Ke koi ʻia nei ʻo Time Warner e nā mea hoʻopukapuka e kūʻai aku i ka hui holoʻokoʻa, a i ʻole kekahi mau māhele, e like me ka HBO.

Ke koi ʻia nei ʻo Time Warner e kūʻai aku e New York Post, ka mea me ka memo hele mai la ia, ma muli o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole like me nā hui media ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe ona ʻāpana ʻāpana ʻelua. Ma waho aʻe o Apple, ʻo AT&T, nona ka DirecTV, a ua ʻōlelo pū ʻia ʻo Fox e hoihoi i ka loaʻa.

No Apple, ʻo ke kūʻai ʻana o Time Warner hiki ke manaʻo i kahi holomua nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka kaiaola a puni kāna Apple TV hou. Ua lohe ʻia no ka manawa lōʻihi e hoʻolālā ana ka hui Kaleponi e hāʻawi i kahi pūʻulu o nā papahana kaulana i koho ʻia no ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i kēlā me kēia mahina, kahi e makemake ai e hoʻokūkū me nā TV kelepona i hoʻokumu ʻia a, no ka laʻana, Netflix a me nā lawelawe streaming ʻē aʻe.

Akā i kēia manawa, ʻo Eddy Cue, ʻo ia ka mea nui i kēia mau kūkākūkā, ʻaʻole i hoʻokō i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā ʻaelike e pono ai. No laila, ke nānā nei ʻo ia i ke kūlana e pili ana iā Time Warner, nona ka loaʻa ʻana e hiki ke hoʻohuli i nā papa. E loaʻa koke ʻo Apple, no ka laʻana, ka nūhou CNN no kāna hāʻawi ʻana, a me HBO me kāna pūʻulu e like me ka mea nui Lealea o na Nohoalii.

ʻO ia me HBO ua hoʻopau mua ʻo Apple i ka hui ʻana no kāna pahu set-top ʻehā, i ka wā ma United States e hāʻawi ai i ka mea i kapa ʻia. HBO Inā. Eia naʻe, no ka uku kiʻekiʻe ($15), ʻo kēia pūʻolo wale nō ka HBO, ʻaʻole lawa. ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole i kūʻai ʻia ʻo Time Warner i kona holoʻokoʻa, akā ʻo kāna mau ʻāpana wale nō, makemake maoli ʻo Apple iā HBO. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hōʻole ʻo Bewkes i ke kūʻai aku ʻana o HBO ma kahi hālāwai me nā mea hoʻopukapuka, akā ke kūʻai aku nei ke kūʻai aku o ka media colossus holoʻokoʻa i ka pāʻani.

Manaʻo ʻo Apple inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻopili i nā kikowaena kaulana a me nā haʻuki ola, a ma ka manawa like e hoʻonohonoho i ke kumukūʻai kūpono, e ʻae nā mea hoʻohana e neʻe aku mai nā pahu kelepona me nā haneli o nā papahana. Ma ka loaʻa ʻana o Time Warner, hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi koke iā HBO "no ka manuahi" i loko o ia pūʻolo. Inā kūkākūkā maoli ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana, me ka ʻoi aku o 200 biliona kālā i loko o kāna moʻokāki, ʻaʻohe pilikia o Apple ma ke ʻano he moho wela.

Puna: New York Post
Photo: ʻO Thomas Hawk
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