Could Apple become the next Comcast?

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Apple is developing really slow after Steve Jobs, but if they play their cards smartly they will dominant this Online TV industry with their devices in every people's houses and pockets. They already have the fundamental background as hardware, only thing they need to do is signing contracts with shows and channels.

If it succeeds, Apple could become the biggest gateway to online video — the new Comcast for the Internet.

Um, unless Apple has some means to cancel and overtake thousands of municipal cable franchise agreements and string millions of miles of coax, Comcast will still be the gateway to <x>. Comcast will always be the internet, unless they're broken up by the feds.

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