I-Wikileaks, iwebhusayithi edumile eshicilela ukuvuza kwemibhalo yomphakathi futhi yenze udumo umdali wayo uJulian Assange, isanda kukhipha imibiko ephethwe ngabakwaSony Pictures futhi ebhekise ku-Apple. Ngokwalokhu kuvuza, i-Apple ngabe ihlola amalayisense wokuqukethwe we-Sony 4K kusukela ngo-2013.
Lo mbhalo usayinwe ngu-Eddy Cue, iSekela likaMongameli oPhezulu we-Internet Software and Services e-Apple nowayengumphathi weSony Pictures uJim Underwood. Lo mbhalo oputshukile ungowakwaCulver, inkampani esabalalisa abakwaSony ezinze eCulver City, eCalifornia. Incwadi iveza ukuthi ngo-2013, i-Apple yacela futhi yathola ifayili le- amalungelo okusetshenziswa wokudlala okuqukethwe okungu-4K kusuka kwaSony.
Njengengxenye yesivumelwano, i-Apple ivumele kuphela ukusetshenziswa kokuqukethwe kwe-4K kokuhlolwa nokukulungiselela ukudlalwa ngokusakazwa. ngefomethi yevidiyo efunwayo futhi kubhekiswe endaweni yokuzijabulisa ekhaya. Lokhu kusho ukuthi njengengxenye yalesi sivumelwano esithile, i-Apple ayikwazi ukuthengisa noma inikeze noma yikuphi okuqukethwe kwe-Sony 4K nge-iTunes, kepha okuqukethwe yi-Sony kuphela okungavivinywa ku-4K ukuze ngokuzayo ikwazi ukuthola lokhu kungenzeka.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi kuzoba njalo badinga enye inkontileka phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Sony ukuze ikwazi ukunikela ngokuqukethwe okungu-4K okuvela kwaSony nge-iTunes Store.
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, kwavezwa ukuthi isizukulwane esilandelayo i-Apple TV ngeke ibe nokuxhaswa okungu-4K, okusho ukuthi i-Apple ngeke inikeze lolu hlobo lokuqukethwe nge-iTunes Store, okungenani kungekudala. Iqiniso lokuthi i-Apple ibilokhu ihlola lolu hlobo lokuqukethwe isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka emibili likhombisa intshisekelo yalo, kepha siyabona ukuthi kusenjalo awuhleleli ukukusebenzisa esikhathini esifushane.
Kuqale kwahlelwa ukwenziwa kwaziwe i-Apple TV evuselelwe eWWDC 2015 ngesonto eledlule, kepha ekugcineni akwenzekanga. Le divayisi kungenzeka yethulwe ngasekupheleni konyaka