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Facebook reportedly developing video app for Apple TV

Facebook reportedly developing video app for Apple TV

February 1, 2017

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Citing sources familiar with the company’s plans, The Wall Street Journal reports Facebook is developing a tvOS app to bring video content —and advertising —to TV screens in living rooms around the world.

Facebook has been mulling a video-centric streaming app for years, but executives decided to put plans into action last summer. Still in development, the app is said to be more focused on video than current offerings developed in partnership with set-top box companies like Roku. Instead of allowing users to view photos and other media, the rumored app would not contain “non-video content,” sources said.

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