Apple Media Event Planned for 7th September

Apple are gearing up for a media event on 7th September rin San Francisco. The event will almost certainly revolve around the launch of a new TV show rental service the company is launching according to Bloomberg. The event should also see the launch of a new iPod Touch with higher resolution screen and a new version of Apple TV.

The TV rental service would let Apple customers rent a TV programme for $0.99 and programming should be available from Fox and ABC as well as Disney, of which Steve Jobs is a board member and the single largest shareholder in. The other two big American networks, NBC and CBS, are also said to be in talks with Apple. It's too early to comment on whether the service would be rolled out to other countries with their own broadcast networks, but if it's successful in the States Apple would likely want to repeat that success elsewhere.

Bloomberg are also prophecising new hardware for Apple TV, the big talking point of which will be the fact that it runs iOS. Speaking of iOS they are also saying that there will be a new iPod Touch on show, which will not only feature an improved screen using the same technology as seen in the iPhone 4, but also a front facing camera.

Of course all of this is officially speculation at the moment as Apple doesn't confirm anything ahead of schedule so we'll just have to wait and see as to how correct Bloomberg's scrying has been.