APPLE is in talks with TV networks to lower the price of downloaded TV shows when the company begins selling its new iPad tablet computer, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Apple has been testing a price of 99 US cents (S$1.40) - half the price of standard-definition TV episodes - for certain shows on its iTunes service, and wants to finalise a deal to offer that price more broadly along with the iPad, which is expected to go on sale late next month.

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