After the iPhone: Apple eyes Time Warner and TV for its next act

Apple wants to diversify beyond its signature product, and has considered buying the owner of HBO and Warner Bros movie studio - but that's not all, folks

When you're the biggest company in the world, with a lead product that is arguably the most successful consumer electronic product of all time, what do you do for an encore?

That's the luxury problem now facing Apple. And it appears the company thinks it may have found the solution on TV. The iPhone maker has reportedly considered buying Time Warner, owner of Game of Thrones maker HBO, CNN, Adult Swim and Warner Brothers movie studio.