Regulatory Snag Possible for Apple TV delay
One possibility is that Apple has yet to receive approval for the device from the Federal Communications Commission. The most recent Apple product to receive FCC approval was the latest version of the Airport wireless networking hub. It was approved on Jan. 9. The Apple TV device doesn’t readily appear among the many products for which Apple has sought approval since the beginning of 2006, based on a search of the FCC Web site. “A pushout of two to three weeks suggests to me more of an issue with the FCC than with anything else,” Carey says. Calls to the FCC weren’t immediately returned.