Media streaming service Plex is planning to support Apple TV, VideoLAN has also announced that it is working on a VLC app for the Cupertino-based company's set-top-box. The announcement was made by VideoLAN lead developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf in a blog post. “Finally, some code to build VLCKit for the new tvOS was merged,” he said. “It’s very early though, but we have video playback.
If you aren't in the know, VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that is capable of playing most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It is already available for several other set-top-boxes, including the Android TV and Amazon Fire TV.
