The Apple TV may have a lot going for it, but it looks like Apple wants to take the idea of putting iOS on your home television a step further.

According to Smarthouse , a source has stated that Apple is looking to acquire rights for current American television shows with the goal of releasing a television set in 2012. The reported 55-inch OLED TV would likely utilize iOS for navigation, not unlike the current Apple TV set top boxes.

Production of said Apple televisions will possibly be provided by LG, the same company that manufactures the screens for current Mac products. Considering that LG is already in the HDTV making business, the idea of melding the two for this project doesn't seem too farfetched.Porting a mobile operating system into a television set isn't a new idea, as Google TV has proven , but is something that Apple has yet to venture into.