Some good news for premium cable and sports fans today: Apple has signed deals to bring HBO Go and Watch ESPN to Apple TV.

HBO Go is only available to HBO subscribers. But once signed up, customers can watch HBO shows on Apple TV. WatchESPN is also a subscriber-only channel. Those who are signed up via their local cable provider can watch programming on AppleTV from across the company's channels: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, curated clips from ESPN.com and others.

HBO GO users get unlimited access to their favorite HBO shows, including HBO original programming, hit movies, sports, documentaries, comedy specials and more. This includes full seasons of the best of HBO, plus bonus features and special behind-the-scenes extras. HBO GO on Apple TV requires a subscription to HBO through participating television providers.

Three other channels are also coming: the U.K.'s SkyNews, Japan's Crunchyroll and Quello.

Apple gave some recent stats on iTunes downloads: 1 billion TV episodes and 380 million movies have been purchased in total. Meanwhile, 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies are bought each day.