Apple has nothing on Al Jazeera, 2b for Al Jazeera is like a piss down the toilet, if they want the rights, they'd easily get it.
Apple has been accumulating cash for years and spending very little of it. They've got nearly $100
billion lying around, waiting to be used (for good or evil? Nobody knows). They could buy the Premier League itself and all of the clubs in it if they wanted. So 2b is nothing for them either.
Honestly though, whatever you think of iPhones, hipsters, and Steve Jobs, I'd take Apple over Murdoch any day of the week.