Apple’s Chinese manufacturing partner is said to be in the "trial production stage" of the company’s Apple TV set, reports CNET.com.

The development, which was reported by China Business News, should be taken with a grain of salt, the story notes. The report comes just two nights after the chief executive of Foxconn, Apple’s manufacturing partner, said the company was preparing for the TV set, although he later denied the report, the piece adds.

One J.P. Morgan analyst has said Apple wouldn’t release the TV set until 2014, while a Piper Jaffray analyst has predicted the TV set would be announced later this year, the story says.