The agreement would give the tech company worldwide rights for a monthlong World Cup-style competition between top teams set to take place next year.
Apple beat on the top and bottom line today, but investors nudged the shares lower as sales fell in China and the company didn’t deliver the blowout the Street seemed to want. Revenue of $119.6 billion beat expectations and was up for the first time after four quarters of declining sales. Apple had told investors to expect revenue to be about flat with a year ago.
Luca Maestri said Apple Services, the division that includes Apple TV+ as well as Apple Music, Apple News, Apple Arcade, Apple Books, Podcasts, Fitness, the App store, Apple One and other things Apple, saw record revenue last quarter of $23 billion, up 11%, with paid subscriptions continuing to grow in the “strong double digits” and now “well over” one billion.
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Apple and Paramount Global have discussed bundling their streaming services at a discount, the latest attempt by rival entertainment giants to team up as they look to make their offerings more affordable and attractive. The companies have talked about offering a combination of Paramount+ and Apple TV+ that would cost less than subscribing to both services separately, according to people familiar with the discussions. The discussions are in their early stages, and it is unclear what shape a bundle could take, they said.
The House Select Committee on Competition with the Chinese Communist Party has sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook questioning whether concerns about Apple’s relationship with China spurred the termination of the Apple+ series The Problem with Jon Stewart. Last month, when the show’s end was announced just weeks before taping for a third season was set to begin, the New York Times reported that Stewart and Apple parted ways over creative control issues.
Apple has hiked the price of its Apple TV+ streaming service for the second time in a year. The tech giant updated the pricing info for Apple TV+, along with its Apple Arcade and Apple News+ subscription services and Apple One bundles, on its website Wednesday. The new price of Apple TV+ is $9.99/month in the U.S., up from $6.99 previously. The annual price is increasing from $69 to $99 per year. Existing subscribers will see the price increases 30 days later, on their next billing renewal date.
This week’s episode of the Apple TV+ series sent Reese Witherspoon into the Capitol on Jan. 6. The show’s executive producer explains how and why they did it.
Move over, Ted Lasso. There’s a new Apple TV+ series making its way onto the Nielsen streaming charts.
The drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon will debut its third season in the fall.
Apple TV+ will begin its second season of “Friday Night Baseball” on April 7. It will carry twin bills over 25 weeks with no local blackout restrictions. In a change from last year, when there were doubleheaders on the East and West coasts, both games will be going on simultaneously most weeks.
The tech giant kicked off a 10-year partnership with Major League Soccer on Wednesday with the launch of Season Pass on Apple TV+. The Apple launch comes after a transformative year for sports and streaming services. The NFL further embraced streaming last year as Prime Video carried Thursday Night Football and Major League Baseball partnered with Apple TV and Peacock to stream games. The NFL also reached an agreement with Google’s YouTube TV to carry the “Sunday Ticket” package beginning next season.
Apple is searching for a head of ad sales, meaning an ad-supported tier of Apple TV+ could be coming.
Sources said Winfrey and Apple TV+ will continue to work together but on a project-by-project basis.
T-Mobile’s premium unlimited wireless customers already get year free of Apple TV Plus to go with a free Netflix standard plan.
Employees “should have access to safe and effective health care, and their privacy should be protected,” studios say in a joint statement.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, will interview the likes of Kim Kardashian, Megan Thee Stallion and Gloria Steinem for a streaming series that debuts […]
The beloved entertainer has booked the starring role, opposite Kristen Wiig, in the Apple scripted comedy series Mrs. American Pie. Created by Abe Sylvia (Dead to Me) and ordered straight to series in February the 10-episode comedy is set in the early 1970s and revolves around Maxine Simmons’ (Wiig) attempt to secure her seat at America’s most exclusive table: Palm Beach high society.
On the eve of entering the comedy hall of fame, the former host of The Daily Show is already in his second act.
Major League Soccer and Apple may soon be finalizing an agreement to bring the top domestic soccer league to Apple TV+, according to a report from Sam Stejskal, who broke the story on Twitter.
Sian Heder’s CODA, which first premiered at a virtual Sundance Film Festival in winter 2021, started out as an underdog but gradually emerged as the Oscars’ feel-good favorite. It also had one very deep-pocketed backer in Apple TV+, which scored its first best picture Academy Award on Sunday, less than three years after launching the service. It also handed another near-miss defeat to Netflix, the veteran streamer that for years has tried vainly to score best picture. Its best chance, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, came in with a leading 12 nominations. It won one, for Campion’s direction.
