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Apple dips toe into original content production but plans to get more aggressive
Watch out, Netflix. Apple, the richest company in technology, is finally moving into original video content…
Apple posts teaser trailer for ‘Carpool Karaoke’ series on Apple Music
Based on the segment that has become a global, viral video sensation…
Apple files for entertainment-related trademarks for new Apple Music TV programming
Yesterday Apple filed for two entertainment-based trademarks in London…
Netflix lands Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’
The talk series, which had previously debuted new episodes on Sony’s ad-supported streaming service Crackle…
Why Apple is making its original TV content push now
Who needs a new Mac Pro when you can have Carpool Karaoke?
Here’s why Apple and others still don’t offer streaming TV services
The landscape of the TV market continues to buckle and heave as old players scramble to hold on and new entrants jockey for position…
Google’s YouTube said to plan ‘Unplugged’ Internet TV service for 2017
YouTube is working on a paid subscription service called Unplugged that would offer customers a bundle of cable TV channels streamed over the Internet…
Hulu could beat Apple to market with cable-style Internet TV service
Hulu is developing a subscription service that would stream feeds of popular broadcast and cable TV channels…
Why Apple’s plans for original scripted TV series are taking so long
While the attention in the streaming media battles has been on Amazon and Netflix, reports have recently surfaced that Apple could soon enter…
Apple to use Dr. Dre’s ‘Vital Signs’ to promote Apple Music
Last Friday, news broke that Apple was actually, really, no-doubts-about-it making its own TV show…
Apple may have dropped its plans for an Apple TV streaming service
While Apple may be letting Dr. Dre star in his own show, it seems the company is setting aside plans…
How Apple could take the original video market by storm
In addition to the possibility of offering subscription programming from major TV networks and film studios…
Dr. Dre to star in Apple’s first, sex-soaked scripted television series ‘Vital Signs’
Apple is making its first original television show. An episode filming Monday and Tuesday this week featured an extended orgy scene with naked extras simulated sex in a mansion…
Akamai warning hints Apple prepping for streaming TV
Apple’s main CDN company, Akamai, has warned shareholders that it expects to see its combined revenue from Apple…
Apple looking to develop original TV series as part of new video strategy, sources say
Apple, which is struggling to line up networks and cable channels for its long-delayed ‘skinny bundle’ offering…
ESPN President: We are in ongoing conversations with Apple
We’ve had discussions with Apple. I believe in 2016 there will be further announcements…
Goldman Sachs adds Apple to Conviction Buy List; sees mutli-year monetization opportunity
The big catalyst for Goldman Sachs’ analyst Simona Jankowski is the expected Apple TV service…
Why Apple might feel compelled to get into original content
Ever since the success of Netflix’s ‘House of Cards,’ digital video companies have been racing to create their own shows…
Apple’s Internet TV service could be ‘Netflix on steroids’
It would not be very difficult for Apple to acquire 60 to 70 percent of the content already present on other streaming services…
Apple’s plan to destroy the fat cable bundle
The future of television will be built on the back of the video bundle
Former Verizon CEO: Apple’s move into Internet TV evinces a new world without walls
The walls between telecom, technology, media and entertainment have collapsed…
Will Apple TV kill cable?
Apple TV is scheduled for a long overdue update, with rumors of a new interface…
Piper’s Munster: Only a 50% chance of Apple Internet TV service debut this year
The new box is expected to incorporate Siri, HomeKit, and possibly an Apple TV app store…
Apple TV points to much bigger ambitions for Apple Inc.
Apple may generate nearly 70% of its revenue from the iPhone..
Apple to unveil next-gen Apple TV in September, sources say
The remote has been ‘drastically improved’ by a touch-pad input…
Apple TV delay crushes Akamai stock
Akamai Technologies reported Q2 profit that missed views amid network investments…
US judge delivers potential landmark ruling, says Internet TV should be treated like cable
In a potential landmark ruling that could have a dramatic effect…
How traditional TV networks’ resistance gave birth to a la carte pay TV
TV networks have fiercely resisted selling their services individually…
Why Apple is ripe to disrupt the TV business
From the customers’ perspective, the TV business sucks…
Cord-cutting conundrums
People are getting more and more disgusted with paying up to $150 or more each month for a bucket of channels…
How to stream Sling TV with Apple TV
Dish Network has managed to pull off a near perfect cord cutter miracle…
The cord-cutter’s guide to free (and legal!) TV streaming
Watching free, streaming video on your television doesn’t have to be…
More signs that the TV business is set for a profound upheaval
The new stand-alone online offerings are unlikely to cause the television business to crack quickly…
HBO’s online pricing trap: HBO’s over-the-top broadband service looks doomed even before it starts
Pricing of the new broadband offering most likely won’t be less than HBO’s pay TV retail price
CBS to offer $5.99/month stand-alone web subscription service
CBS announced a new subscription Internet streaming service on Thursday…
HBO to offer standalone Internet subscriptions, no cable/satellite required, starting next year
HBO will start to sell its service separately via the Internet next year…
Cutting the cable cord with your Mac, Apple TV, and iPad
There are plenty of entertainment and information alternatives if you’re willing to…
With today’s $99 Apple TV, if you haven’t cut the cord on cable TV, you should
After purchasing Apple TV, it became clear that I no longer needed cable TV service…
Apple opens iAd workbench to all Apple ID users, introduces short video ads
Apple is making its advertising ecosystem more accessible…
À la carte cable TV could cost consumers more
There’s probably nothing more popular than the notion of à la carte pricing from cable…
Apple may be close to adding Time Warner Cable’s TWC TV app to Apple TV
Time Warner Cable incoming Chief Executive Rob Marcus said the company this week…