“While the attention in the streaming media battles has been on Amazon and Netflix, reports have recently surfaced that Apple could soon enter the marketplace,” The Entertainment Oracle writes for Seeking Alpha. “Of course, we’ve heard these rumors many times before, but this latest round sheds some light on why there is a holdup.”
“Apple is smart and its team doesn’t want to just dip its toe into the streaming waters; it wants to dock a massive yacht. And if you think about it, it makes sense,” T.E.O. writes. Before House of Cards, we weren’t talking about Netflix as a streaming giant and it took until last year for Amazon to really enter the conversation when Transparent and The Man In The High Castle caught on. Then there’s Hulu, which after being around for years just became an actual player in the original streaming content game this winter when 11.22.63 and The Path debuted.””
“The lesson is ‘go big early,'” T.E.O. writes. “If Apple wants to compete from the jump, they have to come in with a lineup of series that look like a broadcast network’s fall roster on steroids. And investors (as well as analysts) need to understand that type of roster takes time.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: We’ll be over at Amazon Prime awaiting Clarkson, Hammond, and May, so let us know when Apple gets around to lavishing any serious attention on their little Apple TV hobby, okay?
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]