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Analyst: Disney+ to pass Netflix in subscribers in 2025; Apple TV+ at 35.6 million subs in 2026
Disney+ will have more subscribers than Netflix by 2025 and Apple TV+ will have 35.6 million users in 2026, according to an analyst…
Amazon in talks to buy movie studio MGM for $9 billion
In a move that would take one of the last major independent film studios off the market, Amazon is in talks to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)…
Apple TV+ estimated to have over 40 million subscribers
Apple has not revealed what the current number of subscribers is for Apple TV+, but per Ampere Analysis has stated that the service has…
Apple TV+ content is the highest-rated of all streaming platforms
Apple TV+ content is the highest-rated of all streaming platforms, according to a study which notes that Apple TV+ has highest average…
Apple among 4 stocks to watch as pandemic boosts spending on streaming services
Apple is among 4 stocks to watch as COVID-19 lockdowns boost spending on streaming services. Video streaming services had a great 2020…
Thanksgiving box office set for worst ticket sales in decades
The week of Thanksgiving in the U.S. is typically a blockbuster period at the box office, but this year the COVID-19 shutdowns have crippled…
Top 10 U.S. streaming list reveals significant gains for Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max
Parks Associates’ Top 10 streaming video list reveals significant gains for Apple TV+, Disney+, and HBO Max ahead of the third annual…
One quarter of Netflix subscribers also have Apple TV+
According to new data, established streamers like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu don’t yet seem to be losing ground to streaming…
Apple hires Amazon Video exec to lead Apple TV+ sports division
In a continuing effort to broaden the appeal of Apple TV+, the Cupertino Colossus has hired executive James DeLorenzo, who has led Amazon’s sports division…
Apple TV+ captures significant share of streaming market
Apple TV+ and Disney+ have captured significant market share in the streaming video space, rounding out the top five behind Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu…
Apple TV+ is the streaming service subscribers are most likely to cancel
A new survey of people who have used 2+ streaming services pegs Apple TV+ as the streaming service that respondents are most likely to cancel …
Apple waives App Store cut for qualifying premium video apps
On Wednesday, Apple said the company’s App Store would stop taking a cut of some sales for premium streaming video services on Apple TV, iPad, iPhone…
Amazon Prime Video now allows in-app rentals and purchases on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV
Marking a huge shift in Amazon’s approach to Apple’s App Store, which mandates a 30 percent cut on all in-app purchases, the Amazon Prime Video apps…
Disney+ sees huge spike in subscribers; Apple TV+ gets modest uptick
Disney+ proving to be the most popular streaming video choice, seeing a big surge in subscribers, as some Americans prepare to spend long periods…
Apple TV+ forecast to have 26 million paying subscribers by 2025
Apple TV+ forecast to have 26 million paying subscribers by 2025, according to a new report. Disney+ will be the biggest winner over the next five years…
Disney+ already has 26.5 million total subscribers
Subscribers of Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, more than doubled from November to 26.5 million, the company said Tuesday…
Apple TV+ U.S. subscribers: 33.6 million already
Apple TV+ U.S. subscribers are said to total 33.6 million already, less than three months after launch. Apple TV+ is obviously doing exceedingly well…
NBCUniversal’s Peacock marks end of ‘phase one’ of the streaming era
Peacock is the last of the known major media streaming services to officially “launch,” joining Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max and Quibi…
France to force Apple, Netflix, Disney, others to spend 25% of local revenue on content
France is finalizing a bill to force video-on-demand services from Apple, Netflix, Disney, Amazon and others to invest at least 25% of their revenue…
Disney+ grosses nearly $100 million on mobile in its first two months
The Disney+ app has now been downloaded nearly 41 million times across the App Store and Google Play and has generated an estimated $97.2 million in user spending…
Disney+ tops Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, and Amazon in user satisfaction
Disney+ is getting higher usr satisfaction scores than Apple TV+ and other established streaming services, including Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and Netflix…
HBO Max will debut in May 2020 and cost $15 per month
During a Tuesday afternoon presentation at Stage 21 on Warner Bros. Studios’ historic Burbank lot, the company that owns…
Netflix to sell another $2 billion of junk bonds as it braces for onslaught from Apple TV+, Disney+, and more
As the battle for streaming customers heats up, Netflix plans to raise another $2 billion in debt in order to finance new original content…
Behind Amazon’s abrupt change in its film strategy
“The Aeronauts,” an adventure film about swashbuckling 19th-century hot-air balloonists, was built for the big screen…
Apple TV+ may struggle to meet European quotas for locally-produced content at launch
Apple may initially struggle to meet local programming and investment obligations in Europe that include the requirement…
Ahead of Apple TV+ and Disney+, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video gain on Netflix
Netflix is still the No. 1 subscription streaming service in the U.S., according to a new report, but rivals, including Amazon Prime Video and Hulu, are starting to…
Apple’s new TV strategy might just work
The new Apple TV app is already on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K, and Apple TV HD. And this fall, Apple is bringing the Apple TV experience to the Mac…
Apple TV now on sale at Amazon
The Apple TV 4K and fourth-generation Apple TV are available to buy from Amazon.com…
Amazon Prime Video app set all-time tvOS download record for first week of availability
Amazon’s long-awaited Prime Video app for Apple TV had the most first-week downloads of any app…
Watch out Spotify and Apple Music, here comes Amazon
With the introduction of the Apple iPod in 2001…
Amazon to start selling Apple TV
Amazon said Thursday that it will again be selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast devices…
Amazon Prime Video seems like a quickie port for Apple TV
I have no doubt there are engineers inside Amazon who would have loved to have made a great tvOS app for Apple TV…
Amazon Prime Video arrives on Apple TV in over 100 countries; Apple TV app adds live sports in the U.S.
iTunes now offers hundreds of 4K HDR titles at the same price as HD titles…
Amazon Prime Video for Apple TV now available
Originally announced in September as “coming soon,” the Amazon Prime Video app is now available on Apple TV…
Amazon Prime Video app for Apple TV beta testing continues, release date still unknown
Amazon employees have access to the beta of Amazon Prime Video for the Apple TV…
Apple TV 4K 64GB model supply tight, new orders will likely miss Christmas delivery
Supplies of the 64GB Apple TV 4K have apparently dried up, with only limited stock available…
USA Today reviews Apple TV 4K: ‘Spiffy catch-up to Amazon and Roku devices’
The newest Apple TV devices, out Friday starting at $179, deliver 4K video for the first time…
RBC: Apple’s $1 billion TV investment helps company compete with Spotify in near term
Apple Inc.’s $1 billion investment to buy and produce original TV programming pits the technology giant against…
Apple to announce Amazon Prime Video app for Apple TV during WWDC keynote
After a fraught few years, Apple and Amazon have reached something of an accord over their rival video efforts…
Six easy things Apple can do to improve Apple TV
The ‘new’ Apple TV will be two years old this autumn…
Amazon’s Video app may finally arrive for Apple TV this summer
Amazon and Apple may have reached a truce…
