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HBO Max hikes prices across all subscription tiers
In a move that’s sure to ripple through the crowded streaming landscape, Warner Bros. Discovery has officially raised prices for HBO Max…
Disney jacks up streaming subscriptions to as much as $19 per month
Walt Disney Co. is again increasing the price of its ad-free Disney+ streaming service by $3 to $18.99 per month…
Apple bids for Formula One broadcast rights in America on heels of Brad Pitt blockbuster
Apple is negotiating to secure US broadcasting rights for Formula One, aiming to build on the success of its popular movie tied to the racing…
Apple TV+ and Apple Music seek growth in India’s huge market with Airtel deal
Apple is expanding its footprint in India’s burgeoning streaming market by partnering with Bharti Airtel. This collaboration will provide…
Disney+ releases four new 3D movies and new environment for Apple Vision Pro
There are now a total of four new stereoscopic movies from Disney+. All are from the Marvel stable: “Avengers,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,”…
Disney hikes prices on Disney+ and Hulu
Disney will hike prices for nearly all of its streaming plans in October. The monthly prices for both the ad-supported and ad-free versions…
Apple is No.1 on Fortune’s ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’ list
Apple is No. 1, Microsoft No. 2, and Amazon No. 3 on Fortune’s annual “World’s Most Admired Companies” list…
U.S. SEC: Apple cannot stop avoid shareholder votes regarding AI usage
Apple and Disney cannot avoid shareholder votes about their use of artificial intelligence put forward by a labor group, the U.S. SEC…
Beleaguered Disney could look to Apple for a lifeline in 2024
Beleaguered Disney CEO Bob Iger is seeking a teammate for its sports network ESPN. Apple is expanding into soccer and baseball coverage…
Disney’s ESPN could be worth $24 billion; Apple among likely buyers – BofA
Walt Disney’s ESPN sports network could secure an enterprise value of $24 billion and attract significant investment interest from Apple …
Striking Hollywood actors resume talks with studios following end of writers’ strike
Following the end of the writers’ strike last week, striking Hollywood actors were set to meet with studios on Monday as the two sides…
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which includes Apple, publish proposal to striking writers
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which includes Apple Studios, today released extensive details…
Hollywood’s writers and actors strikes ‘inching towards compromise,’ but work stoppage could last into 2024
Hollywood studios will once again meet with striking writers this week as negotiations drag on, surpassing the 100-day mark as KPMG’s media…
Tim Bajarin: I would be stunned if Apple buys ESPN from Disney
Disney is looking to sell its TV assets. Some think that Apple, with its focus on sports deals for Apple TV+, may be eyeing Disney’s ESPN …
Apple doesn’t need to acquire ESPN to become the worldwide leader in sports
Despite Apple havings no real history with big ticket acquisitions, it should make an exception for Disney’s ESPN as it hones its sports…
Apple should buy ESPN from Disney – analyst
Apple has no real history with big ticket acquisitions, but it should make an exception for Disney’s ESPN as it hones its live sports focus…
Will Apple buy (parts of) Disney?
Rumors of Apple buying Disney have been circulating for years, with many believing that it would be a match made in heaven…
NBA’s local TV rights draw interest from Apple, other tech and media companies
Apple, ESPN-owner Disney, Amazon, DirecTV, and Alphabet’s YouTube have expressed interest in streaming local NBA games, potentially taking…
Downsizing Disney looks to unload its TV assets; Apple may be eyeing ESPN
Disney is looking to sell its TV assets. Bob Iger built Disney into a top entertainment company by acquiring Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm…
Apple should buy Disney to feed Vision Pro – analyst
Needham analyst Laura Martin thinks that Apple should acquire Disney “to drive adoption of Vision Pro.” Of course, watching…
Apple emerges among potential bidders for future NBA rights
The competitive, high-stakes bidding war is just beginning over who will televise National Basketball Association (NBA) games…
Disney+ loses another 4 million subscribers; share price plummets
Disney+ shed another 4 million subscribers in the first three months of 2023, marking the streamer’s second consecutive quarterly drop after…
Why Apple would want to buy Disney
Investors and analysts have long dreamed of Apple buying Disney as such a deal would likely turn Apple into a media superpower and…
Elon Musk thanks Apple and Disney for advertising on Twitter
In the weeks after Elon Musk acquired Twitter, many advertisers paused spending on the platform, wary of the changes the multi-billionaire…
Apple should buy Disney – analyst
Apple should buy Disney which would create a technology and entertainment juggernaut unlike anything the world has ever seen…
Elon Musk thanks Apple for advertising on Twitter
Without his acquisition of the company, Twitter “would have gone bankrupt in four months,” Elon Musk said at a Morgan Stanley media…
Apple in talks with Disney, others on VR content for upcoming ‘RealityOne’ headset
Apple is in talks with Walt Disney and about half a dozen media partners to develop virtual reality content for its mixed reality headset…
Meme schmeme: Stock-trading kids are loading up on Apple stock and index funds
Kids younger than 18 are learning to play the stock market and they’re eschewing meme stocks in favor of Apple stock and index funds…
Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO as Bob Chapek is unceremoniously ousted
In a move that shocked Hollywood, Bob Iger, friend of Steve Jobs and one of the most notable CEOs in the history of The Walt Disney Company…
Anti-ESG activist investor urges Apple and Disney to refrain from politics
Activist investor Vivek Ramaswamy, who via Strive Asset Management has been a sharp critic of so-called environmental, social, and…
NFL will select new Sunday Ticket partner by fall, commish says
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell told CNBC that the NFL will select a new Sunday Ticket partner by the fall. Apple…
Apple tests allowing developers to automatically charge users for subscription price increases
Apple may be preparing to change how iOS subscriptions operate a developer increases prices. Disney+ seems to have begun informing…
Disney+ outpaced all streaming services last quarter
Disney+ gained 11.7 million subscribers last quarter (calendar Q421), outpacing all streaming services while Netflix added 8.3 million new…
Disney stock pops after Q1 results reveal jump in streaming subscribers
Disney unveiled first quarter 2022 results (ended January 1, 2022) that beat expectations after the close on Wednesday. Shares…
Activist investor Blackwells pushes Peloton to remove CEO exit, explore sale
Activist investor Blackwells Capital on Monday called on the board of exercise equipment maker Peloton to remove CEO John Foley…
Apple eyeing Electronic Arts, Take-Two gaming studios?
Microsoft’s bid to acquire Activision for some $75 billion is leading to speculation that Apple could buy game makers Electronic Arts and/or…
Bob Iger: Apple and Disney would have merged if Steve Jobs lived longer
Iger noted that he never spoke with Steve Jobs about a potential merger of Apple and Disney, but he believes the deal likely would have…
Disney+ adds support for Apple’s SharePlay on Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad
Wednesday’s new Disney+ app update includes added support for Apple’s SharePlay so subscribers with an iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV will…
26 years ago, Pixar’s IPO made Steve Jobs a billionaire
26 years ago, the initial public offering of Pixar made Steve Jobs, who owned upward of 80% of the company, a billionaire…
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…
Disney+ hits 116 million subscribers; Q3 earnings beats expectations across the board
Disney reported blowout fiscal third-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday, beating Wall Street expectations on subscriber growth…
