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Apple a leading bidder for MLB ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ rights
NBC, Apple, and ESPN are competing for the league’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast rights, which ESPN relinquished earlier this year…
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…
More baseball for Apple as MLB, ESPN opt out of TV deal?
ESPN and Major League Baseball have decided to end their partnership after the 2025 season, mutually agreeing to terminate their…
Former Apple exec named CEO of new sports streaming service from ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery
Pete Distad, an experienced leader in media, sports and technology, has been named CEO of the new sports streaming service – a joint venture…
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 …
Apple plans to revolutionize the way the world watches sports
Apple plane to change the way the world watches sports. And one of the company’s first moves, after last fall announcing a 10-year deal…
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…
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 reportedly in talks with Germany’s Bundesliga over media rights
Apple has reportedly held talks with Germany’s Bundesliga about streaming the league’s matches on Apple TV+, taking over streaming rights…
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…
Verizon Unlimited plans add new perks, access to Apple Music, Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+
Verizon customers get more movies and shows, more sports, more data and more ways to save. Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+1 will be included…
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 …
Why Disney’s video bundle will force Apple to bundle Apple TV+
It’s amazing how one company can change how you view pricing in an entire market…
Disney to bundle Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ for same price as Netflix
Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday said it would offer a $13-per-month bundle of its three streaming services starting in November…
Apple CEO Tim Cook calls ESPN, says sports a ‘great unifier’
Cook reached out to ‘The Paul Finebaum Show’ on ESPN’s SEC Network to surprise the host…
Disney closes $71.3 billion deal for 21st Century Fox assets paving way for streaming service
Walt Disney Co. closed its $71.3 billion acquisition of the major entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox…
The Walt Disney Company announces strategic reorganization
To capitalize on today’s rapidly changing media landscape and more closely align…
Apple TV now on sale at Amazon
The Apple TV 4K and fourth-generation Apple TV are available to buy from Amazon.com…
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…
ESPN’s Apple TV app can now stream four live games simultaneously
ESPN is launching a new version of its Apple TV app that lets viewers watch up to four live streams…
Disney to pull all its movies from Netflix and start its own streaming services; will also launch an ESPN video streaming service
Movies to be removed include Disney as well as Pixar’s titles…
Sony releases PlayStation Vue app for Apple TV
Sony’s web TV service PlayStation Vue is now available on the fourth generation Apple TV…
ESPN tests Apple’s flagship iPhone 7 Plus at the US Open
When Novak Djokovic signs the case to your iPhone 7 Plus, you know you can’t get any closer…
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…
ESPN president: Don’t hold your breath for standalone ESPN streaming
Don’t look for ESPN to launch a stand-alone streaming service soon…
Disney says skinny bundles are hurting ESPN, but will help ESPN
Disney says skinny bundles have hurt ESPN. Disney says skinny bundles will help ESPN…
ESPN President: We are in ongoing conversations with Apple
We’ve had discussions with Apple. I believe in 2016 there will be further announcements…
Apple, Amazon, Google, Yahoo expected to bid on NFL Thursday Night Football
The NFL has told TV networks that it is ready to accept bids for the ‘Thursday Night Football’ package…
Amazon Prime Video coming to new Apple TV soon
Hopefully, within a few weeks span, you will be able to see the Amazon Instant Video app feature on your Apple TV…
Apple begins production of Apple TV 5 with ‘dramatically improved’ performance, new functions
The fifth-generation Apple TV will come into volume production in the first quarter of 2016…
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post reviews Apple TV: If the future of television is apps, sign me up
Video playback was crisp, solid and very fast — basically everything you would want from a playback device…
The ‘everything store’ that doesn’t offer everything: Amazon removes all Apple TV listings
Users who search for Apple TV instead get recommendations for Amazon’s own Fire TV devices…
Amazon makes a stupid mistake by banning sales of new Apple TV
Amazon sent an email to its marketplace sellers informing them of its decision to stop allowing that sale of Apple TV…
