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HBO Max is now simply ‘Max’ with a new ‘Ultimate Ad-Free’ tier
On Tuesday HBO Max became “Max,” Warner Bros. Discovery’s enhanced streaming platform, delivering content for everyone in the household…
Warner Bros. Discovery to kill HBO brand, rechristen HBO Max as ‘Max’
Say goodbye to the “HBO” in HBO Max as Warner Bros. Discovery will strip the HBO brand from the service’s name to rechristen it as “Max.”
Apple refunds HBO subscribers and offers HBO Max discount
Apple on Thursday offered customers a refund for any unused portion of their subscription and a discount for HBO Max…
HBO officially shuts down its Apple TV Channel
When HBO Max launched earlier this year, HBO simultaneously stopped participating in Apple TV Channels, which meant that new subscribers…
Apple TV+ joins ACE motion picture industry anti-piracy coalition’s governing board
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition, today announced that Apple TV+ is its newest…
Analyst: Lack of live sports could accelerate cord-cutting
Baird analyst William Power reasons that the lack of live sports and growing economic pressures due to COVID-19 are likely to accelerate cord-cutting …
Former HBO CEO Richard Plepler inks five-year Apple TV+ production deal
The entertainment world is in flux, and to start the new year, Mr. Plepler is making changes of his own…
Apple in talks to add former HBO chief Richard Plepler to exclusive Apple TV+ producer lineup
Former HBO Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Plepler is in advanced talks to sign an exclusive production deal with Apple…
Why J.J. Abrams reportedly turned down $500 million from Apple
Abrams elected to go with WarnerMedia despite its lower offer. The five-year deal puts all of Bad Robot’s divisions…
Netfix acquires Seinfeld rights for around $500 million, streaming begins in 2021
Netflix just paid somewhere near $500 million (the exact terms have not been disclosed) to acquire Seinfeld streaming rights beginning in 2021…
Apple has more than enough money to buy a Hollywood studio, but should they?
Now that Apple is diving into the content business with Apple TV+, should Apple “go full Hollywood” and buy up a studio?
Apple offered J.J. Abrams far more than WarnerMedia, but he said no
Sources say Apple was willing to pay more than $500 million for Abrams’ Bad Robot production company…
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 is ‘racing’ to get HBO and Showtime on its soon-to-be-unveiled streaming service
Apple Inc. will host A-list celebrities and media executives on March 25th…
Australia plans law for tech firms to hand over encrypted private data or face millions in fines, jail time for execs
Australia on Tuesday proposed a new law requiring technology firms…
Fired FBI director James Comey reveals how Apple’s encryption efforts drove him crazy
Fired FBI director James Comey writes about President Trump while also addressing other aspects of his career…
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…
Is Apple diworseifying?
Undoubtedly, Apple is distinguished for the iPhone
Will Apple’s risk-aversion doom its TV content effort?
The first noteworthy Apple video was the ad it debuted at the 1984 Super Bowl…
iCloud changes put Apple on collision course with overreaching governments
Apple has consistently argued against laws that would require tech companies to build so-called ‘back doors’ into their software…
Apple flies in top executives to lobby Australia’s Turnbull government on encryption laws
Apple’s top privacy executives have flown out to Australia twice in the past month…
Apple meeting with Australian government to discuss proposed encryption ‘back doors’
Attorney-General George Brandis will meet with global tech-giant Apple this week…
President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey who called for iPhone backdoor
President Trump has fired the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey…
After U.S. gov’t refuses to declassify sum paid for FBI’s San Bernardino iPhone hack, Senator Dianne Feinstein inadvertently reveals it
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone…
FCC helps AT&T and Time Warner avoid lengthy public interest merger review
The Federal Communications Commission has helped clear the path for AT&T to buy Time Warner Inc…
Apple’s forthcoming tvOS 11 said to get multi-user support, picture-in-picture, and more
Apple is planning to update tvOS for Apple TV with multi-user support…
A premium TV bundle could be Apple’s secret weapon
As any investor in Apple knows (by now), the company REALLY REALLY wants to be in the TV space…
FBI’s James Comey: ‘There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America’
All of us have a reasonable expectation of privacy in our homes, in our cars, and in our devices. But…
FBI Director James Comey cancels SXSW 2017 appearance
FBI Director James Comey will be unable to attend SXSW due to “scheduling conflicts” that…
News organizations ask judge to force FBI to reveal how much it paid to unlock San Bernadino Islamic terrorist’s iPhone
Last year, the battle between Apple and the FBI dominated headlines…
Proving Apple’s assertion that there are no good backdoors, hacker dumps iOS cracking tools allegedly stolen from Cellebrite
The hacker responsible has publicly released a cache of files allegedly stolen from Cellebrite…
A hacker just proved that Apple was right to worry about creating a backdoor to the iPhone
Last year, when the F.B.I procured a court order forcing Apple to unlock an iPhone belonging…
What Apple got right but Amazon is getting wrong
Law and technology frequently operate at cross purposes….
Apple approached Time Warner about possible merger before AT&T talks
Apple Inc. a few months ago approached Time Warner about pursuing a combination…
FBI wants to get into locked Apple iPhone of Minnesota Islamic terrorist Dahir Adan
When the FBI asked a court to force Apple to help crack the encrypted iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter…
British PM Theresa May launches thinly veiled attacks on Apple and Facebook
Theresa May launched a thinly veiled attack on Apple and Facebook…
After calling for less security in Apple iPhone case, feckless FBI calls for more security as two state voter databases hacked
The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases…
FBI Director Comey calls for national talk over encryption vs. safety
The FBI’s director said Friday the agency is collecting data to present next year in hopes…
Apple’s suggestion of Time Warner bid hints at Hollywood ambitions
ven if Apple Inc. never made an actual move to buy Time Warner Inc…
Apple contemplates dramatic push into media industry
Now that Apple has a foot planted squarely in the media industry’s door, it now seems ready to barge in further…
Apple’s Eddy Cue proposed bid for Time Warner
A top Apple executive raised the prospect of the iPhone maker buying Time Warner at a meeting…
