Apple TV+ and Disney+ have captured significant market share in the streaming video space, rounding out the top five behind Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu…
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HBO Max vs. Apple TV+, Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu
HBO Max launched Wednesday, joining an already crowded field of video streaming services, including Apple’s Apple TV+. HBO-owner AT&T will soon find out…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
Are you starting to feel streaming fatigue?
As yet another streaming service, NBCUniversal’s Peacock, launchese, one Wall Street analyst says consumers might be starting to feel streaming fatigue…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hulu in 4K returns to Apple TV
Hulu wants to tempt Apple TV users to its service with re-introduction of 4K content…
In strategy shift, AT&T mulls $16-$17 per month streaming service that includes both HBO and Cinemax
AT&T Inc.’s WarnerMedia has abandoned its plan for a three-tiered streaming service and instead will likely package HBO, sister channel Cinemax and the vast library of Warner Bros. TV shows and movies…
Streaming TV shows surpass broadcast for the first time
The era of Peak TV hit a record-breaking peak in 2018 with the relative newbies…
Apple tried to secure rights to stream ‘Friends,’ but Netflix’s $100 million sealed the deal
How do you value a sitcom that hasn’t been on TV for 14 years?
How AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner will impact cord-cutters
On Tuesday, a federal judge granted AT&T’s longstanding wish to acquire Time Warner…
Comcast bids $65 billion for 21st Century Fox assets, topping Disney
Comcast announced a $65 billion bid for Twenty-First Century Fox units that are currently in an agreement to be acquired by Disney…
Apple to take 128,000-square-foot Culver City HQ in new media venture after HBO backs out
Apple is moving into Culver City…
Life after iTunes: Apple’s big media challenge
Like all the big tech firms, Apple is spending billions to produce original video content…
Apple developing new original drama ‘Are You Sleeping’ starring Octavia Spencer
Apple is developing a new original drama series entitled ‘Are You Sleeping,’ starring Octavia Spencer…
The TV content wars will have grisly season finale
The golden age of TV programming is heading for a grisly finale. Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Hulu…
Three more Amazon Studios executives move to Apple
Three Amazon Studios executives are departing the streaming giant for roles…
Apple’s major new TV content deals reveal plans to take on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and others
After a decade selling boxes that play other companies’ TV shows…
Apple orders space drama series from ‘Battlestar Galactica’ producer Ronald D. Moore
The untitled series explores what would have happened if the global space race had never ended…
Apple hires TV programming veteran Michelle Lee
Programming veteran Michelle Lee has joined Apple’s venture into scripted television content…
Apple’s content distribution dilemma
Apple is serious about content. You just need to look back at the past year to see not just their ambition but also…
Analyst: Apple could launch a Netflix competitor in 2018
Apple could launch a video subscription product next year, while Netflix…
Apple gives Jennifer Aniston-Reese Witherspoon series a 2-season order, confirms Spielberg’s ‘Amazing Stories’ reboot
Apple is making an official entry into the scripted series arena under Jamie Erlicht & Zack Van Amburg…
Apple outbids Netflix for show starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon
Apple Inc. ordered a TV series starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon…
Apple hires ex-BBC and Channel 4 executive Jay Hunt
Apple has hired Jay Hunt , the former controller of BBC One and chief creative officer of Channel Four
Apple’s billion-dollar bet on hollywood is the opposite of edgy; company wants content with broad appeal
Days before Apple Inc. planned to celebrate the release of its first TV show last spring…
How Apple can build a better video streaming service
At this point, the evidence that Apple is jumping into streaming is incontrovertible…
Apple is building a world class TV content team
Apple’s initial ‘’flags-in-the-sand’ attempts at building its own content may seem a little lacklustre, but…
Former Channel 4 content chief Jay Hunt joining Apple
Rumours abound that former Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt has joined…
Apple’s TV strategy becomes clearer as top stars line up to pitch content
The world’s biggest company is officially taking meetings as everyone from Jennifer Aniston to Steven Spielberg salivates over selling the first big show…
Apple recruits four veteran execs to join growing TV unit
Apple has recruited four veteran TV executives to join its burgeoning video content team…
