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…
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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…
Apple eyes iconic studio as base for Hollywood production push; vying with Netflix for high-profile Jennifer Aniston drama
Apple is eyeing the studio where films from Gone With The Wind to The Matrix were shot…
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…
The magic and misdirection of Apple’s streaming strategy
One thing I always find interesting about the streaming wars is the level of misdirection…
Apple wants to spend $1 billion on 10 original TV shows over the next year
Apple is officially open for business in Hollywood…
Former WGN America president Matt Cherniss joins Apple in latest TV push
Apple’s big TV push has added another a key player…
Rivals leaving Apple behind as Apple TV remains stuck in a test pattern
America’s entertainment is being reinvented, but Apple is barely involved…
Apple should make a cheaper, streamlined Apple TV
Apple is fond of talking about its four platforms: iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS…
Apple TV falls behind competition as Internet-connected TV continues to grow
Roku leads the market with 38.9 millions users, followed by Google Chromecast…
New Apple TV (2015) review: So much potential, at present wasted
At the moment there’s no compelling reason to buy the Apple TV unless you’re someone who lives in the Apple content eco-system…
Apple’s so-called TV ‘strategy’ continues to be an embarrassing joke
Examples of Apple’s incompetence in the TV space are not in short supply…
Why investors should be happy about Apple’s live streaming TV absence
For months investors in the streaming/tech space have been hearing about Hulu’s expansion into live TV…
‘Hulu with Live TV’ appears on App Store, includes ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CBS, ESPN, and more
Hulu’s anticipated live television service, which was rumored in the past few weeks…
Hulu and NBCUniversal ink expansive agreement to bring top channels to Hulu’s upcoming live TV streaming service
With this agreement in place, Hulu will soon provide an affordable, complete live TV package that includes all four major broadcast networks for under $40…
Time Warner acquires 10% stake in Hulu for $583 million
Time Warner is taking a 10% stake in Hulu — joining existing owners Disney, 21st Century Fox and Comcast…
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…
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…