Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives wrote in a note to clients on Friday that a successful debut of Apple’s new streaming-video service Apple TV+ could be worth $15 a share…
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75% of Netflix subscribers surveyed do not intend to subscribe to either Disney+ or Apple TV+
According to an analysts’ survey conducted in September, 75% of Netflix subscribers surveyed do not..
Apple TV+ may struggle to meet European quotas for locally-produced content at launch
Apple may initially struggle to meet local programming and investment obligations in Europe that include the requirement…
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 TV+ is trying to be HBO, not Netflix
Apple’s new Apple TV+ service features new Apple Originals every month. Always ad-free and on demand. For up to six family members…
Apple’s strategy for beating Netflix is the streaming wars’ best so far
37 million subscribers would make Apple TV+ the second-largest streaming service, with almost 36 percent more subscribers than Hulu’s 28 million…
Roku shares plummet more than 12% after low price for Apple TV+ is revealed
Shares of Roku took a deep dive of more than 12% Tuesday, the steepest drop since March, after Apple said its original TV service Apple TV+ will cost just $4.99 a month…
Netflix, Roku, Disney stocks drop after Apple TV+ insanely low price is revealed
Shares of Netflix and Disney fell sharply on Tuesday, after streaming rival Apple announced its long-awaited Apple TV+ subscription would cost just $4.99 per month…
Apple TV+ and Disney+ won’t let you binge watch
Apple and Disney aren’t on board with Netflix-style binge-watching…
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…
ViacomCBS revs up to join Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Apple, NBCUniversal in the streaming video war for consumer wallets
More than two months before CBS Corp and Viacom Inc succeeded at a third attempt to recombine…
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 now has $210 billion in cash on hand, enough to buy Netflix and Tesla with cash to spare
Cupertino-based Apple Inc. ended its most recent quarter with $210.6 billion in cash and marketable securities on hand…
NBCUniversal looks to challenge Apple TV+ and Netflix next April
Comcast units are double down on the content and streaming wars as NBCUniversal plans to launch its…
Netflix stock plummets after missing badly on global paid subscribers as Apple TV+ looms
Shares of Netflix were down 10% in extended trading Wednesday after the company released its earnings report…
Apple looks to make Apple TV+ the anti-Netflix
Apple is basically trying to build the anti-Netflix, putting a premium on a strongly curated library of content instead of…
Apple among those outbid by WarnerMedia for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company
The sweepstakes to land a massive overall deal with Bad Robot, the famed production company run by J.J. Abrams and his wife and co-CEO Katie McGrath…
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…
Not even Apple can clean up the streaming TV mess
Here’s Apple Inc.’s idea: Next time you want to watch something, no matter what or where or why…
Why Apple built Apple TV+ instead of blowing billions acquiring Netflix
There’s lots of chatter about the potential of Apple buying Netflix…
Why did Apple create Apple TV+ instead of buying Netflix?
Apple’s announcement of series of original new content projects for its upcoming Apple TV+ subscription service…
Expensive NBC? If Apple’s serious with Apple TV+, it needs to shed the ‘clean’ image
If it’s true that Apple is aiming for ‘family-friendly’ material across most of its Apple TV+ shows…
Netflix forecast disappoints as streaming competition looms from the likes of Apple, Disney
Netflix Inc gave a weak forecast on Tuesday that unnerved investors just as Apple and Disney…
Apple, tech stocks drive S&P 500 near record
Technology stocks are extending their leadership on Wall Street as the S&P 500 trades near…
Prince Harry partners with Oprah Winfrey to create Apple TV+ documentary series
The Duke of Sussex is to partner with Oprah Winfrey on a new TV series…
Innovation isn’t required for Apple TV+ to become a big hit
When Apple announced its new TV+ service, they trotted out a parade of celebrities from Steven Spielberg to Jason Momoa…
Netflix disabled Apple’s AirPlay because it is no longer able to distinguish between devices
Netflix has elaborated on the ‘technical reasons’ why it has disabled AirPlay, and claims…
U.S. DOJ warns Academy over potential rule changes that threaten Oscars eligibility for streaming services like Apple TV+, Netflix
The Justice Department has warned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that its potential rule changes…
Netflix’s wall of secrecy erodes
As the race for the best picture Oscar heated up last month, the Hollywood studios knew precisely…
Captain Marvel star Brie Larson to star in, executive produce Apple original CIA drama series
Oscar-winning Larson, who helms Marvel’s first standalone female superhero film as Captain Marvel…
Apple’s original content production reportedly marred by ‘intrusive’ execs, including Tim Cook
Apple’s push into Hollywood is off to a rough start…
Analyst: Apple’s approach to video ‘will likely remain uninspiring’
Apple’s overall effort appears likely to be sub-scale, years behind key competitors, and lacking in meaningful differentiation…
Barry Diller: Apple ‘prancing around’ Hollywood, but those who chase Netflix are fools; no one can get to Netflix’s level of subscribers
Before he became a tech mogul, IAC and Expedia Group chairman Barry Diller was a media mogul…
Apple’s biggest mistake under Tim Cook so far? Not buying Netflix
Apple’s biggest mistake under CEO Tim Cook has been not acquiring Netflix…
Disney dethrones Apple in survey of most ‘intimate’ brands
Disney took the crown from Apple, which ranked first in the last three iterations of the study…
Apple is targeting April to launch its new video service
Apple is in the final stages of preparing its new streaming video service…
YouTube unseats Apple atop ‘Brand Intimacy’ survey of millennials
Apple topped the chart last year in MBLM’s annual Brand Intimacy survey…
Oprah Winfrey hires Terry Wood from Netflix to head up Apple’s original content production
Oprah Winfrey has found her point person for all things Apple…
J.P. Morgan: Apple should buy Netflix, but it would likely cost at least $189 billion
Apple has a pile of nearly $250 billion in cash and one of the ways J.P. Morgan thinks…
