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Apple TV+ might be the next big thing
Is Apple TV+ about to crash the Netflix and Disney party? Disney+, launched late last year, is making quite a splash, quickly topping…
Netflix removing 30-day free trial in the U.S.
Netflix is phasing out its 30-day free trial in the United States of America this month. Netflix has been removing the trial option in…
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…
One quarter of Netflix subscribers also have Apple TV+
According to new data, established streamers like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu don’t yet seem to be losing ground to streaming…
Apple TV+ captures significant share of streaming market
Apple TV+ and Disney+ have captured significant market share in the streaming video space, rounding out the top five behind Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu…
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 is on ‘cloud computing hiring spree’
Over the past few months, Apple has gone on a cloud computing hiring spree, snapping up several well-known software engineers working across a range of…
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 …
Scorsese courts Apple to rescue $200M film starring DiCaprio and De Niro
Martin Scorsese’s representatives have been holding talks with Apple, Netflix, and others, as they seek a new company to produce or distribute…
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…
Coronavirus to add 5% to streaming service subscriptions in 2020
Although the longer term impact of the coronavirus remains uncertain, early evidence suggests that a boost to streaming service subscriptions usage…
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 …
Apple limits streaming quality of Apple TV+ in Europe
European officials have instructed streaming services like Apple TV+ to reduce the bandwidth in use by their services. Limiting streaming video quality …
Netflix asked to slow streaming so Internet doesn’t buckle
Netflix has been asked to slow streaming speeds in order to reduce network bandwidth now that millions of people have committed to staying home…
Apple TV+ forecast to have 26 million paying subscribers by 2025
Apple TV+ forecast to have 26 million paying subscribers by 2025, according to a new report. Disney+ will be the biggest winner over the next five years…
You can now turn off Netflix autoplay previews
You can now turn off Netflix autoplay previews. Netflix now offers two different autoplay settings that you can turn on or off. Here’s how…
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 and MGM have held acquisition talks
MGM has held preliminary talks with Apple, Netflix, and other larger media companies about an acquisition as the biggest streaming companies consider…
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…
Netflix growth slows in U.S. after launches of Apple TV+ and Disney+
Netflix growth slows in U.S. after the service faced new competition from lower-cost services from Apple and Disney for the first time…
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…
France to force Apple, Netflix, Disney, others to spend 25% of local revenue on content
France is finalizing a bill to force video-on-demand services from Apple, Netflix, Disney, Amazon and others to invest at least 25% of their revenue…
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 edges Disney to lead all Hollywood studios with 24 Oscar noms
Streaming made Hollywood history again Monday as Netflix picked up a leading 24 Oscar nominations…
Streaming TV’s Battle of the Binge: Drop all episodes at once or dole them out weekly?
When Disney+ users logged in to the service for the first time Nov. 12, they found thousands of classic movies and television shows….
Apple and Disney look to disrupt Netflix’s binge-watching model
Apple and Disney prefer to release series’ episodes the old-fashioned way: once a week…
HBO Max will debut in May 2020 and cost $15 per month
During a Tuesday afternoon presentation at Stage 21 on Warner Bros. Studios’ historic Burbank lot, the company that owns…
Behind AT&T’s plan to take on Apple TV+, Disney+, and Netflix with HBO Max
HBO Max, which will be HBO plus movies, original shows, and TV classics such “Friends,” will be available starting this spring…
Disney CEO Bob Iger ‘not fixated’ on lower price of Apple TV+
Disney remains unconcerned about the lower price of competing streaming services, such as Apple’s forthcoming Apple TV+, says Disney CEO Bob Iger…
Verizon will offer new and ‘unlimited’ customers a year of Disney+ for free
Verizon will offer all new and existing Verizon Wireless unlimited customers, new Fios home internet customers and new 5G home internet customers a year of Disney+ for free…
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…
Momentum investors are now buying shares of Apple, Amazon and Netflix
Earnings season has started. Wall Street is bullish on the first phase of President Trump’s trade deal with China. The stock market is near highs…
Analyst: Apple TV+ could be worth $15 a share
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…
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…
