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Tag: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Apple TV+ joins ACE motion picture industry anti-piracy coalition’s governing board

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 5:05 pm3 Comments

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition, today announced that Apple TV+ is its newest…

Apple hires Sony Picture’s Tamara Hunter as head of casting for content push

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:09 pm1 Comment

Following an extensive search, Apple has recruited Sony’s Tamara Hunter…

Apple to take 128,000-square-foot Culver City HQ in new media venture after HBO backs out

Thursday, January 18, 2018 11:18 amThursday, January 18, 20189 Comments

Apple is moving into Culver City…

Life after iTunes: Apple’s big media challenge

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 4:25 pmTuesday, January 9, 201812 Comments

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

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 5:00 pm15 Comments

Apple is developing a new original drama series entitled ‘Are You Sleeping,’ starring Octavia Spencer…


The TV content wars will have grisly season finale

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 2:34 pmWednesday, January 3, 20189 Comments

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

Tuesday, December 26, 2017 5:28 pmTuesday, December 26, 20178 Comments

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

Tuesday, December 19, 2017 3:22 pm5 Comments

After a decade selling boxes that play other companies’ TV shows…

Apple orders space drama series from ‘Battlestar Galactica’ producer Ronald D. Moore

Friday, December 15, 2017 4:01 pm7 Comments

The untitled series explores what would have happened if the global space race had never ended…

Apple hires TV programming veteran Michelle Lee

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 5:01 pmWednesday, December 6, 20176 Comments

Programming veteran Michelle Lee has joined Apple’s venture into scripted television content…

Apple’s content distribution dilemma

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 1:30 pmWednesday, November 15, 20175 Comments

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

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:57 pmWednesday, November 15, 20176 Comments

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

Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:22 amThursday, November 9, 20177 Comments

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

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 2:57 pmWednesday, November 8, 201721 Comments

Apple Inc. ordered a TV series starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon…

Apple hires ex-BBC and Channel 4 executive Jay Hunt

Thursday, October 26, 2017 9:56 amThursday, October 26, 20179 Comments

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

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 10:26 amWednesday, October 25, 201713 Comments

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

Friday, October 20, 2017 1:44 pmFriday, October 20, 20178 Comments

At this point, the evidence that Apple is jumping into streaming is incontrovertible…

Apple is building a world class TV content team

Monday, October 9, 2017 4:32 pmMonday, October 9, 201711 Comments

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

Monday, October 9, 2017 3:00 pmMonday, October 9, 20175 Comments

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

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:55 pm9 Comments

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

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 8:15 pm21 Comments

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

Friday, September 1, 2017 9:31 amFriday, September 1, 201711 Comments

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

Monday, August 21, 2017 10:29 amMonday, August 21, 20173 Comments

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

Friday, August 18, 2017 9:25 amFriday, August 18, 201710 Comments

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

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 8:56 amWednesday, August 16, 201711 Comments

Apple is officially open for business in Hollywood…

Former WGN America president Matt Cherniss joins Apple in latest TV push

Tuesday, August 15, 2017 9:49 pmWednesday, August 16, 20177 Comments

Apple’s big TV push has added another a key player…

Rivals leaving Apple behind as Apple TV remains stuck in a test pattern

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 9:38 amTuesday, August 8, 201725 Comments

America’s entertainment is being reinvented, but Apple is barely involved…

Apple should make a cheaper, streamlined Apple TV

Friday, July 28, 2017 12:02 pmFriday, July 28, 201718 Comments

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

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 5:28 pmWednesday, July 26, 201735 Comments

Roku leads the market with 38.9 millions users, followed by Google Chromecast…

New Apple TV (2015) review: So much potential, at present wasted

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 3:00 pmWednesday, July 5, 20177 Comments

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

Friday, June 30, 2017 2:14 pmFriday, June 30, 201752 Comments

Examples of Apple’s incompetence in the TV space are not in short supply…

Why Apple’s streaming TV vision may soon be getting crystal clear

Friday, June 23, 2017 1:19 pm11 Comments

Next month, Hollywood will honor itself again as the Emmy nominations are announced…

Apple poaches Sony TV executives to lead major push into original content

Friday, June 16, 2017 9:56 am22 Comments

Apple Inc. has poached two top Hollywood television executives from Sony Corp…

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