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Apple's Upcoming TV Service To Launch In Over 100 Countries In 2019, Starting With the US (macrumors.com)
A new report from The Information says that Apple's upcoming TV service that is in the works to showcase its original TV shows will be available in more than 100 countries next year. The service will launch in the United States in the first half of 2019, with a global expansion to follow later in the year. MacRumors reports: According to The Information, Apple's original content will be made available for free to Apple device owners, a rumor we heard earlier this month from CNBC. While Apple's content will be available at no cost, Apple will encourage users to sign up for television subscriptions from other cable networks such as HBO or STARZ. Apple has reportedly started negotiating with content providers about what it will pay to carry TV shows and movies, but programming is not expected to be the same in each country. It is also not quite clear how Apple content will be positioned alongside content from third-party services.
I'm still waiting for one internet TV service that gives me even 90% of traditional cable because I refuse to play a perpetual shell game of switching out services as I want to watch new things. Looks like I'm still waiting.
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I think Netflix dropped the ball. They were the effective monopoly in terms of digital distribution. They should have allowed others such as HBO, etc. to sell premium packages on top of Netflix. They take a cut, and become the distribution platform, plus they compete with their own shows. They could have pulled it off, building a reliable streaming platform is not easy/cheap.
Neither is herding a bunch of cats who'd want their own pricing models, promotions, branding, recommendation and search algorithms etc. into one solution. That is, if they were at all willing to become a Netflix package even if they offered it. And who'd really like to be just "Netflix basic"? I bet they'd almost all hide behind some premium wall. I don't think you should underestimate how important the "if you got it you got it" business model has been for customer adoption. If it was a portal to be constantly nickel and dimed it might never have reached the popularity as it has.
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Sorry, I pay for Netflix.
I am not paying multiple suppliers.
I don't subscribe to music services, Radio is free. I don't "rent" my music from iTunes, I buy CDs, everyone can go out of business, but my CDs will still play fine.
I also don't rent software.
Does it realy matter, as long as the main plot pot is not "oh we ar gay/lesbian, whatwever" if the story is good what does the sexual orientation of the caracters matter? This is not an atempt at a troll/SJW