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Apple TV+, With Shows From Spielberg, Oprah and J.J. Abrams, is Coming This Fall (cnet.com)
Alongside its new news and payment services, Apple today also unveiled Apple TV+, a place for its new slate of original shows. The new service, billed as a place for the "highest-quality storytelling," will be available in over 100 countries and released starting this fall through the Apple TV app. From a report: It will be ad-free, on-demand and available both streaming online and downloadable. Pricing will be announced this fall. Apple TV Plus is the company's way of jumping into the streaming video game, where Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and others have already established themselves and brought in millions of cord-cutter customers fleeing cable subscriptions. The new service also works as a way for Apple to grow its thriving services business, helping it continue to grow despite lagging iPhone sales.
The company in 2017 hired Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg from Sony Pictures Television to oversee "all aspects of video programming." The two were responsible for shows such as Breaking Bad, The Crown and Rescue Me. And in the past year, Apple has continually announced original content it's producing -- including a multiyear partnership deal with Oprah and deals with Reese Witherspoon, J.J. Abrams and dozens of others. The company has reportedly gone well past its original $1 billion budget to bring in this list of movie and television A-listers, who are slated to create about 30 shows and a handful of movies.
The company in 2017 hired Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg from Sony Pictures Television to oversee "all aspects of video programming." The two were responsible for shows such as Breaking Bad, The Crown and Rescue Me. And in the past year, Apple has continually announced original content it's producing -- including a multiyear partnership deal with Oprah and deals with Reese Witherspoon, J.J. Abrams and dozens of others. The company has reportedly gone well past its original $1 billion budget to bring in this list of movie and television A-listers, who are slated to create about 30 shows and a handful of movies.
Because I don't see it going anywhere if it does. I can put Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu, and a dozen other paid and free streaming services on my Roku, and my understanding is that the Amazon stick and the Chromecast are mostly similar.
I'm not buying another box just to add one channel, especially not one that costs 3X the cost of my premium Roku (with non-premium Rokus costing more like a fifth of the price.)
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I'm not sure about this effort, one of the few things of all the shows and collaborations they announced that seemed at all appealing was the Spielberg bringing back "Amazing Stories".
To me all the big names is kind of a turn off. Not only did that part go on FOREVER and was way to thick on the celebrity worship for my tastes, but to me the bigger names just seem devoid of really interesting ideas, I feel like I have got a lot more unique and interesting content from Netflix.
I wish them luck, but it's a pretty rough field to be launching a new TV service into, what with both Netflix and Amazon hammering out new shows at a prodigious rate.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
not to update IOS, once they make AppleTV part of it.
I just wish I could disable the "pending update" notifications.
Will it be locked to Apple hardware?
The missing part of the summary is that the Apple "TV" app (distinguished from the Apple TV hardware), is going to be going into a bunch of smart TV's, but also Roku and Amazon TV hardware.
So you'll be able to see this content on pretty much anything (also iOS).
Only thing I'm not sure of, as if there will be an Android app... I would say, probably.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
If it forces you to have Apple hardware/software then include me out.
There's one more big one to come (Apple Arcade), Slashdot seems to be spreading out the stories a bit so as not to flood the feed all at once. Apple had a busy morning, for announcing things you cannot get anytime soon...
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Guess Steve's not /quite/ as anti-streaming as he let on, if the price is right?
(yeah, I know, it was about feature films, but still)
As much as possible since msmashdot isn't news for nerds.
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Seriously, where does this stop. WW3 I assume.
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Came here to say "Boomers" too. Why not also pick up Dick Wolf while you're at it?
Look, I buy lots of Apple stuff, I've got at least three Apple computers and a couple of iPhones, but my reaction to the whole Apple TV is ... Meh.
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> how much Apple news do we really need?
As much as Apple tells you that you are supposed to want.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
TV and movies are boring. Uninteresting. Formulaic. Predictable. Remakes of Sequels of ancient TV shows. Seriously has Hollywood run out of creativity?
To make matters worse, you don't even get a complete movie for the higher ticket prices. It's like a movie now is really just a commercial for its sequel. Sad.
Protip: a movie should have a beginning, a middle, and a satisfying ending. Even if the ending is unrealistic, it should leave people happy and satisfied. People WANT to be entertained. Clue: it is an escape from reality. If the movie is going to have an unhappy depressing ending -- people can stay home and get that in real life. If you movie is good AND can have a sequel, then great. But that movie MUST stand on its own.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
Expect Apple fail with a decent spike in subscribers then lack of subscriber growth and slow loss of subscribers.
Entering a low margin business with lots of established competition is not Apple's usual business strategy.
There's no real cost to shifting subscriptions to another provider. Apple only adds a news feed subscription of which only the NY Times in recent memory has garnered significant new subscribers and most of them are from outside the USA.
I've cancelled subscriptions and paid services other than basic internet and a cell phone with a replacement cell phone every 3 to 4 years.
Also, it's pretty Ameri-centric. I've nothing against US entertainment, but I'm sick of 12 series long story arcs and sitcoms with writing teams and the same old characters.
All these people I'll never see or miss in the slightest.
Thanks for hunting down the link, I should have done that myself - I saw the names I listed mentioned in the video, so you can also find it there.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
An apple event occurs a few times a year. It doesn't seem unreasonable to cover the topics in their announcements.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
I see what you did there
I'd say their big competition will be Disney streaming and Netflix and... Netflix despite their strong position I see in more of a longterm downward trend from here.
Why do you see Netflix heading downhill from here? I'd agree if Netflix were spending less on content but every year they spend quite a lot more, I think they are spending way more than Apple! To me the Netflix content just keeps getting better and broader. They are starting to put out movies that are seriously more interesting than most general release movies I see previews for.
After some thought, I don't think Apple is really even competing against Netflix or Amazon. To me what Apple is offering seems a lot more like HBO (right down to a Sesame Street offering!). I think Apple might be better off than HBO but I'm not sure as even with GOT ending, HBO has some strong properties left.
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So it's all gonna be touchy-feely spiritual bullshit?
Disclaimer: My GF loves the Oprah channel. I try to ignore it when she has that channel on.
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All programs will also be in mono, black and white and only in French language because, you know, as they say in France, le courage.
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I don't know if this is satire or lunacy, but it's still 10/10 entertaining.
If it wasn't annoying enough to have to subscribe to 4 different pay TV services to (legally) watch all the content want to watch, Apple and Disney will soon start their own streaming services hide their premium content behind.
We're soon going to get to the point where we're going to need an "everything" network that lets you sign up for multiple streaming services at once under a single account. You know, so you can watch all of your shows in once place.... like the Cable Company used to provide 10 years ago.
TV and movies are boring. Uninteresting. Formulaic. Predictable. (...) Protip: a movie should have a beginning, a middle, and a satisfying ending. Even if the ending is unrealistic, it should leave people happy and satisfied.
The irony here is so thick I could cut it with a knife. What you describe sounds like the dullest "and they all lived happily ever after" Disney movie for kids. Some of the best movies I know totally throw the formula out the window like Memento, throw total curve balls where you think you know what's going on but doesn't like The Sixth Sense or have semi-dark endings like Man On Fire where it's obvious not everyone is walking out of there.
If I want a popcorn flick where the superhero saves the day I can go watch that, but it's never exciting whether Wonder Woman or Aquaman or Spiderman or Iron Man or the Hulk or whatever pulls through - leads don't die if it's rated PG-13 or less. I'd rather watch GoT where nobody's safe and everyone from the evilest shit to the kindest, most innocent character can end up dead any moment. The only thing I'm sure of is that there will always be a Stark in Winterfell.
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Everyone is tired of more and more subscription services. However I do like the model of their news+ service: one subscription cost to 100s of magazines and the content producers are paid based on the amount of time their content is consumed. This model is what I would prefer as a consumer for video streaming services as well. I might well binge on GoT or westworld at HBO - but little else, similarly for other streaming channels.
In general I agree yet his Star Trek movie was quite ok, I thought.
Has Slashdot ever managed to do only one post about a subject?
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Marketing for a remake us cheaper than for something new, or for the same price more effective.
Hero movies, star wars and trek. No need to explain anything. Just say there is a new one and people will come.
Remake? Nany oeople will look because of nostalgia, so you have already won a lot of eyes. As long as they make money of it, why should they stop?
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My guess is the early business models suggested cable subscriptions could actually support some or all channels through just generic subscriber fees.
But I think this lasted like 5 minutes, my first exposure to cable was in about 1982 and the stations all had commercials except for HBO.
Remember that actor you didn't want to bother with going to their movies 20 years ago? Well we have an amazing show for you. Meanwhile all the better shows are mostly supporting actors. Give me a Hugo Weaving or a Richard E Grant show over Ben Afflack any day.
It seems there are going to be a lot more streaming services by the end of the year, each with their own shows. While it's good that you can watch some great new shows online now, it's going to be annoying that each app has a different fee. Personally I think I'll wait and see which sort of shows each provider comes out with. It does seem like the Internet is going back to the days of Compuserve and AOL though. You will need to choose a subscription to get your web content.
The message the market is sending is make more sequels, remakes, and formulaic movies.
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10. Venom
U.S. total: $213.2 million
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story
U.S. total: $213.77 million
8. Ant-Man and the Wasp
U.S. total: $216.65 million
7. Mission: Impossible â" Fallout
U.S. total: $220.16 million
6. The Grinch
U.S. total: $265.5 million
5. Deadpool 2
U.S. total: $318.49 million
4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
U.S. total: $416.77 million
3. Incredibles 2
U.S. total: $608.58 million
2. Avengers: Infinity War
U.S. total: $678.82 million
1. Black Panther
U.S. total: $700.06 million
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Hilarious. Interesting how people like to complain about something unless they specifically benefit from it...
Oh boo hoo! Streaming services bad, make bad content! :( Oh HAI! Buy my streaming content on AppleTV! :)
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