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TBI Digital: Year in Review

Twenty-sixteen was bookended by subscription VOD services taking their limited offers and launching them globally around the world – Netflix shocked the world by switching on in a total of 200 territories in January and Amazon Prime Video ended the year by doing the same (albeit after 12 months of flat-out denials). The impact for […]

Apple’s new TV app doesn’t have Netflix, Amazon

Apple has launched a new TV app, which allows users to access to a raft of content from numerous channels, but, crucially, not from Amazon Prime or Netflix. The app effectively allows users to access all of their content, free and paid-for, via one service. Apple unveiled it in the same week chief executive Tim […]

TBI’s Top 10 Stories of the Week

Though a combined ‘AT&Warner’ equals a distribution and content monolith, just image the scale if Apple bought Disney or Netflix. CEO Tim Cook this week said tech conglom Apple was “intensely interested” in TV content companies, comments that equated to our number one story of the week. Our MIPCOM takeaways, Netflix’s latest cash raise plans, […]

Apple CEO claims ‘intense interest’ in TV, content

Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that he has an “intense interest” in television, and claimed there is “great opportunity” for the company to create and own content. Speaking on the company’s third quarter earnings call, Cook also said that Apple is “open to acquisitions of any size that are of strategic value where we […]

Paltrow, Will.I.Am. join Apple unscripted series

Actor Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Will.I.Am. have signed on to appear in and executive produce an upcoming unscripted series for tech giant Apple as it continues to move into original content. The pair will act as mentors, along with digital entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, in Planet of the Apps, which Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ […]

Apple CEO hints at ‘bigger TV plans’

Apple’s introduction of the latest version of Apple TV and its tvOS software last October mark “the foundation” for bigger plans in this space, according to CEO Tim Cook. Speaking on Apple’s fiscal third quarter earnings call, Cook (pictured) made reference to a TV-related release “this fall” and said the company is “building the foundation […]

TV business needs ‘total overhaul’ to combat Netflix

Traditional content creators and channels need to totally overhaul their businesses if they want to effectively combat Netflix and the other disrupters in the market, according to new research. Credit ratings agency Moody’s says the era of pay TV being the “most stable, predictable and highest-margin segments of the US media industry is rapidly eroding”. […]

Report: Amazon prepares music streaming service

Amazon is reportedly preparing a standalone music streaming service, in a move that promises to further expand its existing entertainment options. According to a Reuters report, the Spotify and Apple Music-rivalling service will cost US$9.99 per month and will likely launch towards the end of summer or early autumn with label deals currently being finalised. […]

Bezos calls for ‘acceptable terms’ from Google, Apple

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has called for “acceptable business terms” for its Prime Video service if the company is to resume selling Chromecast or Apple TV devices. At the Code Conference in California, Bezos responded to a question about why the Amazon store stopped selling the rival devices to its own Amazon Fire TV line […]

Apple looked at Time Warner, linked to Netflix

Tech giant Apple considered a move for its media counterpart Time Warner, according to the UK Financial Times, which added that banking sources said it would be more likely to move for Netflix. The newspaper said Apple’s Eddy Cue, who reports directly to CEO Tim Cook, discussed a possible move for Time Warner with the […]

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