Apple TV Really is the New (Old) HBO — From a quality-perspective, I’ve been saying this for years at this point, but Janko Roettgers‘ point here is a slightly different one: that Apple TV is relying on a few tentpole shows to drive their subscriptions and word-of-mouth, just like HBO used to do in theweiterlesen

Netflix Games has had a rough 9 months. While there have been some successes, the relatively new division has experienced major executive changes, the cancellation of projects, and the removal of numerous games from both the mobile and TV library. The bad news continues as we’ve got word that over 20 games are scheduled toweiterlesen

Disney is no longer allowing its customers to sign up for and purchase subscriptions to Hulu or Disney+ through Apple’s App Store, cutting out any subscription fees that Disney would have needed to pay to Apple for using in-app purchase. Juli Clover | MacRumors Das sind die allerersten drei iPhone-Screens, die man als jemand sieht,weiterlesen

Die neue tvOS-App von Trakt.tv (Referral-Link) lässt ihre Abonnenten:innen nicht nur an der eigenen Watchliste arbeiten, sondern springt für Serien und Filme direkt zum jeweiligen Streamingdienst – inklusive Netflix. Ich wühle mich über die App außerdem gerne durch die „Trending Now“-Kategorie und schaue bei Interesse zum Trailer auf YouTube.

via @himelstech Here’s a little bit of an about-face: YouTube now says it has a Vision Pro app on its roadmap. I mean this literally, as YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby just emailed me the following statement: “We’re excited to see Vision Pro launch and we’re supporting it by ensuring YouTube users have a great experienceweiterlesen

While it’s still early days for our games offering, engagement tripled last year — and despite games still being small, and certainly not yet material relative to our film and series business, we’re pleased with this progress. For example, in Q4, we debuted the Grand Theft Auto trilogy from Rockstar Games. This has become ourweiterlesen

Zugegeben: Der Gedanke einer Vorbestellung als „international customer“ für Apple Vision Pro ging mir durch den Kopf. Mit so Typen wie mir, rechnete wohl auch Apple und verweist in einer Fußnote auf die Einschränkungen durch den begrenzten US-Verkaufsstart. If an international customer purchases Apple Vision Pro in the U.S. and then tries to use itweiterlesen

Apple legte den inhaltlichen Fokus bis zum heutigen US-Vorverkaufsstart seiner Brille auf „groundbreaking entertainment experiences“. I’ve watched five minutes of some TV program on this damn thing and I’m like, “Why am I going back to my iPad?”, it makes no sense. But the thing is you actually have to be mobile-native to actually appreciateweiterlesen