Long story short: it’s all a revenue diversification play designed to create added value for Apple’s products and bundles. That’s a separate ambition from Netflix’s goal of selling only subscriptions for entertainment content or Peacock’s goal of helping to sell Comcast internet and TV deals. Apple TV+ has won 12 Emmys since 2020 and signedweiterlesen

Apple today announced an update coming to the App Store that closes an investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC). The update will allow developers of “reader” apps to include an in-app link to their website for users to set up or manage an account. While the agreement was made with the JFTC, Appleweiterlesen

Über „Spatial Audio“ für Musik lasse ich (gerne) mit mir streiten, obwohl ich es persönlich oft dem klassischen Stereo-Mix vorziehe. Für bewegtes Bild braucht es eine solche Diskussion allerdings nicht. Als ich gestern Nacht die finale Battle-Rap-Szene aus 8 Mile über die AirPods Max schickte, musste ich mehrmals den Kopfhörer abnehmen, um mir zu versichern,weiterlesen

Anyway, here’s what I want. An app/website that has a search box. A big fucking search box. Like Google times three. 72 point font size at least. Honestly, all I want is a search box. You can have a logo, I suppose. You type in what you’re looking for. That could be the name ofweiterlesen

Sony Pictures lizenziert für die nächsten fünf Jahre an Netflix. WarnerMedia wirft (fast) alles hinter HBO Max und Apple TV+ ist für Tim Cook „kein Hobby“. For the same reason that we’re in products, we’re about making the best, not the most. And so in the TV Plus area, we’re about originals only on Apple.weiterlesen

[…] about 10 million people had signed up for TV+ by February, only about half that number actively used the service, according to the people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg.com | Lucas Shaw | Mark Gurman Die (schlechten) Zahlen glaube ich sofort, aber mit Netflix, Hulu oder Disney+ hat das nichts zu tun. Widerspricht deshalbweiterlesen

“Apple has an established program for premium subscription video entertainment providers to offer a variety of customer benefits — including integration with the Apple TV app, AirPlay 2 support, tvOS apps, universal search, Siri support and, where applicable, single or zero sign-on,” the company said. “On qualifying premium video entertainment apps such as Prime Video,weiterlesen

Netflix is further distancing itself from Apple’s iTunes tax bracket. Earlier this year, the streaming giant enabled iOS users in more than two dozen markets to bypass the iTunes payment method as part of an experiment. The company now tells VentureBeat that it has concluded the experiment and has incorporated the change globally. “We no longer supportweiterlesen