Tag: Apple
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Weekend Wrap Up: Sling TV Brings Back NFL Network, New Roku Premium Options, & More
This week saw the return of NFL Network and NFL RedZone to Sling TV, pricing and launch details for Sony’s PlayStation 5, and new premium subscription options available through The Roku Channel. Elsewhere during this busy week of streaming and cord cutting news, Apple unveiled a new subscription plan that bundles several of its services,…
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Apple TV+ Announces Lineup of Kids’ Shows Premiering This Fall
Apple TV+ announced today two new kids’ series, “Doug Unplugs” and “Stillwater,” which will premiere this fall alongside award winning kids’ programming on the streaming service. Doug Unplugs will premiere Friday, November 13. The series is based on Dan Yaccarino’s “Doug Unplugged” book series and follows a young robot named Doug who unplugs while the other…
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Apple Announces Fitness+ Launching Later This Year, Best Buy & CVS Offer Free Memberships
Today Apple announced Fitness+, a personalized fitness experience designed for Apple Watch that links directly to iPhone, iPad or Apple TV for a “first-of-its-kind personalized workout experience.” With at-home workouts and equipment linked apps like Peloton skyrocketing this year, Apple is throwing its hat into the fitness ring with this new launch set to happen…
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Apple Officially Announces Apple One Bundles
During today’s Apple event, the company announced Apple One, a plan to combine Apple’s subscription services in one simple plan. Apple One includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News, Apple Fitness, and iCloud in a single subscription. “Apple One makes enjoying Apple subscription services easier than ever, including Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple…
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Apple’s New Hire Could Point to Upcoming Bundle Deal
Apple just hired a new executive who’s previously spent time at both Hulu and Quibi in distribution roles. Tim Connelly was hired to join Apple’s video division with no official role title known yet. Since Connelly’s previous jobs were to negotiate distribution deals, his association with Apple is likely to build new bundle deals for…
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Weekend Wrap Up: Top Cord Cutting Stories from This Week
This week, we highlighted Pluto TV’s revamped lineup, our own Roku streaming device comparison, Netflix’s new shuffle button test, streaming service bundle deals, and more! Pluto TV Adds a Dozen New Channels and CBS Content & Reorganizes Channel Lineup Note: This is a sponsored post. Pluto TV, ViacomCBS’ free streaming platform, announced a significant update…
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Apple Rebrands Its ‘Beats 1’ Radio Station, Adds Two New Channels
Apple’s radio station ‘Beats 1’ has relaunched and been rebranded to ‘Apple Music 1″ which more closely aligns with the company’s overall naming structure. In addition, the radio has two new channels, Apple Music Hits which will focus on hits from the 80s to 2000s, and Apple Country showcasing country music stars. “For the past…
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Apple TV+ First Bundle Deal Includes CBS All Access and Showtime
Today Apple launched its first partnership deal for Apple TV+ subscribers. With the new bundle, you can get CBS All Access and Showtime for just $9.99 a month along with an active Apple TV+ subscription. Apple TV+ costs $9.99 a month and comes free for one year with the purchase of any Apple device. CBS…
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Apple Will Reportedly Launch Bundled Services with Basic and Premium Tiers
Apple is continuing with plans to offer services in bundled packages, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Sources tell Bloomberg the bundles are being called “Apple One” and are being designed to drive subscriptions to multiple services. This isn’t the first we’ve heard about the potential for Apple services being offered in bundles. In…
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Apple TV+ News Includes More Smart TV Support, First Look at Foundation
We didn’t get a next-gen Apple TV announcement at Monday’s Apple WWDC keynote, but we did get some updates to tvOS and the company’s streaming service, Apple TV+. During Apple’s livestream, Director of Program Management for Media Products Engineering Cindy Lin boasted that the Apple TV+ service is currently available on over 1 billion TVs…