A side-note in Apple's press release announcing today's arrival of Amazon's long expected Prime Video app for Apple TV states that tvOS's Universal Search feature now lets you search 1.3 million TV episodes and movies on your Apple TV.
As promised, Amazon on Wednesday released its eagerly anticipated Prime Video app for Apple TV, bringing a bunch of TV shows, movies and original video programming from Amazon to Apple's living room device.
If Apple hopes to compete in the quickly crowded market of streaming services, it will need to start spending a lot more money. If Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster is to believed, Apple is doing just that by spending up to $4.2 billion on original content by 2022.
Online retail giant Amazon has reportedly scrapped plans to launch a so-called skinny TV bundle for a set fee as content owners are reluctant to break with decades-old business models revolving around the traditional cable bundle.
Canadian hip-hop artist Drake is looking to produce and perhaps star in TV shows and movies and has at least one powerful backer in his corner: Apple, which is said to be spending $1 billion on original video production in the next twelve months.
Aside from new betas of iOS 11.2 and watchOS 4.2, Apple today also issued the first beta of the upcoming tvOS 11.2 software update for the fourth-generation Apple TV and newer.
Apple is planning to deploy a $1+ billion budget for original video programming over the next year.
As part of its push for original video programming, Apple has reportedly hired BBC TV executive Jay Hunt, who was most recently chief creative officer at Channel 4.
Apple is reportedly looking to establish production headquarters in West Los Angeles to house its original content production effort, as reported Wednesday by The Real Deal (via 9to5Mac).
Apple has reportedly inked a deal with director Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Comcast's NBC Universal to create new episodes of “Amazing Stories,” Spielberg's 1980s fantasy, horror and sci-fi television anthology series.
Hulu is a great app for watching your favorite movies and TV shows on demand, but like most services, it supports advertisements; even if you’re paying for the reduced-cost monthly bargain plan.
Enter a new free jailbreak tweak called Huu for Hulu by iOS developer WhiteSauce, which gives users more power over their advertisements from the Hulu app. Huu for Hulu doesn’t skip ads entirely, but it does let users scrub past them when needed.
Apple today noted in an updated support document that the viewing window for iTunes movie rentals in the United States has expanded from 24 hours to 48 hours.