Chances are, no matter how much television you normally watch, you’ve been watching more than usual lately. A lot more. We’re all stuck inside, bored to tears, and there’s only so many times you can watch the same Parks and Recreation reruns. (Except for the Snake Juice episode. That one has infinite replay value.) In the midst of all this bad news, the good news is that new TV shows and highly anticipated premieres continue to arrive with regularity. (At least for now: the Covid-19 pandemic has...
- 3/25/2020
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
Apple TV Plus may have only launched back in November, but it already has plenty of content to keep viewers entertained.
The streaming service is already home to shows including Golden Globe-nominated “The Morning Show,” starring Steve Carell, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet”; and “Oprah’s Book Club.” Apple TV Plus is also bringing on new films to the platform, adding “The Banker” (which was previously delayed amid accusations of historical inaccuracy and sexual abuse against co-producer Bernard Garrett Jr.), starring Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson and Nicholas Hoult, and the “Beastie Boys Story,” a documentary about the famous rap trio and their rise to fame.
Original Apple TV Plus shows currently available to stream also include “Servant” from director M. Night Shyamalan, “Dickinson” starring Hailee Steinfeld and “Truth Be Told” with Octavia Spencer, Lizzy Caplan and Aaron Paul. “Servant” follows a Philadelphia couple mourning the...
The streaming service is already home to shows including Golden Globe-nominated “The Morning Show,” starring Steve Carell, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston; “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet”; and “Oprah’s Book Club.” Apple TV Plus is also bringing on new films to the platform, adding “The Banker” (which was previously delayed amid accusations of historical inaccuracy and sexual abuse against co-producer Bernard Garrett Jr.), starring Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson and Nicholas Hoult, and the “Beastie Boys Story,” a documentary about the famous rap trio and their rise to fame.
Original Apple TV Plus shows currently available to stream also include “Servant” from director M. Night Shyamalan, “Dickinson” starring Hailee Steinfeld and “Truth Be Told” with Octavia Spencer, Lizzy Caplan and Aaron Paul. “Servant” follows a Philadelphia couple mourning the...
- 2/29/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Before signing an open letter asking Oprah Winfrey to rescind her endorsement of Jeanine Cummins’ “American Dirt,” her latest book club pick, Jose Antonio Vargas spent the day digging around on YouTube. “I was listening to interviews between Toni Morrison and Oprah Winfrey, and I was listening to them thinking, what would Toni Morrison say about this moment? What would she say to Oprah Winfrey?”
Vargas, a journalist and activist who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines as a child, was one of many writers — the letter attracted 138 signatories from the literary world — who asked Winfrey to rescind her selection of “American Dirt.” The novel, written by a woman who identifies as white and Latina and about a mother and son fleeing violence trying to enter the U.S. at the border with Mexico, has been widely criticized for a condescending treatment of race. And Winfrey’s inclusion...
Vargas, a journalist and activist who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines as a child, was one of many writers — the letter attracted 138 signatories from the literary world — who asked Winfrey to rescind her selection of “American Dirt.” The novel, written by a woman who identifies as white and Latina and about a mother and son fleeing violence trying to enter the U.S. at the border with Mexico, has been widely criticized for a condescending treatment of race. And Winfrey’s inclusion...
- 2/4/2020
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Apple reported record-setting sales of nearly $92 billion for the three months that ended 2019 — but Apple TV Plus, the flashy new subscription-video service it bowed last fall, wasn’t part of the tech giant’s growth story.
Apple TV Plus revenue “was immaterial to our results” for the period, CFO Luca Maestri told analysts on the company’s earnings.
The exec’s comments are not surprising: Apple is giving away Apple TV Plus free for one year to customers who buy a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch. According to estimates by Ampere Analysis, the “vast majority” of Apple TV Plus’s roughly 33.6 million U.S. users as of the end of the year were not paying subscribers.
Over time, Maestri said, Apple expects that over time, Apple TV Plus will become a bigger part of the company’s growing services business, which increased 17% year-over-year in the quarter ended Dec.
Apple TV Plus revenue “was immaterial to our results” for the period, CFO Luca Maestri told analysts on the company’s earnings.
The exec’s comments are not surprising: Apple is giving away Apple TV Plus free for one year to customers who buy a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch. According to estimates by Ampere Analysis, the “vast majority” of Apple TV Plus’s roughly 33.6 million U.S. users as of the end of the year were not paying subscribers.
Over time, Maestri said, Apple expects that over time, Apple TV Plus will become a bigger part of the company’s growing services business, which increased 17% year-over-year in the quarter ended Dec.
- 1/28/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Is Apple TV Plus — the tech giant’s foray into the streaming wars — a roaring success?
That’s been the initial takeaway from estimates by research firm Ampere Analysis, which has pegged Apple TV Plus as having racked up 33.6 million customers in the U.S. alone as of the end of 2019. As initially reported by the Wall Street Journal, Ampere’s guesstimate would mean Apple TV Plus is bigger than both Hulu (which the firm estimates had 31.8 million users) and Disney Plus (23.2 million) in Q4.
But a few big caveats are in order.
For starters, the U.K.-based researcher’s numbers are “very early-stage, initial estimates,” Ampere Analysis research manager Daniel Gadher told Variety.
Moreover, Apple TV Plus has very few paying subs: The “vast majority” of those estimated 33.6 million U.S. users who signed up after the Nov. 1 launch are getting the service under a one-year-free offer from Apple,...
That’s been the initial takeaway from estimates by research firm Ampere Analysis, which has pegged Apple TV Plus as having racked up 33.6 million customers in the U.S. alone as of the end of 2019. As initially reported by the Wall Street Journal, Ampere’s guesstimate would mean Apple TV Plus is bigger than both Hulu (which the firm estimates had 31.8 million users) and Disney Plus (23.2 million) in Q4.
But a few big caveats are in order.
For starters, the U.K.-based researcher’s numbers are “very early-stage, initial estimates,” Ampere Analysis research manager Daniel Gadher told Variety.
Moreover, Apple TV Plus has very few paying subs: The “vast majority” of those estimated 33.6 million U.S. users who signed up after the Nov. 1 launch are getting the service under a one-year-free offer from Apple,...
- 1/24/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Impact Partners, a financier of independent documentaries that most recently funded Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s documentary about former music executive Drew Dixon’s accusations of sexual assault against producer Russell Simmons, has released a statement to media following the January 10 exit of Oprah Winfrey as executive producer and Apple TV+ as distributor.
“Impact Partners has premiered 49 films at the Sundance Film Festival. Our documentaries, including ‘Icarus’ and ‘The Cove,’ have won and been nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s newest film is one of the most powerful documentaries we have ever funded. It is ready for Sundance and we cannot wait for the world to see it,” said Impact Partners heads Jenny Raskin, Geralyn Dreyfous, and Dan Cogan in a joint statement.
“The core mission of Impact Partners is to uphold the independence and artistic vision of filmmakers,” the statement continued. “We have...
“Impact Partners has premiered 49 films at the Sundance Film Festival. Our documentaries, including ‘Icarus’ and ‘The Cove,’ have won and been nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s newest film is one of the most powerful documentaries we have ever funded. It is ready for Sundance and we cannot wait for the world to see it,” said Impact Partners heads Jenny Raskin, Geralyn Dreyfous, and Dan Cogan in a joint statement.
“The core mission of Impact Partners is to uphold the independence and artistic vision of filmmakers,” the statement continued. “We have...
- 1/12/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Oprah Winfrey is set to executive produce a new untitled documentary from the directors of “The Invisible War” and “The Hunting Ground,” Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, that will be made at Apple, the tech giant announced Tuesday.
The original documentary film will be produced by Winfrey and Impact Partners and will premiere on Apple TV+ in 2020.
Dick and Ziering’s documentary follows a brilliant former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the music industry. The film is described as a profound examination of race, gender, class and intersectionality and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.
Also Read: Here's Your First Look at 'Oprah's Book Club' on Apple TV+ (Videos)
Dick and Ziering are also producing the untitled documentary via their Jane Doe Films along with Winfrey, Terry...
The original documentary film will be produced by Winfrey and Impact Partners and will premiere on Apple TV+ in 2020.
Dick and Ziering’s documentary follows a brilliant former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the music industry. The film is described as a profound examination of race, gender, class and intersectionality and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.
Also Read: Here's Your First Look at 'Oprah's Book Club' on Apple TV+ (Videos)
Dick and Ziering are also producing the untitled documentary via their Jane Doe Films along with Winfrey, Terry...
- 12/3/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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