Also they are doing contracts for licensing tv shows/movies that they do not create. You pay a dollar amount to these companies for this content and then add it your streaming service for a set amount of time. There is not a any kind of "cut" going on.
Is there no "per view" element to it at all? Netflix et al just pay a fixed license fee?
Asking out of ignorance.
They've offered "per view" for years now via iTunes.
Prior predictions have been that they will merge Music, News and Video into a single subscription. I would bet on that. At least for the first several years till it all gets going. Synergy.
Being higher priced than Netflix is a surprise to me since Apple needs to win people over and also will be far behind in content for some time to come. I was expecting a lower entry point that would rise over time as the service fleshed out.
Also they are doing contracts for licensing tv shows/movies that they do not create. You pay a dollar amount to these companies for this content and then add it your streaming service for a set amount of time. There is not a any kind of "cut" going on.
Is there no "per view" element to it at all? Netflix et al just pay a fixed license fee?
Asking out of ignorance.
They've offered "per view" for years now via iTunes.
What? I'm asking about what Netflix pays the studios.
Although the stock took one heck of a hit due to the trade issue with China and sales slowing as a result, I kind of like the fact that Apple must now get serious again about innovating and pushing forward with more fire in their belly to make their numbers. They always perform better when they’re against the ropes and fighting. Enjoying the sales which were rolling in from China made them complacent about the US market.
Although the stock took one heck of a hit due to the trade issue with China and sales slowing as a result, I kind of like the fact that Apple must now get serious again about innovating and pushing forward with more fire in their belly to make their numbers. They always perform better when they’re up against the ropes.
Apple's iPhone sales are still incredibly healthy. They just had their second-best Q1 of all time! Why do anal-cysts tend to be so B&W in their thinking? If you're not booming you're crashing, if you're not #1 you're in a death spiral*, if you're not dominating in China you're practically bankrupt.
* "death spirals" only apply to Apple products, obviously. Roku is broke but still somehow an "Apple TV killer."
Although the stock took one heck of a hit due to the trade issue with China and sales slowing as a result, I kind of like the fact that Apple must now get serious again about innovating and pushing forward with more fire in their belly to make their numbers. They always perform better when they’re against the ropes and fighting. Enjoying the sales which were rolling in from China made them complacent about the US market.
No, they just develop great products that people love. But developing great products doesn't work like a prize fighter getting an adrenaline rush. It comes in its own time from the confluence of a number of factors -- one of which is a lot of hard late, nights driven by passion... Their 3 latest top products (iPad, Apple Watch and AirPods) came while they were "on top" and beating the hell out of their competition.
I can't think of any other initiative from Apple in the last 10 years that is more misguided than this one.
1. No one has asked Apple for this product. No one. There is not a single customer saying "WHEN OH WHEN is Apple going to release its own video content and charge me for it?!"
2. No one (that I know of) is interested in paying even more than they already are for ala carte video streaming services.
What Apple should be doing is Jobs-era negotiating. They should be figuring out, as the PLATFORM that they are, how to better deliver the content to their customers. Price, and distribution. That is what Apple does. That is where Apple succeeds in the services category. Not by becoming a me too participant in an already over saturated market.
Unless Apple's video service includes something else like iTunes Movies and TV Shows in an unlimited fashion along with its "original" content, this is a complete flop before it has even seen the light of day. Totally DOA.
"expected to launch at $15 per month" is an entirely different thing than "The figure assumes a $15 monthly fee"
Who cares. We can discuss a hypothetical $15/mon video service from Apple.
Which I can't see a single person paying for if all it includes is original content. If it includes streaming access to their catalog of Movies and TV Shows...thats the real story. But it probably won't, so it's pointless.
"expected to launch at $15 per month" is an entirely different thing than "The figure assumes a $15 monthly fee"
Who cares. We can discuss a hypothetical $15/mon video service from Apple.
Which I can't see a single person paying for if all it includes is original content. If it includes streaming access to their catalog of Movies and TV Shows...thats the real story. But it probably won't, so it's pointless.
I care, because it renders the title of the article false and leads to a bunch of people like yourself perpetuating the idea that it will actually cost $15 when we do not know that to be the case, along with the rest of your speculative gripes.
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I would bet on that. At least for the first several years till it all gets going. Synergy.
Airpods were released 2 years ago.
This "Apple isn't innovating" meme is old.
* "death spirals" only apply to Apple products, obviously. Roku is broke but still somehow an "Apple TV killer."
Even free spending Amazon is pulling back.
The Crown Jewels are owned by others. I cannot imagine anything connected to Eddy Cue being best in class.
1. No one has asked Apple for this product. No one. There is not a single customer saying "WHEN OH WHEN is Apple going to release its own video content and charge me for it?!"
2. No one (that I know of) is interested in paying even more than they already are for ala carte video streaming services.
What Apple should be doing is Jobs-era negotiating. They should be figuring out, as the PLATFORM that they are, how to better deliver the content to their customers. Price, and distribution. That is what Apple does. That is where Apple succeeds in the services category. Not by becoming a me too participant in an already over saturated market.
Unless Apple's video service includes something else like iTunes Movies and TV Shows in an unlimited fashion along with its "original" content, this is a complete flop before it has even seen the light of day. Totally DOA.
Which I can't see a single person paying for if all it includes is original content. If it includes streaming access to their catalog of Movies and TV Shows...thats the real story. But it probably won't, so it's pointless.