Apple TV+ streaming select originals for free during COVID-19 quarantines
Apple TV+ this week made a number of original series, movies and specials available to stream for free, though the limited time offer does not include award-winning serial "The Morning Show."
Apple is providing access to a select slate of programming free of charge to anyone with a device that supports the Apple TV app, reports Variety.
All users, including those without a paid Apple TV+ subscription, can watch "The Elephant Queen," a film documenting a 50-year-old elephant and her herd, the Kumail Nanjiani-produced anthology series "Little America," M. Night Shyamalan thriller "Servant," Hailee Steinfeld vehicle "Dickinson," and alternate timeline space race saga "For All Mankind."
Programming suitable for children includes "Helpsters," a show created by the makers of "Sesame Street," the reboot of "Ghostwriter," and "Snoopy in Space."
Absent from the list of free-to-stream titles is "The Morning Show," "See," "Amazing Stories," "The Banker," "Mythic Quest," "Hala," and "Oprah Talks." Newer releases like "Home Before Dark" are also restricted to paying subscribers.
The free shows were made available to viewers in the U.S. on Thursday and will expand to 100 countries and regions on Friday.
Apple's decision to grant limited access to its video streaming platform mirrors similar moves by HBO, AMC and others. Earlier this month, Epix began to offer free access to its catalog of content through Apple TV Channels.
Apple is providing access to a select slate of programming free of charge to anyone with a device that supports the Apple TV app, reports Variety.
All users, including those without a paid Apple TV+ subscription, can watch "The Elephant Queen," a film documenting a 50-year-old elephant and her herd, the Kumail Nanjiani-produced anthology series "Little America," M. Night Shyamalan thriller "Servant," Hailee Steinfeld vehicle "Dickinson," and alternate timeline space race saga "For All Mankind."
Programming suitable for children includes "Helpsters," a show created by the makers of "Sesame Street," the reboot of "Ghostwriter," and "Snoopy in Space."
Absent from the list of free-to-stream titles is "The Morning Show," "See," "Amazing Stories," "The Banker," "Mythic Quest," "Hala," and "Oprah Talks." Newer releases like "Home Before Dark" are also restricted to paying subscribers.
The free shows were made available to viewers in the U.S. on Thursday and will expand to 100 countries and regions on Friday.
Apple's decision to grant limited access to its video streaming platform mirrors similar moves by HBO, AMC and others. Earlier this month, Epix began to offer free access to its catalog of content through Apple TV Channels.
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Given how many millions of people are entitled to a free subscription, I hope this moves the needle on getting people to try it out. (Perhaps that's already the case, but we haven't heard Apple trumpeting amazing numbers, so I'm doubtful.)
Apple is at risk of losing subscribers (with new content halted) so making it free is prudent.
As many of us have been saying, Apple needs to beef up their offerings by buying someone like Sony Pictures.
I'd like to see Elephant Queen, but my SO doesn't want to see a baby elephant starve to death. How bad is that scene(s)?
I disagree, I think it's entirely about C19. Many of the networks are doing it, including HBO, who's is not considering to be a flopping failure, right? The existing ATV+ promo already has it free for so many, so I doubt your premise entirely.
Yes Apple has to do something. It’s the bandwagon effect, like governments everywhere with a brand new step to authoritarian government every few days*, corporations also have to be seen to be doing something on a regular basis or they aren’t doing enough.
* even before the effectiveness of the last announcement can be seen to be working or not. Ratchet, ratchet, ratchet.