I'm not sure why people are all fussed up about Apple doing original content for its Apple TV. It makes perfect sense if they're trying to put out a box that is meant to replace cable, and be the product of choice for consumers when considering a streaming box. This means exclusive content, but also the ability to stream Hulu, Netflix, Amazon and all that crap in one place.
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Apple Reportedly Exploring Producing Original TV Shows
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No. Netflix has original content that rivals that of AMC and HBO. Apple "fixing" the UI is irrelevant.
People pay for exclusives. That's HBO's and Showtime's business models.
What an idiotic comparison. Disney doesn't make hardware as good as Apple, and Apple doesn't come close to making films as good as Disney's. They are incredibly unrelated in their offerings.
It's all grist for the rumor mill, IMO intended to maintain the image of a company so big, so wonderful, and so creative, there are no limits to what it can do. Maintaining this fairy tale is what levitates the share price, and God knows TC is interested in that levitation -- at least until 2017.
As in "It's all Taco Bell now"?Hopefully Apple destroys- I mean revolutionizes the entertainment industry. I want Apple to control everything!!!
Apple Music in its current trial iteration is new. The argument could be made for or against any of their new endeavors being a "throwing things against the wall situation". We are on the outside looking in so we can't really know for sure how and why all of these rumored or known endeavors are going to fit in with the Apple brand. I just know that the rumors are coming in fast and involve an interesting mix.
So far Apple hasn't been rumored to be undertaking anything that couldn't fit in comfortably with their brand with sufficient effort and planning. It's not like they're getting into delivering Halloween costumes while building cell phones like Amazon.
Now Amazon is a company that's become one big scary blob with no real identity. Some beloved local businesses in my region went under because they couldn't compete with Amazon, which has gotten into everything. Well, I'm not here to complain about Amazon, or Apple for that matter. There has been a lot of insightful commenting and speculation in this thread and some humor, too. I don't intend to take away from that by injecting any negativity.
I just hope that through it all, Tim remains cognizant of the fact that Apple has a unique identity and a lot of good will built by Steve. And that's as precious as hoards of cash and must not be squandered. The hoards of cash were built on the foundation of Apple's reputation as a company dedicated to giving us a better experience of their products than other companies give for their products.
Seriously. I was suggesting this almost five years ago as a way to light a fire under an improved Apple TV (and before Netflix started doing this) and I wasn't the only one. I think they have waited too long to get into this game and claim they are "perhaps not the first but the first to do it right".
Can't wait for the new programming by Apple Entertainment, featuring future classics such as "Everybody Loves Phil Schiller", "Game of Phones" and "NCIS: Cupertino"
You say "waited too long" as though no one else is allowed to make TV anymore.
While our viewing habits have changed over the last 3/4 century... there will still be a need for television production.
Honda was "late" to the automobile industry... they made their first car 60 years after Ford.
But aren't you glad Honda jumped into the game?
And that's another reason they should spin off Beats music. In terms of brand management, I really don't see Beats and the rap crowd being a good fit with Apple. Spin Beats off and run it as a wholly owned, arm's length subsidiary.
I don't know about Siri being best in class. While it's great for what it is Google's just too big. I don't think its Android voice assistant will ever be topped by Siri, in the same way that Google Maps will never be topped by Apple Maps
I think Apple is going to have to refactor itself if it intends to release a new major product every few years. Businesses that get too big for their own good tend to have to do this after awhile. Perhaps they'll spin off a company, maybe one dedicated to the watch.
I guess you are unaware that Disney owns Pixar and comparing Apple to either of these makes no sense whatsoever.
Well... Disney may own Pixar, but Disney is NOT Pixar. They have managed to keep a clear distinction between the two companies over the years. Although they are financially linked, their products are very different. I personally think Pixar>Disney though.
Then provide more context. You can't blame people for misunderstanding your post if you write less than 20 characters.
What's interesting to me is people bash Apple for outages because the are held to a much higher standard. Google who's services people have to completely depend on because they are all cloud based instead of being local and just having a Cloud component, has more outages. The difference is how the media portrays it. They congratulate Google for fixing a problem after an extended period, while saying apple finally fix a problem in their faulty system.