Two questions:
As someone who works in the industry, do you think Apple really has a chance with Disney's app coming on line soon?
Two, and I'm not sure you have any experience globally, but there are tons of international soap operas and dramas that, while I wouldn't watch them, are extremely popular, and cheap to buy/produce. Can you hazard a guess as to why Apple is concentrating so much on American/Western properties, when the developing world is where the growth is?
Apple will be small potatoes to Disney, (and that’s even if they get any content off the ground.) Apple should swallow a little pride and just attempt to partner with Disney as they have similar content views and standards, but have 80+ years experience.
Apple’s current predicament reminds me of what Microsoft did in 2007. Microsoft did not understand how films or movies were done and what % of revenue went where. They wanted full creative control and a huge majority of revenue (completely ignoring any industry standards.) After almost a year of different directors and studios coming in then backing out because of creative differences.
Ultimately almost all studios wanted nothing to do with Microsoft then. The sad thing was the feature film planned (Halo) was already 6+ months into production. But since negotiations failed, Microsoft axed the project and pulled the Halo license. This left director Neill Blomkamp, and companies (QED International, And WingNut Films) a huge film set with millions already put into it on costumes, renting studio locations, being in foreign locations, legal and safety permits, actors, production stages, etc... Blomkamp didn’t have a story or even a treatment as Halo almost happened but got axed last second. So he had only a few months to write and create a completely new film set within the given budget and then market it to be recurved well enough to make back the money that was essentially burned going back and forth with MS.
***Sorry long convoluted answer to your first question.
Second question (*I don’t deal with the international side of productions or films) But any kind of soap isn’t something I see Apple going for here for whatever reason. I shudder to think about what the environment is at Apple right now (if I was part of their programming and content team.) lol.
I think they are aiming/reaching out way too high/far too fast; wanting high profile shows like what Netflix does without building it up to gain traction.Again, it’s money, stubbornness, and a lack of how these things work.
I do respect what Apple is attempting to do, but again... I think they need to buddy up with Disney, Hulu, CBS, Fox, or Netflix.
Sorry, it’s a bit late when I saw this, so if my post seems off or something, I will attempt to fix it tomorrow. Ha ha.
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As you probably know, Apple has always been a Silicon Valley / Bay Area company first, then spread outwards to the rest of the US from SV/Bay, and then finally spread to the rest of the world (if they ever do).
I work in the industry from the streaming side, and I feel that that in addition to content, Apple must release their streaming service across all platforms including Android, Roku, Smart Tvs, consoles, you name it. If they are focused solely on Apple devices, they will plateau fast.
Exactly, I get why they want to keep it all Apple so they don’t have to share revenue with other companies, but it’s how these things work. What’s funny is Apple is hemorrhaging money just by screwing around and causing all these delays.