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Microsoft 'Movies & TV' App Reportedly Coming to iOS

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Microsoft may be working to bring its Windows-based Movies & TV app to iOS devices, according to Windows Central.

The app lets users browse and play movies and TV shows purchased from Microsoft's Store, but it's only available on Windows 10, Xbox, and Windows 10 Mobile, and Microsoft is apparently eager to bring it over to rival platforms to give consumers more of a reason to buy from its catalog of video content.
While most people have moved over to streaming content via services like Netflix, there is still a whole lot of content that isn't immediately, or ever, available to stream. Lots of people buy digital movies and TV content, and Microsoft has a huge store that a lot of people seemingly ignore or don't know about because there is no mobile companion app for their phone.

But it appears Microsoft is now finally working on bringing its Movies & TV service to iOS or Android, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Microsoft killed off its Groove Music streaming service last year, which led many to assume the same fate would befall its Movies & TV service.

However, since the death of Windows 10 mobile in October, Microsoft has seen fit to bring over some popular apps like Edge and Windows Launcher to iOS and Android, and it looks as if the company counts Movies & TV in that select list.

That said, sources told Windows Central not to expect the iOS and Android version of Movies & TV anytime soon, since the app is still a work in progress.

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I'll only use this if it works with Movies Anywhere, like it used to until a year or so ago. Own too many movies to use this app.
 
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silvetti said:
Because, unlike Microsoft, Apple has a hardware mobile platform that thrives.
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Yeh but Apple is in the business of making money.
By offering services to other platforms they can slowly bring people into the eco system.
I would love to be able to watch the files and tv shows I watch on other non apple devices.

AE
 
vaxes said:
Yeh but Apple is in the business of making money.
By offering services to other platforms they can slowly bring people into the eco system.
I would love to be able to watch the files and tv shows I watch on other non apple devices.

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Apple still makes the most money on hardware sales. Their services are to attract people to their hardware. Granted they do make some money from the services as well but their CORE business is hardware.

If they had to spend money I would prefer them to make their services available to ALL their WORLDWIDE customers first before worrying about other platforms.
Apple News exists in only 3 countries.
iTunes TV Shows? Same thing. Very few countries have them.

Anyway, this has gone a bit off topic. But the reason Microsoft is doing this is that they are a SERVICES company first and foremost so they need their services available on all platforms. Apple doesn't.
 
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I like the new Microsoft since Ballmer left. They are now more open and cross platform and products seem better. A needed step that Ballmer refused to do - their money is with applications/services, not the OS, so they need to spread out, especially in mobile.

That said - I will stick with the Apple ecosystems since I live in a 100% Apple household and even work is mostly Apple - but good for everyone who needs both platforms for whatever reasons
 
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Ballis said:
Good move. Idk why Apple arent bringing their services to competing plattforms like this. I would love Apple Music on PlayStation for example.
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PlayStation has already teamed up with Spotify. Ironically as an Apple Music subscriber my PS4 is the only place I interact with Spotify
 
Ballis said:
Good move. Idk why Apple arent bringing their services to competing plattforms like this. I would love Apple Music on PlayStation for example.
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silvetti said:
Because, unlike Microsoft, Apple has a hardware mobile platform that thrives.
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You beat me to it. Exactly what I was going to say.
I don't know why the OP said they don't know why Apple doesn't do this. I think it's VERY obvious why Apple doesn't do this...
Apple's primary objective isn't to sell you Apple Music. Rather, their primary objective is to sell you an iPhone, and Apple Music is just one of the features they offer to entice you.
 
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Yeh but Apple is in the business of making money.
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Exactly, and the bulk of their revenues is in hardware sales.

vaxes said:
By offering services to other platforms they can slowly bring people into the eco system.
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Possibly. By offering Apple Music on Android, the strategy presumably isn't "this will make more people buy iPhones", though; it's this will make more people subscribe to Apple Music". They had the lucky situation where that app already existed (due to MOG/Beats Music); maybe that changed the financial numbers enough that offering the app could be considered a safe economic bet.

A PlayStation app, OTOH, needs to be built first. And then maintained over time. Maybe they're planning one and it's simply on the back burner, maybe they haven't even considered it (unlikely, since competitors have been doing it), and maybe they have in fact considered but rejected it, because the economics don't work out.
 
Well gotta give it to microsoft, they keep pushing their crap even if no one wants it or uses it... don’t know anyone with a movie/music library on a MS service.
 
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Well I suppose it might be a nice MKV player, if they get that over.

Otherwise, miss me with this crappy UWP stuff.

Also, I like how Windows 10 literally contains an app that cannot be removed which ad for Spotify in it. Lolwut.
 
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I’d use this app - I bought some movies and TV series from Microsoft (because they aren’t available on iTunes) - but rebooting to Windows just to watch something is a PITA.
 
I didn't even know that Microsoft 'Movies & TV' existed until reading this post. Does it even have much of a subscriber base?
 
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Microsoft may be working to bring its Windows-based Movies & TV app to iOS devices, according to Windows Central.

The app lets users browse and play movies and TV shows purchased from Microsoft's Store, but it's only available on Windows 10, Xbox, and Windows 10 Mobile, and Microsoft is apparently eager to bring it over to rival platforms to give consumers more of a reason to buy from its catalog of video content.
Microsoft killed off its Groove Music streaming service last year, which led many to assume the same fate would befall its Movies & TV service.

However, since the death of Windows 10 mobile in October, Microsoft has seen fit to bring over some popular apps like Edge and Windows Launcher to iOS and Android, and it looks as if the company counts Movies & TV in that select list.

That said, sources told Windows Central not to expect the iOS and Android version of Movies & TV anytime soon, since the app is still a work in progress.

Article Link: Microsoft 'Movies & TV' App Reportedly Coming to iOS
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This move will make it easier to transition to the Apple since doing so will not result in losing out n purchased content from Microsoft.
 
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