Apple doesn't buy exclusive rights to a show just to give it away for free and expect nothing in return.
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Peanuts Fans Unhappy With Specials Being Limited to Apple TV+, Petition Tops 100,000 Signatures
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To push the half baked entertainment services. It's all about the subscription services.
You pay by watching the sponsor's advertisements. Like on the cable tv that you pay for every month but originally was supposed to be ad free because you paid for it. But, you pay for it twice where OTA watchers only pay for it once.
It's not that we don't know the difference. We don't care and don't want to care. We don't want anything to do with Apple's TV stuff. I'm sure some people will like it, but they can keep it. Imagine if this story had "Apple" replaced with "Microsoft" or something. The issue is the exclusive rights, not Apple TV as a service.
Although, maybe it's time to find a good DVD of all the Christmas classics. Wonder if any will have a mix as good as ABC7's.
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Hmm, it's been on the air on two major networks for 50 years.
I'm protesting because not all the US has internet access - it's not mandated by the government. But OTA tv is and that's how a lot of people would watch these specials. And what about Public television? Should Ebenezer Cook make people pay to access that? The internet is pay tv like cable. There was a time when you could do family genealogy on the 'net for free until the government when privatized and you now have to pay Ancestry to access"public" records.
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Brundlefly? No memory? We'll keep that in mind when you lose your position.
Tim loves getting as much Peanuts as he can get.
Everyone else has Peanuts envy.
Everyone else has Peanuts envy.
Don't think this will happen. A larger percentage of movies is "1 and done" while music is constant.
AppleTV+ is available on Roku, FireTV, a bunch of SmartTVs and PC. I have noticed Android app is available but not sure if it's on Google Play
Ah! but these so-called fans wait until the holidays when the DVDs go up in price. LOL
Checkout reelgood.com it's a great service to find who is streaming a show/movie
Don't forget cable access cause unless you are hugging ABC antenna you ain't getting squat!
A lot of that stuff is long gone already. 1 show isnt going to help. The only two that survive are the Honeymooners and Twilight Zone marathons plus a couple of the claymation movies.
True. But some people just like tradition. And they know certain shows are on certain networks at certain times of the year. Or they’re just not into the Apple ecosystem. Since Apple is offering this free they could still allow ABC to show it. I highly doubt A Charlie Brown Christmas in going to bring in new Apple TV+ subscribers.
I remember it because of the great music and it‘s one of the only holiday shows that actually mentions the birth of Christ.
What amazes me in all these posts asking how a person without apple devices could watch them...well apple tv app is on just about every roku device, almost every amazon fire tv device, on the last 3 years of samsung tv’s, last 3 years of lg tv’s, the last 3 years of vizio tv’s, this years sony tv’s, and its already been announced that it will come to playstation and xbox consoles currently used by test users, so basicly any streaming device except chromcast has the app... now for the people who dont stream any thing and only watch over the air tv well i hate to say it but your over the air tv stations are already making and playing streaming only shows and series it might be time to think outside of the box tv is changing.
Wow never thought I would read a line like that.