Apple’s new subscription bundle Apple One began rolling out to Apple users last week, and could save you money by tying together different combinations of the tech giant’s services, including Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus, storage service iCloud and the new Apple Fitness Plus service, which arrives Dec. 14. At the very least, the new …
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Discovery, the cable programmer behind networks like Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV and TLC, will launch a reimagined streaming service called Discovery Plus in the US on Jan. 4 for $5 a month with commercials and $7 a month ad free, making it the latest traditional media company to rev up a rival to Netflix and Disney Plus. In addition, …
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Disney’s bumper launch of Disney Plus in the last year has helped all three of the company’s streaming services — Hulu, Disney Plus and ESPN Plus — to rank in the top-five most popular US streaming-video subscriptions, according to estimates from researcher Parks Associates Wednesday. Netflix and Amazon Prime Video continue to hold court as No. 1 and No. 2 on the …
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The Apple One service bundle is launching Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during the tech giant’s quarterly earnings report on Thursday. That confirmation came shortly after Apple CFO Luca Maestri revealed the news to Bloomberg in an interview, during which he also said Fitness Plus is coming later this quarter. Apple One bundles together multiple services from the company, including Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple …
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When Sony’s PS5 game console launches on Nov. 12, it will feature a newly designed media center that introduces the Apple TV app. That app will also be available on the PS4. Sony on Thursday confirmed some of the entertainment apps that’ll be available for its new console on day one, including Netflix, Disney Plus and, now, Apple TV. Spotify, Twitch, YouTube and Crunchyroll apps …
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Apple One — a reported bundle of Apple subscription services that the gadget maker may be readying ahead of its Tuesday event — may become available for Apple Music subscribers automatically at no additional cost, according to a report by 9to5 Google. Hints inside the code for an Android update to Apple Music suggest that Apple One, apparently codenamed Aristotle, may become part of standard Apple …
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Apple is developing augmented reality content to accompany its Apple TV Plus offerings, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The move is apparently intended to stoke interest in AR technology, as well as drawing more subscribers to the streaming service. The AR feature, which was revealed to Bloomberg by anonymous sources, would display elements of a TV show in the room where the viewer …
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Apple has a deal for people interested in both CBS All Access and Showtime. Starting Monday, Apple TV Plus subscribers can sign up for a $9.99 a month bundle that includes both ViacomCBS-owned streaming services. (Editors’ note: CNET is also owned by ViacomCBS.) The deal includes a seven-day free trial and gets TV Plus subscribers access to Showtime, which usually …
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Apple is preparing to launch subscription bundles that bring together its digital services like Apple Music, Apple TV Plus and Apple Arcade, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The bundles, dubbed “Apple One,” could debut as early as October and will let people subscribe to multiple services at a single monthly price, according to Bloomberg. There will reportedly be different tiers of bundles, with the …
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Disney Plus, the popular new streaming service from Disney, is giving Netflix a run for its money. The filmed version of the Broadway smash hit Hamilton streamed exclusively on Disney Plus earlier in July, and on Friday, Beyoncé’s visual album Black Is King started streaming exclusively on the platform, too. The new visual album, a companion to her Lion King-inspired album …
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