On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 1:36 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> > LOS ANGELES (AP) - Apple says it has reached a multiyear deal with Oprah > Winfrey to create original programs for its streaming service. > Apple said Friday the programs will be released worldwide as part of a > lineup of original content. > Apple has yet to launch its service, whose major competitors will include > Amazon and Netflix. > Winfrey founded and heads the OWN channel as chair and CEO. She recently > extended her contract with OWN through 2025. > An OWN spokeswoman said Winfrey has an exclusive on-camera deal with OWN > but can appear elsewhere on a limited basis. > Winfrey's content for Apple will be solely for the streaming service, the > representative said. > A while ago Adam mentioned that he was reading The Big Picture by Ben Fritz. I have read it since then and I highly recommend it to this list in order to get the context of what is going on in the business side of show business today and how that affects what we see and where we see it. In this case it means there will be more programming and TV as we know it will be getting a smaller and smaller share of eyeballs. And as the streaming services are willing to pay big bucks to build the branding for their platforms, TV (both OTA and cable) won't be able to keep up and soon will be lowering budgets and won't be able to produce breakout stars, and in the rare case they do they won't be able to hold on to them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
