I don't think there's really any certainty how Apple will package it or what platforms it will be available on. Some possibilities:
- It could be an extended Apple Music proposition - giving subscribers another reason to choose Apple over Spotify. Recall that Apple Music isn't just limited to iPhones. There's an Android app as well. - Apple might want to make it exclusive to their devices - iOS and Apple TV. Apple does most things to drive hardware sales after all, and Apple TV has probably lost market share to cheaper, and in many ways, more capable devices like Fire TV and Chromecast. - Apple could create a new video package that gives you free access to all their new TV programming, plus say, two premium movie rentals a month for $9.99. Utilising what is now the iTunes store would give them a leg up compared to Netflix. While Apple is busy commissing $1bn on new programming, that's small change from their perspective. No doubt there'll be some big announcement alongside the next iPhone announcement in the autumn, and their experience with the iTunes store means that technically it'll work. Whether it'll be a success is something else entirely. I'm unconvinced that Beats 1 radio is being listened to much at all, and does anyone remember iTunes Ping - Apple's attempt at a music-based social network? But Apple is able to bet big and can afford to make mistakes. We'll have to wait and see... Adam On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 1:23 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 6:59 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If there is am Apple TV app with this content, would it stream via Fire >> TV? >> > > Predicting from previous product/service launches (which means they might > not do it this way): they will announce the subscription service and say it > is available only through Apple TV so they can get some Apple TV sales from > early adopters. After 3 months or 6 months Apple will say that they are > opening it up to Roku, Fire, etc as they hit the limit of people willing to > buy an Apple TV for the service. So I'd wait if they announce Apple TV only > at first. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
