Wednesday 27 March 2019

Apple Services Event: TV Plus, TV Channels, News Plus, Arcade, Card

Apple TV Plus (Apple TV+)
  • SVOD, ad-free
  • with original content (from Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Anniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carrel, JJ Abrams)
  • with downloads
  • commercial autumn 2019 in more than 100 countries
Apple TV Channels
  • to expand Apple TV app with Apple TV Channels
  • aggregator (current iTunes portfolio of movies & series; access to access DirecTV, Spectrum, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, etc; access to HBO, CBS All Access, Showtime, Starz. Epix, Comedy Central Now etc)
  • a la carte sign-up, personal recommendations (AI-based, curated)
  • with Family Sharing
  • May 2019, more than 100 countries
Apple News Plus
  • launches in US & Canada, 10 $/mo
  • access to 251 mags and ?? newspapers (NatGeo, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, New Yorker, LA Times, WSJ); value of individual titles 8k $/yr
  • with personalised recommendations
  • no tracking of what is read
  • with Family Sharing
  • Apple News app (free) has 85m users
Apple Arcade
  • subscription gaming service, ad-free
  • 100 exclusive titles (from Sega, Konami, Disney)
  • with AR
  • no in-app purchases
  • with offline playing
  • autumn 2019 in more than 150 countries
Apple Card
  • free (no fees), low interest fee
  • no CVV code, no signature, no expiration, authorisation via Face ID or Touch ID
  • cc (with Goldman Sachs & MasterCard), tied to Apple Pay (target 10b transactions in 2019, available in over 40 countries end 2019); part of Apple Wallet app; integration with Apple Maps
  • no purchase tracking
  • with Daily Cash (daily rebates)
  • support via Messages app
  • summer 2019 in US