UPDATED with details throughout. At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple is unveiling a range of new products and features, including some TV enhancements precede the highly anticipated arrival of streaming service Apple TV Plus. CEO Tim Cook kicked off the event by introducing the trailer for the company’s…

UPDATE: Apple Inc.'s developer conference begins Monday, and the hardware and software giant is expected to make several major announcements. Among the biggest: iTunes is expected to be replaced. The two-decades-old service is reportedly being replaced by a trio of new apps for the Mac – Music, TV, and Podcasts. No…

After a period of years when Netflix, Hulu and Amazon reigned virtually unchallenged as subscription streaming's Big Three, the landscape is getting more crowded than the last act of Avengers: Endgame. The 2020s will dawn with major new pay-to-stream offerings from Apple, Disney and WarnerMedia all jockeying for the…

Apple posted improved results for its fiscal second quarter, with earnings per share of $2.46 per share outdoing analysts’ consensus forecast of $2.37. The company on Tuesday reported total revenue of $58 billion for the period ending March 31, also exceeding estimates for $57.5 billion. Apple stock fell 2% during the…

Fans inside Apple’s Steve Jobs Theatre may have oohed and aahed at the talent gathered by the company for its elaborate video tease yesterday, but Wall Street’s reaction could be described as a collective “meh.” Apple stock, which dipped 2% yesterday, drifted down another 1% today, closing at $186.79 after most…

UPDATED with closing prices. In the wake of Apple’s much-ballyhooed, two-hour live unveiling of its new video, credit-card, gaming and news publishing offerings, shares in the iPhone maker declined nearly 2% to close at $187.61. Apple shares lost about 1% during the course of the two-hour presentation, which had solid…

Apple is reportedly planning to give its planned TV subscription service the kind of global rollout it typically reserves for high-profile products like its iPhone. The Cupertino tech giant plans to launch the service in more than 100 countries, according to the tech news site The Information. This strategy would…

FX is expanding the scope of its ad-free programming hub, FX+, making it available to all of its 90 million U.S. subscribers. Previously, it had been an add-on option only for Comcast and Cox cable customers. The announcement came as the Fox-owned (for now) network kicked off its day of presentations at TCA summer…

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook directly responded to criticism that Apple TV makes the NRATV channel available for download. Cook has publicly lauded the student survivors of the Parkland High School shooting for fighting to make schools safer. Nonetheless, he defended Apple’s decision to make the NRA’s TV channel…

After months of speculation, the Church of Scientology has taken the wraps off its soon-to-launch, 24-hour TV network. The Scientology Network is set to debut tomorrow evening on DirecTV, as well as on connected-TV platforms such as Apple, Roku, Amazon Fire and Google Chromecast, according to promotional material from…

The long-awaited unveiling of Apple’s iPhone 8 and updates to the other stars of its product line including a new Apple TV 4K arrived today with the fanfare usually reserved for a major motion picture opening. The first event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s revamped Cupertino campus, the corporate show attracted…

Apple TV continues to expand their video-on-demand game with with Brown Sugar. Their latest addition, which launches today, is a new subscription service that features the biggest collection of iconic African-American films of all time. Some of the titles included on the service include Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown…