Apple Announces Subscription Service for News and Video Broadcast Service | 03/25/19

Apple is expanding its product offering with a news subscription service that provides access to content from various media for a monthly fee.

Content from approximately 300 magazines will be available in the US and Canada with Apple News Plus. Major newspapers include The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The Canadian The Star. He had already revealed that the "New York Times" and the "Washington Post" did not want to join the service and would instead prefer to sell their subscriptions themselves.

The offer costs $ 9.99 per month – family members can read the price. Each individual subscription would cost $ 8,000 a year, Apple said.

An important feature of the application could be personalized suggestions of new issues of magazines and individual articles. The layout of the articles is specially adapted to the size of the screen of the iPhone and the iPad.

Some time ago, Apple had purchased the application "Texture", which had contracts with various magazine publishers in the United States. For availability in Germany initially no information has been provided. In the fall, the application must come to Australia and the United Kingdom. If and when the service will arrive in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, it has not been said.

Streaming video service presented

Apple launched its own video streaming service on Monday. In the offer bearing the name "Apple TV Plus" from the group, the series and films filmed are exclusively available. Apple is competing with services such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, although initially in a smaller format. Apple has won filmmakers recognized for their individual projects Steven Spielberg and J. J. Abrams and Hollywood stars like Jennifer Aniston and Resse Witherspoon. Spielberg himself came to Cupertino to present the service.

The TV application on Apple devices is also being expanded. This gives users the option of subscribing and using the individual payment sender directly to that location. For example, HBO, Showtime and Hulu are in the United States. International channels should be available in the respective countries, it was said without further details. The application should also make personalized suggestions based on the programs previously viewed. The app will be available for the first time not only on Apple devices, but also on Samsung, LG and Sony TVs, as well as on Amazon's Roku and Fire TV streaming boxes. In addition, the application, currently available in ten countries, will soon be usable worldwide.

Subscription payment games

In another subscription service called "Apple Arcade" is starting in the fall for a monthly subscription to give the opportunity to use more than 100 paid games from the App Store. . There should be no advertising or additional fees. At first, there was no detail about the price of the subscription or the game titles available.

The Apple credit card arrives

In the United States, there will also be an Apple credit card, which the group publishes with the bank Goldman Sachs. The company promises, among other things, strict confidentiality: "Apple does not know what and where they bought and what they paid." In addition to the virtual version of the card on Apple devices, there should also be a physical titanium card. On the side of the chip, only the name of the user is listed – no numbers or signature, so these data can not be stolen. These data however are via the app on the iPhone recoverable.

The Apple stock lost 1.21% to $ 188.74 during Monday's trading session.

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