The first TV show Apple will not be released until 2019
AT In recent months, news of that Apple is creating a service competitor to Netflix and signed for him a famous director. But despite the increased number of announcements NY The Times claims that streaming from Apple does not it is worth waiting for before next year.
Rumors about start went still last summer, but according to NY Times, Apple is not going anywhere hurrying. The company has not yet staff (as long as there is a 40 people), and allocated billions of dollars for production of content in The first year is most likely not enough. Plus, not yet the headquarters of the new unit is ready. As there is no certainty with title. They say about Apple Worldwide Video, but is not exactly. Therefore, close to internal kitchen sources and say that to wait until the project before 2019 is definitely not worth it.
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Once Apple launches its streaming in counterweight to Netflix. Not It is known when this will happen, but Now Apple is actively collecting under the wing of serious projects and top-end frames with TV. The first series of Apple was neither much neither little resurrection of Steven Spielberg's " Amazing Stories " in chapter with by Spielberg himself. Then it became known that Apple won back from HBO right the first wedding night on a new project by J.J. Abrams ( " Star Wars: Awakening of Force " , " World of the Wild West " and still a bunch of AAA projects) called " Half-light. " Then there was information that a new series for Apple would remove the young (33 years) and critically acclaimed director Damien Shazell, who won a pack of Oscars for life-affirming musical " La-La- Land " . And more recently Variety wrote that former US President Barack Obama wants to try himself as a leading political TV show. And for this show Apple fights in Netflix.
Source: NY Times