Apple is hosting a mystery spring press event on March 25, where it’s expected to debut a video-streaming product. This is Apple’s Hollywood moment.
We’ve covered our share of Apple (AAPL) events, but none like the one in Cupertino on Monday. Tim Cook & Co. are expected to do more than wave new gadgets around.
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In the room we will have veteran tech journalist Heather Kelly and Brian Stelter (CNN’s senior media correspondent), as well as Sandra Gonzalez from CNN Entertainment. They will be joined by two CNN video journalists: Zach Wasser and Gabe Ramirez. A team of editors, writers and producers in New York and Los Angeles, and on Kearny Street in San Francisco, are on the ground to help.
From CNN Entertainment’s Sandra Gonzalez
Apple’s working slate of kids programming is just as exciting as anything from its competitors.
In June 2018,Apple (AAPL) entered into an agreement with the Sesame Workshop to produce multiple series, including live action, animated and puppet-related content.
Then in December, DHX Media, which co-owns the world of the Peanuts gang along with Sony Music Entertainment and the family of Charles M. Schulz, struck its own deal with Apple to produce new series, specials and shorts.
Streaming competitor Amazon (AMZN) has had a lot of success with kids programming, and even has some Emmy-winners on its roster. And in 2015, HBO put a « Sesame Street » feather in its hat with a five-year deal that gave the premium cable network not only new episodes but 150 archived episodes.
From CNN Entertainment’s Sandra Gonzalez
Apple hasn’t even launched its streaming service yet, but it already has a roster of stars and producers in its fold that reads like the guest list to the best Hollywood dinner party of all time.
Need a recap? Here you go…
Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Anniston, Steve Carell,Steven Spielberg, J. Abrams, Jennifer Garner,Sara Bareilles, Damien Chazelle, Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul, Chris Evans, Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day, Jon M. Chu, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, Brie Larson, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Titus Burgess, Kristen Bell, Stanley Tucci, Daveed Diggs, Kathryn Hahn, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ron D. Moore, Joel Kinnaman, Hailee Steinfeld, Jane Krakowski,Edward Burns, Taika Waititi, Kevin Durant, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brooklynn Prince, Jim Sturgess, M. Night Shyamalan, Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Rupert Grint, Sofia Coppola, Bill Murray, Rashida Jones,Soo Hugh, Jason Momoa, Alfre Woodard, Jason Katims, Kerry Ehrin, Snoopy…
You get the point.
