Apple Unveils Subscription Service Bundle

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SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Google will try to make a bigger splash in the smartphone market with a cheaper high-end model while it also aims to expand its presence on bigger screens with a new TV service.The products unveiled Wednesday focus on two areas where Google has struggled to make significant inroads.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRoku is launching a redesigned version of its top-of-the-line Ultra player and announced plans to introduce a new standalone app for its free Roku Channel later this year.And here’s an interesting wrinkle: The company plans to add support for Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit for select 4K Roku models in the next few months — which would provide a new way to stream HBO Max on those devices.

Manori Ravindran International EditorWhen Banijay closed its $2.2 billion takeover of Endemol Shine earlier this summer, it became the largest independent production player outside the U.S.

Amazon is joining the heated game streaming space with a new service, Luna, which will allow people to play video games via their televisions, PCs and phones. The service, which is rolling out today for early access in the U.S., does away with lengthy downloads, meaning that firing up a new game works more like pressing play on a Netflix movie.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon announced the new Echo Show 10, a $250 device with a screen that turns to follow you around the room — and which will soon add Netflix support.The company also took the wraps off Luna, a new cloud gaming service running on AWS with 50-plus titles at launch and an initial subscription price of $6 per month, a new Echo speaker with a spherical shape, and enhancements to the Alexa voice assitant.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterStarzplay, one of the leading SVOD services in MENA, has reached an agreement with tech giant Apple that will see its streaming platform carried on the Apple TV app in the region.The Dubai-based service is now available on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs through the pact.Starzplay has around one million subs spanning 20 countries, covering MENA and Pakistan. U.S.

Noggin, the learning subscription service for pre-schoolers from ViacomCBS' Nick Jr., is launching on Amazon Prime Video Channels as an add-on subscription product in the U.K., France, Germany and Austria. The entertainment company said that will "significantly" bolster the service's footprint across Europe.

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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterApple TV Plus has unveiled its newest children’s programs, including “Stillwater,” an animated series based on the Scholastic book series “Zen Shorts” by Jon J. Muth.Produced by Gaumont and Scholastic Entertainment, the series centers on three siblings who have a wise panda, Stillwater, for a next-door neighbor.

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Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorSpotify CFO Paul Vogel stressed the need for “a level playing” field for all services a day after Apple announced a bundle package with music, TV, and Cloud storage.“For us it’s just about a level playing field and it’s treating all products and services equally and making sure that someone isn’t disadvantaged at the benefit of someone else — particularly if someone else owns a competing product,” Vogel said Wednesday at the Goldman Sachs media conference.His

Dade Hayes Finance EditorApple has created a set of subscription bundles called Apple One, with three tiers ranging from about $15 to $30 a month.Plans bring together music and video streaming, news, video games, fitness offerings and iCloud.

Apple has revised its App Store guidelines to finally allow cloud streaming services, such as Google Stadia and Microsoft’s xCloud, to run on iOS devices.The rule change explicitly mentions that Microsoft and Google can now build “catalog”-style apps in order to collate and list all games available on their platforms.