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Here’s the first teaser trailer for the new Star Trek: Picard series

Just a bit shy of a year ago, Patrick Stewart blew the minds of Star Trek fans everywhere by taking the stage at the Las Vegas Star Trek convention to announce he was returning to the role of Jean-Luc Picard. His return would come in the form of a series made for CBS’ streaming service, CBS All Access. He hinted that Jean-Luc may no longer be the captain we know from years ago — but beyond that, details were light. The first teaser trailer for the series just dropped… and sure enough, it soun...
Tags: TC, France, Tech, Star Trek, Canada, Cbs, Patrick Stewart, Nemesis, Jean Luc Picard, Picard, Starfleet, Jean Luc, United States Amazon, Las Vegas Star Trek, Starfleet Jean Luc

A Buchla synth repair turned into an LSD trip, and made the evening news

It seems the legends are true – there really was LSD added to vintage synths. A Bay Area, California Buchla 100 reportedly triggered an acid trip decades later. The equipment in question is a Buchla Model 100, 1960s vintage – the modular that defined what now some people call the “West Coast synthesis” style. I learned on one of these, too, though don’t recall any particular hallucinations. The report comes from a local CBS television affiliate in San Francisco, KPIX, and their broadcast o...
Tags: Music, TV, Congress, Drugs, Russia, US, San-francisco, Tech, History, Gear, Stories, Cbs, University Of Chicago, West Coast, East Coast, Grateful Dead

How 'The Big Bang Theory' Normalized Nerd Culture

Last week, the last episode of the final season of "The Big Bang Theory" was broadcasted on CBS. Say what you will about the show, but one thing is clear: it was popular. While the average episode in Season 11 received over 18.6 million views, the season finale ended its run with an audience of 23.44 million viewers. The New Yorker's Neima Jahromi reflects on the show and how it "normalized nerd culture": On Thursday night, "The Big Bang Theory" closed out its run with an audience of eighteen mi...
Tags: Tech, Cbs, Sheldon, Archie Bunker, Fonz, Alex P Keaton, Neima Jahromi

Meet the power players at Netflix leading the streaming giant's defense against Disney and other rivals (NFLX)

Netflix is about to face a bevy of new streaming-video competitors — some larger, with more experience developing TV and film, and with deeper pockets than itself. Disney, WarnerMedia, and Apple are all launching subscription services in 2019. Netflix is focusing on its growing international audience, building its reputation for Hollywood-grade films and children's programming, and inking distribution deals with more wireless and TV providers to keep growing its subscriber base, in spite of th...
Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, Asia, Orange Is The New Black, Japan, Hbo, New York, Hollywood, Shonda Rhimes, Nbc, Yahoo, Abc, California, Stanford, India

Meet the power players at Netflix, who are leading the streaming giant's defense against Disney and other rivals (NFLX)

Netflix is about to face a bevy of new streaming-video competitors — some larger, with more experience developing TV and film, and with deeper pockets than itself. Disney, WarnerMedia, and Apple are all launching subscription services in 2019. Netflix is focusing on its growing international audience, building its reputation for Hollywood-grade films and children's programming, and inking distribution deals with more wireless and TV providers to keep growing its subscriber base, in spite of th...
Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, Asia, Orange Is The New Black, Japan, Hbo, New York, Hollywood, Shonda Rhimes, Nbc, Yahoo, Abc, California, Stanford, India

TV companies gun for direct-to-consumer dollars, Facebook and Google's privacy crackdown, Pepsi fights back

Hello, Welcome to your weekly Advertising and Media Insider newsletter, where we catch you up all the big stories we worked on this past week. The direct-to-consumer boom was a big theme in our reporting. It's become conventional wisdom that for these born-on-Facebook companies to get to the next level, they'll have to buy television, with its ability to introduce products to a new, mass audience. This week I surveyed how the TV giants like NBCUniversal and CBS are trying to change their hidebo...
Tags: Google, Amazon, Verizon, Facebook, Hbo, Disney, US, Trends, Netflix, Cbs, Kendall Jenner, Warner Bros, Burger King, Pepsi, AT T, Facebook Google

TV giants like NBCUniversal and CBS are gunning for direct-to-consumer ad dollars, but challenges still hold back marketers

TV companies that once snubbed direct-to-consumer companies for not having TV-sized budgets are now aggressively courting them. The likes of NBCUniversal, Viacom, and CBS are changing how they work, building teams focused on this fast-growing sector that grew up online and is now looking to TV to keep growing. But many DTC companies that are used to Facebook rates still have sticker shock from television's prices. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The TV upfronts are still f...
Tags: Google, Facebook, Trends, CMO, Nbcuniversal, Cbs, Donald Trump, Viacom, Nbcu, EVP, Zola, CPM, Hippo, Karen Phillips, Stockman, Chris Simon

Winter is coming for HBO NOW subscriber growth

Fan reaction to Game of Thrones‘ final season may be mixed, but the show has been undeniably good for HBO’s network — and for its over-the-top streaming service, HBO NOW. The Season 8 premiere drew in 11.8 million live viewers and 17.4 million viewers across all platforms on the day of airing, as well as a record number of sign-ups to HBO NOW, which in March was reported to have 8 million subscribers. But the show’s finale airs this Sunday, and HBO is set to see a huge exodus of streaming subscr...
Tags: Apple, Hbo, Disney, Tech, Netflix, Cbs, Westworld, Hulu, Mintel, Hbo Now, Netflix Hulu, Netflix Amazon Prime Video, WarnerMedia

After 12 Seasons, 'Big Bang' Writers Bid Farewell To Their 'Surrogate Family'

It's a bittersweet ending for the team of writers and creators behind the hit CBS show. Writer Dave Goetsch says he simply cannot bring himself to turn off his daily Google alert for physics news.(Image credit: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc.)
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Updated Apple TV app arrives ahead of Apple TV+’s fall launch

Here’s a big Apple TV update. Not THE big Apple TV update. The whole Apple TV+ thing is still forthcoming, but this major update to the app should go a ways toward setting the stage for its arrival in the fall. The new version of the app arrives today across a slew of different platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and all of Samsung’s 2019 Smart TVs (and select 2018 models) — per the announcement the company made earlier this year at the big TV+ event. That event also offered previews ...
Tags: Apple, Apps, Hbo, Entertainment, Samsung, Tech, Apple TV, Mtv, Sony, Cbs, HBO Starz Showtime Smithsonian Channel EPIX, Samsung Vizio LG

Here's How The New Apple TV App Works

Apple TV is getting a major makeover this year, starting with today's launch of the all-new Apple TV app, available in over 100 countries on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and all 2019 Samsung smart TVs (plus some 2018 models). The app is also coming to Amazon Fire TV, LG, Roku, Sony, and VIZIO platforms later this year, and will be coming to Mac this fall. Ahead, we break down how it works. Apple TV Channels The hands-down most exciting feature of the new app (well, besides Apple TV+, the highly-anti...
Tags: Apple, Fashion, Music, Hbo, Mac, New York City, Samsung, Siri, Mtv, Sony, Cbs, Vizio, Vizio LG, Amazon Fire TV LG Roku Sony, HBO Starz Showtime Smithsonian Channel EPIX

NBC renews ‘This Is Us’ for three seasons and female athletes slam Nike: Monday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news.  You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up  here . What people are talking about today: Fans of NBC's  “This Is Us” can rejoice: the tear-jerking family drama is with us for three more seasons. The company revealed in an upfront announcement Sunday that it's renewed the show  through season six, but as Ad Age’s Jean...
Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, New York, Nbc, Abc, Washington Post, China, Advertising, US, San Francisco, Nike, Chicago, Nick Clegg, New York Times

'The industry is killing itself': Critics say TV is stalling in its efforts to get its advertising act together

The TV networks will kick off their upfronts this week, pushing the staying power of their talent and shows. But advertisers are frustrated, saying the networks' effort to battle Google and Facebook have stalled. They complain that cooperative efforts have stagnated while TV is still filled with ad clutter that's a turnoff to viewers. Some say nothing will happen as long as TV ad spending holds its own. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The TV giants will kick off their upfr...
Tags: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Trends, Apple TV, Fox, Nbcuniversal, Cbs, Harry, Nielsen, Casper, Hulu, Donald Trump, Turner, Viacom, Comscore

CBS says streaming services & Super Bowl helped it achieve record revenues in Q1

CBS credited its direct-to-consumer streaming services in helping it achieve double-digit revenue growth and  record quarterly revenues in Q1, along with the gains that came from hosting Super Bowl LIII and those from affiliate revenue. The network said its over-the-top service for cord cutters, CBS All Access, combined with Showtime’s direct-consumer subscriptions grew 71 percent year-over-year — its biggest quarter of growth ever. Both services are continuing to grow in Q2, as well, thanks to ...
Tags: Apple, Australia, Disney, Tech, Netflix, Canada, Showtime, Cbs, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Patrick Stewart, Hulu, Latin America, Cbs All Access, Western Europe, Lucy Liu, Amazon Apple

InCountry raises $7M to help multinationals store private data in countries of origin

The last few years have seen a rapid expansion of national regulations that, in the name of data protection, govern how and where organizations like healthcare and insurance companies, financial services companies and others store residents’ personal data that is used and collected through their services. But keeping abreast of and following those rules has proven to be a minefield for companies. Now, a startup is coming out of stealth with a new product to to help. InCountry, which provides “da...
Tags: Enterprise, Privacy, Tech, Policy, Data Protection, Cbs, Oracle, Castro, Amazon Web Services, Felicis Ventures, Peter, Citrix, Mircosoft, Peter Yared, Alex Castro, Yared

Brands donate millions to help rebuild Notre Dame

A handful of brands so far have pledged to support the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which was partially destroyed in a fire that began Monday evening and lasted through Tuesday morning. French president Emmanuel Macron, reports CBS, "vowed to rebuild the landmark ... and said he wanted it done within five years." Apple, Louis Vuitton and L'Oréal are among the companies to step forward.  Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted Tuesday that the company would be donating an unspecified a...
Tags: Apple, Advertising, Paris, Tim Cook, Cbs, Gucci, Christian Dior, Cnbc, Lvmh, Forbes, Louis Vuitton, Emmanuel Macron, Air France KLM, Yves Saint Laurent, Oreal, Notre Dame Cathedral

Disney shares are up after the big reveal of its streaming service

Investors seem to think that Disney is on the right track with its plans for the new streaming service, Disney+. On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of the streaming service’s November 12 launch date and slate of programming, Disney’s stock price is currently up 9% to $127.23 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Ending months of speculation about what would and wouldn’t be included in a streaming package from the mouse house, yesterday’s “investor day”, satisfied public marke...
Tags: Apple, Amazon, TC, Disney, Tech, Companies, Netflix, AT T, Cbs, New York Stock Exchange, Streaming Video, Hulu, King, Viacom, Ball, Streaming Media

Prince Harry is partnering with Oprah Winfrey on Apple TV+ series about mental health

Prince Harry is the latest big name attached to Apple’s upcoming streaming service, Apple TV+, which was formally introduced last month. According to an announcement published to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s official Instagram account, Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey are co-creators and executive producers on an Apple TV+ docuseries focused on mental health. “I truly believe that good mental health – mental fitness – is the key to powerful leadership, productive communities and a purpose-driv...
Tags: Apple, TV, Television, Media, Instagram, Tech, Apple TV, Mental Health, Streaming, Cbs, Prince Harry, Harry, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah, Streaming Service, Streaming Tv

‘Lisey’s Story’: Julianne Moore Will Star in Apple Drama Written By Stephen King and Produced by J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions already has two shows on tap for the new Apple TV+ streaming service, but they’ve just received a green light for another drama. Apple has won a bidding war for a limited series adaptation of Lisey’s Story, which is based on the 2006 novel by Stephen King. Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore will star, and in King himself will write all eight episodes of the series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Moore will play the lead role in what is being ...
Tags: Apple, Amazon, Hollywood, Television, Movies, Romance, Drama, Julianne Moore, Casting, Horror, Stephen-King, Cbs, Hulu, Ben Stephenson, King, J J Abrams

Apple’s Defending Jacob Rounds Out Cast

Apple’s Defending Jacob rounds out cast Right as production is set to begin in Boston, Apple’s upcoming limited series Defending Jacob has rounded out its all-star ensemble cast of series regular roles with the additions off The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Cherry Jones, American Gods‘ Pablo Schreiber, Timeless‘ Sakina Jaffrey and Get Out‘s Betty Gabriel, according to Deadline. PB = PB || {}; PB.gptStandAlone = PB.gptStandAlone || {}; PB.gptAutoRefresh = PB.gptAut...
Tags: Apple, Hbo, TV, Downton Abbey, Movies, Nbc, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Fox, Netflix, TV News, Starz, House Of Cards, Cbs, Pbs, St Vincent

Adidas signs Beyoncé. And Snapchat plugs a new ad network: Friday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today A few days ago, Adidas foreshadowed something big. “A new beginning,” the brand wrote on Instagram. Now we know what it is: Adidas just announced a major partnership with Beyoncé. And we understand why Adidas was hyping this so breathles...
Tags: Google, London, Beyonce, Instagram, Advertising, Los Angeles, CMO, Adidas, Pandora, Paris, Elton John, Brunei, Hasbro, Cbs, John Legend, Adweek

This killer fact shows Apple has a ton of work to do if it's going to seriously challenge Netflix

Apple unveiled its new TV streaming service on Monday, with stars like Oprah Winfrey in attendance at the launch event in California. But the idea that Apple TV is going to challenge Netflix's dominance anytime soon may be fanciful, according to an analyst note from investment bank Nomura.  Nomura said Apple will need 8 million subscribers to generate sales of $1 billion. It took Netflix more than a decade to hit 8 million users, while CBS All Access had to wait five years to hit this figure. ...
Tags: Apple, Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon, California, Trends, Apple TV, Netflix, Tim Cook, Cbs, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Cbs All Access, Louis Vuitton, Nomura, Nomura Nomura, Nomura Apple

Here’s everything Apple announced at its ‘Show Time’ event

Even after last week’s stream of hardware releases — a new iPad, new iMacs, and new AirPods all back-to-back — Apple had more to announce. The company announced a bunch of new stuff at a two hour event this morning, primarily focusing on its new premium media subscriptions. Don’t have time to catch up on all of it? Here are the highlights: Apple TV+ AppleTV+: Apple is building an ad-free subscription video service. It announced a ton of new original content from names like Oprah, Steve Car...
Tags: Apple, Amazon, TC, US, Samsung, Tech, Roku, Cbs, Vizio, Apple News, Don, Sony LG, Zack Whittaker, Portland Chicago, Apple Media Event 2019, HBO Showtime Stars

Here’s everything Apple announced today

Even after last week’s stream of hardware releases — a new iPad, new iMacs, and new AirPods all back-to-back — Apple had more to announce. The company announced a bunch of new stuff at a two hour event this morning, primarily focusing on its new premium media subscriptions. Don’t have time to catch up on all of it? Here are the highlights: AppleTV+: Apple is building an ad-free subscription video service. It announced a ton of new original content from names like Oprah, Steve Carell, JJ Abra...
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Apple unveils its subscription streaming service, Apple TV+

To close out today’s press event focused on Apple’s services business, the company has officially announced its streaming initiative, Apple TV+. CEO Tim Cook said this will be an ad-free subscription, with everything available for online and offline viewing, in more than 100 countries. It’s coming this fall, but Apple hasn’t shared any pricing info. “We feel we can contribute something important to our culture and society through great storytelling,” Cook said. The company already had a long ...
Tags: Apple, Startups, TC, Cook, Media, Entertainment, Reese Witherspoon, Apple TV, Jennifer Aniston, Tim Cook, Cbs, Spielberg, Jason Momoa, Steven Spielberg, Carpool Karaoke, J J Abrams

Apple unveils its subscription streaming service, AppleTV+

To close out today’s press event focused on Apple’s service’s business, the company has officially announced its streaming initiative, Apple TV+. CEO Tim Cook said this will be an ad-free subscription service, with everything available for online and offline viewing, across more than 100 countries. It’s coming this fall, but Apple hasn’t shared any pricing. “We feel we can contribute something important to our culture and society through great storytelling,” Cook said. The company already had...
Tags: Apple, TC, Cook, Media, Entertainment, Reese Witherspoon, Tech, Apple TV, Jennifer Aniston, Tim Cook, Cbs, Spielberg, Jason Momoa, Steven Spielberg, Carpool Karaoke, J J Abrams

Hacking Lawyers or Journalists Is Totally Fine, Says Notorious Cyberweapons Firm

The founder and CEO of NSO Group, the notorious Israeli hacking company with customers around the world, appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes Sunday night to defend the use of his company's tools in hacking and spying on lawyers, journalists, and minors when the country's customers determine the ends justify the means. From a report: NSO Group has reportedly sold hacking tools to dictators including those in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and across Central Asia -- a group of decision-makers wh...
Tags: Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Tech, United Arab Emirates, Cbs, El Chapo, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, Central Asia, NSO, NSO Group, Shalev Hulio

The secrets of 'review-bombing': why do people write zero-star reviews?

The games world is awash with spiteful online appraisals – but what’s the point? A committed review-bomber tells allIn an age when everyone’s a blogger or social media influencer, it’s easy for traditional criticism to get drowned out. It’s at the epicentre of this din of competing opinions that Metacritic – a review aggregator owned by CBS that parses disparate media scores into round(ish) numbers – has flourished. Every game, album and movie that is released gets added to site’s gargantuan dat...
Tags: Games, Technology, Internet, Culture, Cbs

Satellite giants Dish and DirecTV are taking wildly different pricing approaches to streaming. Here's what it says about the future of live digital TV.

Sling TV and DirecTV Now are taking opposite approaches to OTT growth. DirecT V Now increased its prices, which could cause it to lose half its sub scribers this year, while Sling is ratcheting up promotions to attract new customers. The differences in approach reveal the fundamental differences between the two companies and the future of live digital TV. After competing head to head for years, Sling TV and DirecTV Now, the two biggest digital live TV services by subscribers are taking opposi...
Tags: Google, Hbo, Abc, Youtube, US, Trends, Comcast, Sony, Cbs, Hulu, Viacom, Macquarie, AT T, Frost Sullivan, Alan Wolk, DirecTV

Ad-tech companies are moving full speed ahead to chase OTT ad dollars. Here are the 13 companies poised to win the most.

A growing number of ad-tech companies are moving into over-the-top advertising as ad dollars shift from TV to streaming video. While ad-tech companies are clamoring to get a share of the OTT ad market that's coming from the $70 billion in TV advertising, not all ad-tech companies will actually be able to deliver. Business Insider polled a handful of ad buyers and compiled a list of 13 ad-tech companies that are at the forefront of shaping the future of OTT advertising. More people are cutting...
Tags: Google, Facebook, Youtube, Amc, Disney, US, Trends, Comcast, Roku, Cbs, David Cohen, Nielsen, North America, Vizio, Hulu, Comscore