Apple TV+ now has an India price and (official) release date — the iPhone maker's streaming service will cost Rs. 99 per month after a one-week free trial and will be available November 1 in more than 100 countries worldwide. Apple will also offer a one-year free Apple TV+ subscription to buyers of new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, or iPod touch starting Tuesday. As previously announced, Apple TV+ will also be compatible with ‘Family Sharing' at no extra charge, which means a total of six individuals — including you — can access all original series and films across all supported devices.
Apple has reportedly[1] invested $6 billion (about Rs. 43,040 crores) on Apple TV+ content as yet, still a far cry from what Netflix ($15 billion) and Amazon Prime Video ($7 billion) are investing each year. At launch, Apple TV+ will offer a few series and documentaries: the Hailee Steinfeld-starrer historical coming-of-age comedy Dickinson[2]; Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore's alt-history sci-fi For All Mankind[3]; the TV newsroom drama The Morning Show[4] with the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell; the Jason Momoa-starrer drama See; and the nature documentary The Elephant Queen among them. Per the earlier report, The Morning Show costs more per episode than Game of Thrones'[5] final season, which makes no sense whatsoever.
Beyond that, Apple has over two dozen series in various stages of production for TV+, including the likes of Steven Spielberg-produced Amazing Stories[6] reboot; the Chris Evans-starrer crime drama Defending Jacob; an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi Foundation[7] series; the Kumail Nanjiani co-created anthology Little America[8]; the J.J. Abrams-produced ...