{"id":1216805,"date":"2022-01-14T15:34:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216805"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:34:29","slug":"report-apple-ready-to-spend-billions-on-live-sports-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-apple-ready-to-spend-billions-on-live-sports-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Apple &#039;Ready to Spend Billions&#039; on Live Sports Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-apple-ready-to-spend-billions-on-live-sports-content%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216805&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Tech giant Apple is reportedly prepared to spend \u201cbillions\u201d on live sports content over the next four years and is on an \u201caggressive hunt\u201d for live sports streaming deals, according to analyst reports.<\/p>\n<p>MacRumors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2022\/01\/14\/apple-to-spend-billions-live-sports-content\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that Apple is working hard to bring live sports content to its Apple TV+ streaming service and is on an \u201caggressive hunt\u201d for potential deals in the industry. The move comes as part of a wider effort by Apple to boost subscriptions to its streaming service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_15828058\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1184092189-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15828058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1184092189-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK \u2013 OCTOBER 28: Apple CEO Tim Cook attends Apple TV+\u2019s \u201cThe Morning Show\u201d World Premiere at David Geffen Hall on October 28, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9272065\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UPI-Archie-Carpenter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9272065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UPI-Archie-Carpenter.jpg\" alt=\"College Football\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(UPI Photo\/Archie Carpenter)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an investor note, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives stated that he sees Apple\u2019s decision not to acquire a movie studio as an indication that the company sees live sports programming as a key part of its success and ability to grow its audience in the coming years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Apple has not released official numbers on the subscriber count for Apple TV+ but Wedbush estimates the service has around 20 million paid subscribers and around 45 million viewers. This makes up a tiny fraction of what other streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ currently boast.<\/p>\n<p>The investors note from Ives states:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>With Apple spending $7 billion annually on original content and having roughly $200 billion of cash on its balance sheet, we believe the company is gearing up to bid on a number of upcoming sports packages coming up for contract\/renewals in future years. We note that upcoming sports packages potentially for bid over the next four years that Apple can be involved with (in some capacity\/semi-exclusive) are:&nbsp;<strong>NFL (Sunday Night Ticket), Big Ten, Pac 12, Big East, Big 12, other NCAA sports packages (2024 timing), NASCAR, and the NBA\/WNBA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Apple TV+ does not currently offer any kind of live television programming. Like Disney+ and Netflix, the service only offers on-demand streaming of television and movie content. It was reported earlier this month that Apple has been in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2022\/01\/10\/apple-major-league-baseball-games-talks\/\">discussions<\/a> with Major League Baseball about a potential deal that could see Apple broadcasting MLB games next season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2022\/01\/14\/apple-to-spend-billions-live-sports-content\/\">MacRumors here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or email him at&nbsp;<\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\">lnolan@breitbart.com<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech giant Apple is reportedly prepared to spend \u201cbillions\u201d on live sports content over the next four years and is on an \u201caggressive hunt\u201d for live sports streaming deals, according &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}