• [NEWS] Apple TV+ streaming free for two days

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 31 08:54:41 2024
    The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post
    actually only says "Jan 4-5".


    Apple TV+ Will Be Free to Stream for Three Days
    -----------------------------------------------
    Tech giant promotes free worldwide access to original titles
    including 'Severance,' 'Shrinking,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Morning
    Show' and more.

    Apple is hoping those who don't subscribe to Apple TV+ will
    ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows
    and movies - free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days.

    The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users
    worldwide the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3,
    to Sunday, Jan. 5), on on any device where the streaming
    service is available. All you need is an Apple ID and password
    to sign in for the free two-day weekend promotional period.

    The free promo is, of course, intended to drive people to sign
    up for Apple TV+ at the regular price: $9.99/month (or
    $99.99/year) in the U.S. Apple does not publicly disclose how
    many subscribers it has for Apple TV+, which it launched in
    November 2019.

    Apple touted a range of TV series available on the streaming
    service, including "Severance" (which returns for Season 2 on
    Jan. 17), the Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show,"
    and others including "Silo," "Shrinking," "Bad Sisters,"
    "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent." It also
    suggested users can "get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi
    series" like "Dark Matter," "For All Mankind" and "Foundation."

    In addition, the Apple TV+ lineup includes family movies like
    "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing
    Tatum, and "The Family Plan," starring Mark Wahlberg and
    Michelle Monaghan; plus action-comedy "Wolfs" starring George
    Clooney and Brad Pitt, and "The Instigators" starring Matt
    Damon and Casey Affleck.

    Twitter / X post:
    <https://x.com/AppleTV/status/1873730763356795379>



    <https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-free-streaming-1236262179/>

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Your Name on Mon Dec 30 17:21:53 2024
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    On 2024-12-30 19:54:41 +0000, Your Name said:

    The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post
    actually only says "Jan 4-5".


    Apple TV+ Will Be Free to Stream for Three Days
    -----------------------------------------------
    Tech giant promotes free worldwide access to original titles
    including 'Severance,' 'Shrinking,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Morning
    Show' and more.

    Apple is hoping those who don't subscribe to Apple TV+ will
    ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows
    and movies - free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days.

    The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users
    worldwide the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3,
    to Sunday, Jan. 5), on on any device where the streaming
    service is available. All you need is an Apple ID and password
    to sign in for the free two-day weekend promotional period.

    The free promo is, of course, intended to drive people to sign
    up for Apple TV+ at the regular price: $9.99/month (or
    $99.99/year) in the U.S. Apple does not publicly disclose how
    many subscribers it has for Apple TV+, which it launched in
    November 2019.

    Apple touted a range of TV series available on the streaming
    service, including "Severance" (which returns for Season 2 on
    Jan. 17), the Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show,"
    and others including "Silo," "Shrinking," "Bad Sisters,"
    "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent." It also
    suggested users can "get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi
    series" like "Dark Matter," "For All Mankind" and "Foundation."

    In addition, the Apple TV+ lineup includes family movies like
    "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing
    Tatum, and "The Family Plan," starring Mark Wahlberg and
    Michelle Monaghan; plus action-comedy "Wolfs" starring George
    Clooney and Brad Pitt, and "The Instigators" starring Matt
    Damon and Casey Affleck.

    Twitter / X post:
    <https://x.com/AppleTV/status/1873730763356795379>



    <https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-free-streaming-1236262179/>


    Looks like the Apple app is available on Roku.

    Speaking of free trials I don't know what happened to free HBO/Cinemax previews, I haven't had one since Nov. 2022.

    But Apple's TWO WHOLE DAYS! The HBO previews were supposed to last for
    a week but would go on for 10 days or so before my provider finally got
    around to turning it off. Two days isn't even worth fooling with (I can
    only imagine the hassle you'd have to go through to set it up from
    scratch).

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 31 13:05:15 2024
    XPost: rec.arts.tv

    On 2024-12-30 23:21:53 +0000, super70s said:
    On 2024-12-30 19:54:41 +0000, Your Name said:

    The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post
    actually only says "Jan 4-5".


    Apple TV+ Will Be Free to Stream for Three Days
    -----------------------------------------------
    Tech giant promotes free worldwide access to original titles
    including 'Severance,' 'Shrinking,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Morning
    Show' and more.

    Apple is hoping those who don't subscribe to Apple TV+ will
    ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows
    and movies - free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days.

    The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users
    worldwide the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3,
    to Sunday, Jan. 5), on on any device where the streaming
    service is available. All you need is an Apple ID and password
    to sign in for the free two-day weekend promotional period.

    The free promo is, of course, intended to drive people to sign
    up for Apple TV+ at the regular price: $9.99/month (or
    $99.99/year) in the U.S. Apple does not publicly disclose how
    many subscribers it has for Apple TV+, which it launched in
    November 2019.

    Apple touted a range of TV series available on the streaming
    service, including "Severance" (which returns for Season 2 on
    Jan. 17), the Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show,"
    and others including "Silo," "Shrinking," "Bad Sisters,"
    "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent." It also
    suggested users can "get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi
    series" like "Dark Matter," "For All Mankind" and "Foundation."

    In addition, the Apple TV+ lineup includes family movies like
    "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing
    Tatum, and "The Family Plan," starring Mark Wahlberg and
    Michelle Monaghan; plus action-comedy "Wolfs" starring George
    Clooney and Brad Pitt, and "The Instigators" starring Matt
    Damon and Casey Affleck.

    Twitter / X post:
    <https://x.com/AppleTV/status/1873730763356795379>



    <https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-free-streaming-1236262179/>


    Looks like the Apple app is available on Roku.

    Speaking of free trials I don't know what happened to free HBO/Cinemax previews, I haven't had one since Nov. 2022.

    But Apple's TWO WHOLE DAYS! The HBO previews were supposed to last for
    a week but would go on for 10 days or so before my provider finally got around to turning it off. Two days isn't even worth fooling with (I can
    only imagine the hassle you'd have to go through to set it up from
    scratch).

    Sky TV in New Zealand (and presumably Australia) occasionally offers subscribers of the basic packages free access to the pay-extra movie
    channels. They did that recently for a free month, which in reality
    lasted about a week longer.

    Such deals can be quite good for movies (I think we recorded about half
    a dozen), but limited free access for regular TV shows can often not be
    worth it because you see the first couple of episodes and then they get
    stuck back behind the pay-extra wall.

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  • From shawn@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 30 19:28:10 2024
    XPost: rec.arts.tv

    On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:05:15 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2024-12-30 23:21:53 +0000, super70s said:
    On 2024-12-30 19:54:41 +0000, Your Name said:

    The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post
    actually only says "Jan 4-5".


    Apple TV+ Will Be Free to Stream for Three Days
    -----------------------------------------------
    Tech giant promotes free worldwide access to original titles
    including 'Severance,' 'Shrinking,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Morning
    Show' and more.

    Apple is hoping those who don't subscribe to Apple TV+ will
    ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows
    and movies - free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days.

    The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users
    worldwide the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3,
    to Sunday, Jan. 5), on on any device where the streaming
    service is available. All you need is an Apple ID and password
    to sign in for the free two-day weekend promotional period.

    The free promo is, of course, intended to drive people to sign
    up for Apple TV+ at the regular price: $9.99/month (or
    $99.99/year) in the U.S. Apple does not publicly disclose how
    many subscribers it has for Apple TV+, which it launched in
    November 2019.

    Apple touted a range of TV series available on the streaming
    service, including "Severance" (which returns for Season 2 on
    Jan. 17), the Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show,"
    and others including "Silo," "Shrinking," "Bad Sisters,"
    "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent." It also
    suggested users can "get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi
    series" like "Dark Matter," "For All Mankind" and "Foundation."

    In addition, the Apple TV+ lineup includes family movies like
    "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing
    Tatum, and "The Family Plan," starring Mark Wahlberg and
    Michelle Monaghan; plus action-comedy "Wolfs" starring George
    Clooney and Brad Pitt, and "The Instigators" starring Matt
    Damon and Casey Affleck.

    Twitter / X post:
    <https://x.com/AppleTV/status/1873730763356795379>



    <https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-free-streaming-1236262179/>


    Looks like the Apple app is available on Roku.

    Speaking of free trials I don't know what happened to free HBO/Cinemax
    previews, I haven't had one since Nov. 2022.

    But Apple's TWO WHOLE DAYS! The HBO previews were supposed to last for
    a week but would go on for 10 days or so before my provider finally got
    around to turning it off. Two days isn't even worth fooling with (I can
    only imagine the hassle you'd have to go through to set it up from
    scratch).

    Sky TV in New Zealand (and presumably Australia) occasionally offers >subscribers of the basic packages free access to the pay-extra movie >channels. They did that recently for a free month, which in reality
    lasted about a week longer.

    I think they all do it on occasion. I know Comcast and AT&T did that
    for me on occasion. All in the hopes that I would subscribe to
    Showtime or HBO or what ever movie package they were pushing at the
    moment. AT&T even did it with their pay movie service by sending out a
    free movie pass every year or two.

    Such deals can be quite good for movies (I think we recorded about half
    a dozen), but limited free access for regular TV shows can often not be
    worth it because you see the first couple of episodes and then they get
    stuck back behind the pay-extra wall.



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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to shawn on Tue Dec 31 06:14:46 2024
    XPost: rec.arts.tv

    In comp.sys.mac.system shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:05:15 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2024-12-30 23:21:53 +0000, super70s said:
    On 2024-12-30 19:54:41 +0000, Your Name said:

    The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post
    actually only says "Jan 4-5".


    Apple TV+ Will Be Free to Stream for Three Days
    -----------------------------------------------
    Tech giant promotes free worldwide access to original titles
    including 'Severance,' 'Shrinking,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Morning
    Show' and more.

    Apple is hoping those who don't subscribe to Apple TV+ will
    ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows
    and movies - free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days.

    The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users
    worldwide the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3,
    to Sunday, Jan. 5), on on any device where the streaming
    service is available. All you need is an Apple ID and password
    to sign in for the free two-day weekend promotional period.

    The free promo is, of course, intended to drive people to sign
    up for Apple TV+ at the regular price: $9.99/month (or
    $99.99/year) in the U.S. Apple does not publicly disclose how
    many subscribers it has for Apple TV+, which it launched in
    November 2019.

    Apple touted a range of TV series available on the streaming
    service, including "Severance" (which returns for Season 2 on
    Jan. 17), the Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show,"
    and others including "Silo," "Shrinking," "Bad Sisters,"
    "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent." It also
    suggested users can "get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi
    series" like "Dark Matter," "For All Mankind" and "Foundation."

    In addition, the Apple TV+ lineup includes family movies like
    "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing
    Tatum, and "The Family Plan," starring Mark Wahlberg and
    Michelle Monaghan; plus action-comedy "Wolfs" starring George
    Clooney and Brad Pitt, and "The Instigators" starring Matt
    Damon and Casey Affleck.

    Twitter / X post:
    <https://x.com/AppleTV/status/1873730763356795379>



    <https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-free-streaming-1236262179/>


    Looks like the Apple app is available on Roku.

    Speaking of free trials I don't know what happened to free HBO/Cinemax
    previews, I haven't had one since Nov. 2022.

    But Apple's TWO WHOLE DAYS! The HBO previews were supposed to last for
    a week but would go on for 10 days or so before my provider finally got
    around to turning it off. Two days isn't even worth fooling with (I can
    only imagine the hassle you'd have to go through to set it up from
    scratch).

    Sky TV in New Zealand (and presumably Australia) occasionally offers >subscribers of the basic packages free access to the pay-extra movie >channels. They did that recently for a free month, which in reality
    lasted about a week longer.

    I think they all do it on occasion. I know Comcast and AT&T did that
    for me on occasion. All in the hopes that I would subscribe to
    Showtime or HBO or what ever movie package they were pushing at the
    moment. AT&T even did it with their pay movie service by sending out a
    free movie pass every year or two.

    Spectrum doesn't do it. However, Time Warner Cable used to before Charter took over it. :(
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Your Name on Tue Dec 31 06:13:28 2024
    Three days? 4-5 is not three days.


    Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:

    The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post
    actually only says "Jan 4-5".


    Apple TV+ Will Be Free to Stream for Three Days
    -----------------------------------------------
    Tech giant promotes free worldwide access to original titles
    including 'Severance,' 'Shrinking,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'The Morning
    Show' and more.

    Apple is hoping those who don't subscribe to Apple TV+ will
    ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows
    and movies - free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days.

    The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users
    worldwide the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3,
    to Sunday, Jan. 5), on on any device where the streaming
    service is available. All you need is an Apple ID and password
    to sign in for the free two-day weekend promotional period.

    The free promo is, of course, intended to drive people to sign
    up for Apple TV+ at the regular price: $9.99/month (or
    $99.99/year) in the U.S. Apple does not publicly disclose how
    many subscribers it has for Apple TV+, which it launched in
    November 2019.

    Apple touted a range of TV series available on the streaming
    service, including "Severance" (which returns for Season 2 on
    Jan. 17), the Emmy-winning "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show,"
    and others including "Silo," "Shrinking," "Bad Sisters,"
    "Slow Horses," "Disclaimer" and "Presumed Innocent." It also
    suggested users can "get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi
    series" like "Dark Matter," "For All Mankind" and "Foundation."

    In addition, the Apple TV+ lineup includes family movies like
    "Fly Me to the Moon," starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing
    Tatum, and "The Family Plan," starring Mark Wahlberg and
    Michelle Monaghan; plus action-comedy "Wolfs" starring George
    Clooney and Brad Pitt, and "The Instigators" starring Matt
    Damon and Casey Affleck.

    Twitter / X post:
    <https://x.com/AppleTV/status/1873730763356795379>



    <https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-tv-plus-free-streaming-1236262179/>






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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Dec 31 07:38:11 2024
    On 31.12.24 07:13, Ant wrote:
    Three days? 4-5 is not three days.


    Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:

    The article keeps saying "three days", but Apple's Twitter / X post
    actually only says "Jan 4-5".

    Stop your top posting!


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