The competitive, high-stakes bidding war is just beginning over who will televise National Basketball Association (NBA) games into the next decade. The price tag is expected to be over $5 billion a year. Gerry Smith for Bloomberg: Currently, Walt Disney Co., home of ABC and ESPN, and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., owner of TNT, are in an exclusive negotiating window to renew their contracts with the NBA. The current deals expire in 2025, and executives at the two companies are waiting for the league to decide what packages of games it will sell. Meanwhile, just about every other major media company — and some technology giants — have expressed interest in making bids once the exclusive window ends next spring.…

Apple added five new mainland Chinese suppliers while removing eight in mainland China in its latest financial year ended September 2022, after China’s strict Covid-19 controls disrupted iPhone production last holiday season, according to the latest supplier list published by the world’s most valuable company. South China Morning Post: Globally, Apple added 18 new suppliers while cutting 19, resulting in a small adjustment in its supply chain, but one that has made India a clear winner. The number of Apple production sites in the country increased to 14 last year compared with 11 in 2021, signalling the iPhone maker’s accelerated expansion in the country. It also opened its first two retail outlets in India this year. Apple’s latest supplier list,…

Original Peanuts series “The Snoopy Show” returns for season three with all 12 episodes on Friday, June 9, 2023. Apple TV+ today released the trailer for season three of the original Peanuts series “The Snoopy Show,” premiering all 12 episodes globally on Friday, June 9. The world’s most famous beagle is back again for his close-up! Dig into new adventures with Snoopy, along with his best pal, Woodstock, and the rest of the Peanuts gang. This new trailer comes on the heels of a slew of recent programming announcements from Apple TV+, Peanuts, and WildBrain, including the new special “Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie,” which follows endearing introvert Marcie as she helps her friends in her own unique way, premiering August…

Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated feature “Killers of the Flower Moon,” from Apple Original Films, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, May 20th. “Killers of the Flower Moon” will be released exclusively in theaters worldwide, in partnership with Paramount Pictures, limited on Friday, October 6, and wide on Friday, October 20, before its global debut on Apple TV+. Apple Original Films’ highly anticipated “Killers of the Flower Moon” will first be released exclusively in theaters worldwide, limited on Friday, October 6, and wide on Friday, October 20, before streaming globally on Apple TV+. At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight.…

Apple TV+ today announced that “Physical,” its half-hour dramedy starring and executive produced by Rose Byrne and hailing from creator, writer and executive producer Annie Weisman, is set to return for its 10-episode third and final season on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. “Physical” season three, premiers Wednesday, August 2nd on Apple TV+. “Physical” stars Rose Byrne, Rory Scovel, Dierdre Friel and Paul Sparks. The series is produced for Apple TV+ by Tomorrow Studios. “We are so grateful to Apple, Tomorrow Studios and all our creative collaborators for the chance to bring Sheila to life in all her gritty glory,” said star and executive producer Rose Byrne and creator, writer and executive producer Annie Weisman. “With this final season, Sheila’s three…

Apple TV+ today announced that “Physical,” its half-hour dramedy starring and executive produced by Rose Byrne and hailing from creator, writer and executive producer Annie Weisman, is set to return for its 10-episode third and final season on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. “Physical” season three, premiers Wednesday, August 2nd on Apple TV+. “Physical” stars Rose Byrne, Rory Scovel, Dierdre Friel and Paul Sparks. The series is produced for Apple TV+ by Tomorrow Studios. “We are so grateful to Apple, Tomorrow Studios and all our creative collaborators for the chance to bring Sheila to life in all her gritty glory,” said star and executive producer Rose Byrne and creator, writer and executive producer Annie Weisman. “With this final season, Sheila’s three…