Netflix, Disney, and Apple Video Streaming
Regarding this news story:Â http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/04/netflix-strikes-licensing-agreement-with-disney-will-be-exclusi/
I was talking with a friend (Jon Badeen, @badeen on twitter (http://badeen.com)) during one of our NSCoder meetups when I read this news. He brought up an excellent point: Apple’s streaming service must be far away. Unless Apple completed dropped the ball, would Disney be signing an exclusive contract with Netflix if an Apple service was on its way? I really would hope not, considering how close their relationship is. On the other hand different news sites keep reporting on how Apple execs (notably Tim Cook) are talking about how movie/tv streaming is a big focus for them. Maybe they’re more focused on TV shows, but Disney has a decent number of those as well. In any case, I’m not looking for anything from Apple in the near future (although they do tend to surprise).