CEO confirms Netflix won't be a part of Apple's new video playThat said, we still don't exactly know what Apple is planning for its March 25 event.
In a move that should surprise absolutely nobody who's been paying attention for the past several years, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Monday said that you won't be signing up for Netflix from inside of Apple's upcoming and still very-much-unannounced streaming service.
From ReCode:
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings confirmed Monday that the company won't be selling subscriptions to its video service through a hub that Apple plans on launching, similar to one that Amazon already uses to sell video subscription services like HBO and Showtime. Facebook is working on a similar plan.
"Apple's a great company. We want to have people watch our shows on our services," Hastings said at a press event Monday in Los Angeles.
That's been an expected decision, since Netflix has declined to be included in the TV app on Apple devices, which aggregates content from various services under a single app, the idea ...
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CEO confirms Netflix won't be a part of Apple's new video play
