Can you tell when history is being made? Tomorrow afternoon, in the Steve Jobs Theatre in Cupertino, California, some of Hollywood’s biggest names will file into their seats to hear Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, announce one of the worst-kept secrets in entertainment: that his firm will launch its own streaming service later this year to compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon. Some of the details of Apple’s offering were unclear at the time of going to press. It is expected to carry channels such as Showtime, known for Homeland and Dexter, and Starz, home of American Gods and the pirate drama Black Sails, as part of the subscription fee. Negotiations with HBO are going to the wire, as it were,…

Source: The Times March 24, 2019 00:05 UTC