Apple unveils Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV Plus and new releases for 2022 and beyond from Apple Original Films

Apple unveils Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV Plus and new releases for 2022 and beyond from Apple Original Films

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Friday Night Baseball su Apple TV Plus

Friday Night Baseball su Apple TV+

Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced “Friday Night Baseball”, A double weekly event that will kick off in conjunction with the start of the new season of this sport, with pre-match and post-match live programs exclusively on Apple TV + in eight countries.

In addition to “Friday Night Baseball”, fans of the sport in the United States will also have access to “MLB Big Inning”, A live program with insights and highlights of the matches, broadcast every night on weekdays during the regular season. In addition, fans in the United States and Canada will also be able to access a new live broadcast every day, 24/7, with MLB matches, replays, news and analysis, highlights, the best games of all time and beyond. solo, plus a full offering of on-demand programs including MLB-themed original content and insights.

Every Friday night, the most important matches of the MLB championship can be watched without any restrictions at the local level of broadcasting, on any device and wherever Apple TV + is available: on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV 4K and HD, on tv.apple.com and on smart TVs (selected by Samsung, LG, Sony and VIZIO), gaming consoles and cable TV devices. “Friday Night Baseball” will be available on Apple TV + and, for a limited time, without a subscription.

“Just like all baseball fans, we can’t wait for the new season to begin”, said Peter Stern, Apple’s vice president of Services. “Baseball has a special place in the hearts of many Apple customers, not just in the United States, but in many countries around the world. We are proud to make Apple TV + the home for great baseball moments all season. “

“Apple is the perfect partner to bring ‘Friday Night Baseball’ to fans around the world”, said Noah Garden, MLB’s Chief Revenue Officer. “Following major milestones such as the launch of At Bat from the first day of the App Store in 2008 to the integration of Apple technology in stadiums across the country, this new sports package is the perfect next collaboration in our long history of offering Innovative and quality content to our fans. With national availability and international reach, MLB on Apple TV + will offer fans an exciting new platform that will allow a wider audience to connect with the sport. “

Friday Night Baseball will be available on Apple TV + initially in Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom and the United States, before expanding to other countries later. For the moment we do not know if, and possibly when, it will arrive in Italy.

In the meantime, Apple and MLB have planned to increase coverage of the sport on Apple News: baseball fans will be able to stay up to date on the league and their favorite team, and will be able to watch match highlights directly in the Apple app. News.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, presents the news coming out on Apple TV Plus at the opening of the ‘Peek Performance’ event
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, presents the news coming out on Apple TV Plus at the opening of the 'Peek Performance' event

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The news coming to Apple TV +

The Apple TV + subscription-based streaming service launched at the end of 2019 offers a catalog of series and films that, to date, have achieved 213 wins and 950 nominations and have recently received awards from the Oscars, SAG Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Critics Choice Documentary Awards , NAACP Image Awards, as well as past Daytime and Primetime Emmys. Siân Heder’s film “CODA“It has already made history as the most award-winning film at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as becoming the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win a SAG award. Apple also won the Emmy with”Boys State“as best documentary and presented films”Greyhound“with Oscar nominee Tom Hanks and”Finch“became the most watched film ever on the platform. Apple during the event ‘Peek Performance ‘on March 8, 2022, anticipated a new list of original Apple films that will have their world premieres, in theaters and on Apple TV +, over the next year.

Apple has made general agreements for the production of feature films with several studios and production companies including Sikelia Productions by Martin Scorsese, Hyperobject Industries by Adam McKay, Appian Way by Leonardo DiCaprio, Eden Productions by Richard Plepler, Siân Heder and Tracy Oliver, A24 , Imagine Entertainment, Skydance Animation and Skydance Media. Coming up are titles from Alfonso Cuaron, Antoine Fuqua, Dakota Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Octavia Spencer, Bill Murray, Russell Crowe and many more.

Cha Cha Real Smooth“, winner of the Sundance Film Festival US Dramatic Audience Award 2022, will have its world premiere on Apple TV + on June 17, 2022. The documentary will also be released next summer”Sidney Poitier: The Me I Used to Be“Produced by Oprah Winfrey and directed by Reginald Hudlin about the career and life of the late Sidney Poitier, and the new animated film”Luck”Of Skydance Animation about the most unfortunate girl in the world, with the voices of Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Eva Noblezada, Simon Pegg, Flula Borg, Lil Rel Howery, Colin O’Donoghue, John Ratzenberger and Adelynn Spoon.

The documentary will also arrive on Apple TV + “Black & Blues: The Colorful Ballad of Louis Armstrong“produced under the agreement between Apple and Imagine Documentaries;”Raymond & RayWhich tells the story of Raymond and Ray (played by Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke); “A beer at the front“by Peter Farrelly with Zac Efron and Russell Crowe based on the true story of John” Chickie “Donohue; the docufilm”The Sound of 007”On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film series; “Spirited – Christmas Magic“as a modern musical interpretation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale” A Christmas Carol “with Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell and Octavia Spencer;“Emancipation – Beyond freedomAntoine Fuqua with Will Smith; “Killers of the Flower Moon“by Martin Scorsese with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow and others; Matthew Vaughn’s spy thriller”Argylle” con un cast che include Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Dua Lipa e Ariana DeBose; il thriller “Sharper“set in New York, written by authors Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, with Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton and John Lithgow;”Tetris“with Taron Egerton;”Napoleon“by Ridley Scott, with Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby; a pair of complementary documentaries titled”Number One on the Call Sheet“; “Ghosted”With Chris Evans and Ana de Armas; “Spellbound“by Skydance Animation;”The Beanie Bubble” interpretato da Elizabeth Banks, Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Snook e Geraldine Viswanathan.

Apple Original Films is currently developing “Bad BloodAdam McKay with Jennifer Lawrence; the film “Bride”Produced and starring Scarlett Johansson; “Snow Blind”Starring Jake Gyllenhaal; a new biopic about Sue Mengers with Jennifer Lawrence; “Dolly”Written by Vanessa Taylor and Drew Pearce starring Florence Pugh; an adaptation of Judy Heumann’s ‘Being Heumann’ directed by Siân Heder; a biopic about Audrey Hepburn; a thriller starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, written and directed by Jon Watts.

Cooper Raiff e Dakota Johnson in ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ (credit: Courtesy of Apple)
Cooper Raiff e Dakota Johnson in 'Cha Cha Real Smooth' (credit: Courtesy of Apple)

The Dragon (voice of Jane Fonda), Bob (voice of Simon Pegg) and Sam Greenfield (voice of Eva Noblezada) in ‘Luck’ (credit: Courtesy of Apple)
The Dragon (voice of Jane Fonda), Bob (voice of Simon Pegg) and Sam Greenfield (voice of Eva Noblezada) in 'Luck' (credit: Courtesy of Apple)

Ewan McGregor e Ethan Hawke in ‘Raymond & Ray’ (credit: Courtesy of Apple)
Ewan McGregor e Ethan Hawke in 'Raymond & Ray' (credit: Courtesy of Apple)

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Zac Efron in ‘Una birra al fronte’ (credit: Courtesy of Apple)
Zac Efron in 'Una birra al fronte' (credit: Courtesy of Apple)

Ryan Reynolds e Will Ferrell in ‘Spirited – Magia di Natale’ (credit: Courtesy of Apple)
Ryan Reynolds e Will Ferrell in 'Spirited - Magia di Natale' (credit: Courtesy of Apple)

Octavia Spencer in ‘Spirited – Magia di Natale’ (credit: Courtesy of Apple)
Octavia Spencer in 'Spirited - Magia di Natale' (credit: Courtesy of Apple)

Lily Gladstone e Leonardo DiCaprio in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ (credit: Courtesy of Apple)
Lily Gladstone e Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' (credit: Courtesy of Apple)

Dua Lipa e Henry Cavill in ‘Argylle’ (credit: Courtesy of Apple)
Dua Lipa e Henry Cavill in 'Argylle' (credit: Courtesy of Apple)

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