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Apple is on a mission to bankroll Hollywood-grade original video, and its first publicly-revealed purchase involves legendary director Steven Spielberg. Apple has entered into a deal with Spielberg's company and NBCUniversal to make new episodes of ... ( read original story ...)

Apple’s push into the highly competitive original programming arena is heating up, as the tech giant reportedly reached a deal with Steven Spielberg’s TV production company to reboot the iconic director’s 1980s sci-fi and horror anthology series ... ( read original story ...)

In June, Apple poached a couple of high-powered Hollywood execs in Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht from Sony Pictures TV. And after getting its feet wet with not-bad-but-not-ambitious shows like Planet of the Apps and Carpool Karaoke, it’s certainly ... ( read original story ...)

Earlier this year, Apple told Hollywood it was getting serious about TV by hiring two producers from Sony. Then Apple told Hollywood it was serious about TV again, by making it clear that it was willing to spend a $1 billion or more on its own shows. ( read original story ...)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is finalizing a deal to make 10 new episodes of Steven Spielberg’s 1980s science fiction anthology series “Amazing Stories,” landing a premiere Hollywood talent for its plunge into original TV programming ... ( read original story ...)

Apple is finally getting into the scripted TV series world with its reported acquisition of the Amazing Stories reboot from Steven Spielberg and Bryan Fuller. NBCUniversal told Bloomberg that Amazing Stories, after original reports claimed its home would ... ( read original story ...)

Apple Inc. is betting on acclaimed director and producer Steven Spielberg for its first major foray into creating original video content. The tech giant has struck a deal with Mr. Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Universal Television, a unit of Comcast ... ( read original story ...)