Samsung's 2018 and 2019 TV models will be able to access iTunes content directly via a dedicated app and support Apple's AirPlay 2 wireless streaming standard
As rare as last week's Apple revenue warning … Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : AirPlay 2 and HomeKit Support Coming to New LG Smart TVs Samsung Newsroom / Samsung Global Newsroom : Samsung Smart TVs to Launch iTunes Movies & TV Shows and Support AirPlay 2 Beginning Spring 2019 Nilay Patel / The Verge : Five big questions about Apple putting iTunes on Samsung TVs Rita El Khoury / Android Police : Samsung's 2019 QLED TVs will be compatible with both Google Assistant and Alexa Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : LG is also adding Apple AirPlay and HomeKit support to its TVs Alex Cranz / Gizmodo : Apple's Snuck Its Way Into LG's 2019 Televisions Stefan Etienne / The Verge : LG will bring AirPlay 2 support to its 2019 TVs Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : LG's new TVs will support Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit Bailey Stein / Android Authority : Google Assistant and Alexa devices will soon work with Samsung smart TVs David Katzmaier / CNET : Samsung's 2019 TVs will work with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times : Apple changes strategy to stream video on Samsung TVs Damien Wilde / 9to5Google : Samsung is adding support for Google Assistant in newest TV lineup Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : iSurrender: Apple partners with rival Samsung to bring iTunes to smart TVs Greg Synek / TechSpot : Apple TV services are coming to Samsung smart TVs Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech : Samsung Announces iTunes Movie & TV Show Support In Its 2018, 2019 Smart TVs Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac : Apple says ‘leading TV manufacturers’ will integrate AirPlay 2, send video to TV with Siri voice commands Hadlee Simons / Android Authority : Samsung smart TVs get iTunes movies and TV shows, Airplay 2 support Peter O'Kelly / Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check : Apple's Errors | Stratechery Eric Slivka / MacRumors : Samsung Smart TVs Adding Support for iTunes Video Content and AirPlay 2 Jonny Evans / Apple Must : Apple Originals tunes in to Samsung TV Iain Morris / Light Reading : Apple's Walls Come Tumbling Down With Samsung TV Tie-Up Heather Kelly / CNN : Apple brings iTunes to Samsung TVs as it seeks new revenue James Titcomb / Telegraph : Apple and Samsung bury long rivalry with iTunes TV deal Lars / All About Samsung : CES 2019: Samsung SmartTVs erhalten Support für Apple iTunes Movies und AirPlay 2 Joseph Green / Mashable : The best UK deals for Monday: Samsung TVs, Nespresso coffee machines, Philips pasta makers, and more Firstpost : Samsung announces Smart TV support for Apple iTunes, AirPlay 2 at CES 2019 Ivan Mehta / The Next Web : Samsung is bringing an iTunes app to its smart TVs soon Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News : Apple Is Building iTunes Directly Into Newer Samsung Smart TVs Luke Dormehl / Cult of Mac : iTunes video and AirPlay 2 coming to Samsung's Smart TVs Stephanie Valera / Geek.com : Samsung to Add iTunes and AirPlay to Smart TVs Peter Kafka / Recode : Apple is going to sell its Apple TV service on Samsung TVs, because Apple wants to be a service company Janko Roettgers / Variety : Samsung to Add iTunes Movies App to Its 2019 Smart TVs Phil Nickinson / CordCutters : Putting iTunes on Samsung TVs is a big deal, but for whom? Todd Haselton / CNBC : Apple just signed a deal with its former top rival, Samsung, showing how the company's changing Rene Ritchie / iMore : Apple is putting iTunes on Samsung TV — here's why! Andy Ihnatko / Fast Company : Five questions about Apple's startling new TV deal with Samsung Evan Selleck / iPhone Hacks : Samsung Smart TVs Will Support AirPlay 2 and iTunes Movies Peter Holden / TalkAndroid.com : Samsung's smart televisions to gain official iTunes app and AirPlay 2 support from spring Caleb Denison / Digital Trends : Samsung adding iTunes and AirPlay 2 to its smart TVs is a genius move South China Morning Post : Apple to start offering iTunes movies and shows on Samsung TVs AFTVnews : Apple is putting iTunes and AirPlay on Samsung TVs Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : AirPlay 2 & the iTunes Movies and TV Shows app are coming to Samsung Smart TVs Marisa Fernandez / Axios : Samsung to launch iTunes on its smart TVs Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat : Samsung Smart TVs will support Apple AirPlay 2 and iTunes videos in spring 2019 (Updated) Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Apple is bringing iTunes content to Samsung's Smart TVs Phil Nickinson / Android Central : Samsung TVs are getting iTunes and AirPlay 2 Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Partners with Samsung: iTunes Store and AirPlay 2 Coming to Smart TVs This Spring John Voorhees / MacStories : Samsung Announces iTunes Movies and TV Shows App and AirPlay 2 Support for Its Smart TVs Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac : Samsung Smart TVs will soon add AirPlay 2, iTunes Movies and TV Shows app Jon Fingas / Engadget : Samsung's 2019 smart TVs will support Apple iTunes and AirPlay 2 Mike Flaminio / Insanely Great Mac : Samsung TV to gain iTunes, AirPlay 2 support Dave Lee / Notes from Silicon Valley : iTunes coming to Samsung TVs Tweets: Nilay Patel / @reckless : You really can't read this as anything but a recognition that the Apple TV doesn't sell and Apple needs more service scale @geoffreyfowler : Whoa. Samsung and Apple kicking off #ces2019 news by becoming frenemies. This spring, Samsung TVs will support a new iTunes Movies & TV Shows app and AirPlay 2.Makes sense for Apple: Becoming a services business requires getting access in more places. http://news.samsung.com/... http://twitter.com/... Rev. Robert R. Ballecer / @padresj : Awesome! I've always wanted a slow, feature-crippled iTunes client that is comically unpatched and destined to become non-functioning within 5 years #SmartTVsAreDumb http://news.samsung.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Apple bringing iTunes to Samsung TVs reminds me of the Motorola deal pic.twitter.com/KHIbJvoJ1n @geoffreyfowler : This is Apple saying services are more important than Apple TV hardware sales. Apple changing its ways was one of the themes I called out in my 2019 tech predictions http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... Neil Cybart / @neilcybart : I've long felt that Apple's decision to not release its own television set is a good one. In 2015, I went over the case against an Apple television set. There are many reasons to say “no” to such a product. https://www.aboveavalon.com/ ... Carolina Milanesi / @caro_milanesi : Considering Samsung's tv market share this makes perfect sense for Apple. I bet many iPhone users have a Samsung TV - Samsung Smart TVs to Launch iTunes Movies & TV Shows and Support AirPlay 2 Beginning Spring 2019 - Samsung US Newsroom http://news.samsung.com/... Neil Cybart / @neilcybart : Apple's decision to bring iTunes to Samsung TVs is connected w/ bringing Apple Music to Echo. The moves don't mean Apple TV / HomePod are flopping. Apple TV sales were strong in 2018. Instead, it's about content distribution. Discussed in detail here: https://www.aboveavalon.com/ ... ($) pic.twitter.com/qlK2EGMtUM Nilay Patel / @reckless : Apple tells me that Samsung will not be able to track viewing information inside the iTunes app on Samsung Smart TVs. But it's integrated with Bixby, search, and guide features, so we'll have to see how it all works in the end. Post updated: http://www.theverge.com/... Jason Snell / @jsnell : Here's a piece I wrote a month ago about how Apple's TV service is going to drive Apple to its competitors — smart TVs, sure, but also probably Roku and Fire TV. https://www.macworld.com/... Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Apple is putting iTunes on Samsung TVs http://www.theverge.com/... // Alt-take: Maybe this signals that Apple realizes no single party will win (profit) either content library or player for tv/music/movies so this just isn't as galactic or worthwhile. Reminder: they have the data. Federico Viticci / @viticci : iTunes and AirPlay on Samsung TVs is a big sign of Apple's media + services plans: http://www.macstories.net/... I fully expect to see more of these soon (webOS TVs?), and for this to be a driving narrative of 2019. http://twitter.com/... Samsung Electronics / @samsung : New iTunes Movies and TV Shows app will debut on Samsung Smart TVs in more than 100 countries and AirPlay 2 support will be available on Samsung Smart TVs in 190 countries worldwide #SamsungSmartTV http://news.samsung.com/... Lauren Goode / @laurengoode : 1. So, people with Samsung TVs will basically have no need to buy an Apple TV box 2. CES is still primarily a “hardware show” but this underscores that hw/sw are now fundamentally (irreversibly?) intertwined and platforms matter more and more http://news.samsung.com/... Dan Seifert / @dcseifert : welp, here's the strangest news that will come out of CES all week http://www.theverge.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : The funniest part about this is that they kept the iTunes branding. Also lol Samsung TVs don't support Dolby Vision. Also lol why didn't they just make a TV years ago http://www.theverge.com/... Zac Bowden / @zacbowden : Next, iOS for Android phones http://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : @reckless iTunes? iTunes. iTUNES? http://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : 1. Samsung TVs run Tizen. 2. There's an iTunes app coming to Samsung TV. 3. Therefore, there is a Tizen iTunes app. Just, like, sit with that idea for a minute. In your heart. A Tizen iTunes app. https://www.theverge.com/... Chris Ciaccia / @chris_ciaccia : Samsung Smart TVs to Launch iTunes Movies & TV Shows and Support AirPlay 2 Beginning Spring 2019 - Samsung US NewsroomAnd so marks the start of Apple's tv service push in 2019. http://news.samsung.com/... Glenn Fleishman / @glennf : Hell's streaming froze over http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer