Month: November 2023

Apple TV looks to get French League Football for $854 Million

Dan Uff November 11, 2023 0

Apple is in search of an exclusive deal for a sporting event or league tom help sell its Apple TV+ service. Apple has tried to go after exclusive sporting events such as NFL Sunday Ticket but lost to YouTube. Perhaps now they can secure a deal?

While the deal may help Apple's bottom line for the French customers, what about the U.S. ones as well?

The below is from web site iMore.com:

The deal said to be worth €800m (around $854 million), would bring French football to the Apple TV app starting in 2024, and is expected to run through to 2029.

RMC Sport was the first to report news of talks between Apple and the LFP, the outfit in charge of handing out the contracts needed to show Ligue 1 games. Details about the actual deal are hard to come by at the moment, but it’s increasingly clear that Apple sees a future in streaming live sports from around the world…

It’s fair to say that Ligue 1 isn’t the biggest league in Europe despite the presence of Mbappe. Paris Saint Germain stands out as the star-studded team, but the depth of the league beyond the capital city is lacking. To make a real dent in the world of live sports Apple would surely need to get that Premier League deal over the line. Spain’s LaLiga would be another big get for Apple, as would Germany’s Bundesliga. Add those to Ligue 1 and Apple will have quite the collection.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in Mexico City hospital with vertigo

CompuScoop Staff November 9, 2023 0

Steve Wozniak has been hospitalized in Mexico City after taking ill and suffering what appears to be vertigo… TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell us, Woz gave a speech Wednesday in Mexico City at the World Business Forum, after which he told his wife he was “feeling strange.” He then started exhibiting symptoms that alarmed his wife, who said he needed to go to the hospital.

We’re told the 73-year-old cofounder of Apple resisted, saying he’d be OK, but his wife persisted and ultimately insisted he go to the hospital… doctors are performing tests.

Several people from Steve’s team are flying from the U.S. to Mexico City on a private jet, to see firsthand what is going on with him and take him back to the U.S. for further treatment if that’s necessary.

Via: TMZ.com

Apple Watch Ultra saves life of unconscious diabetic

CompuScoop Staff November 9, 2023 0

A 40-year-old Las Vegas resident who has type 1 diabetes is crediting his Apple Watch Ultra for saving his life after the device called emergency services when he fell unconscious.

Josh Furman said typically, when his blood sugar gets low, his insulin pump alerts him by sounding an alarm.

But earlier this year, when his blood sugar was so low, he lost consciousness while home alone and hit his head on the floor.

“I don’t know how long I was out for, but when I woke up, the Apple Watch had basically called 911, the paramedics,” Furman said. “But I could not talk. I sounded like I had a mouth full of marbles. 911 could not understand me, but they had the GPS from the watch, so they knew where I was.”

“I don’t think people know enough about their Apple Watch to realize what it can actually do with the fall detection (feature),” he said… Once the watch detects a hard fall, it sends each emergency contact a message with your location, including informing them that 911 was called.

“If it wasn’t for the features that I use, the blood glucose sensor and all that stuff, I wouldn’t have gotten the watch, and now with the fall detection that honestly saved my life,” Furman said.

Via: KSNV-TV News3‎