Apple SVP Eddy Cue and producer Ben Silverman at Code Media 2017
summary
Apple launches two Apple Music exclusives: Planet of the Apps and Carpool Karaoke, both available across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV worldwide this spring. Planet stages an escalator 60‑second pitch to four advisor-entrepreneurs, advances to an incubator and a final LightSpeed VC round that was announced as $10M but ends up larger, with the show offering an Apple Music exclusive app+linear experience and optional deep‑dive interactive content; Carpool Karaoke becomes a half‑hour pairing series. Apple Music reports ~20 million subscribers and no ads.
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chapters (26)
- 0:00Introduction and partnership
- 1:11Why Apple Music made a TV show
- 4:43How Planet of the Apps was born
- 9:40Preview of Planet of the Apps
- 12:14How the show works
- 15:23Why no app reality show before
- 17:30Apple’s content strategy
- 19:39Apple Music growth and exclusives
- 23:15Working with Apple on TV
- 27:54Apple’s creative freedom
- 31:01App Store and indie developers
- 32:26Search ads for apps
- 34:34Future of TV and advertising
- 38:07Challenges in TV ecosystem
- 40:56Apple’s role in podcasting
- 43:07Voice interfaces and Alexa
- 44:54Introducing Carpool Karaoke
- 46:40Carpool Karaoke preview
- 50:41Q&A begins
- 51:05Apple’s TV platform ambitions
- 54:13Content innovation vs. adaptation
- 56:20Video in Apple Music
- 58:03Apple’s content portfolio
- 1:00:30Reality TV and Netflix
- 1:03:41Apple News and fake news
- 1:06:08Measuring success
