Apple TV+ set to launch in over 100 countries but there's little to worry Netflix, NBC and Disney

Apple TV will be an ad free subscription-based service, streaming video on demand and everything available online will also be downloadable
UPDATED MAR 25, 2019

After months of anticipation, Apple finally unveiled what it's new streaming service Apple TV, supposed to compete with Netflix, is going to look like. As part of it will be Apple TV+, the service features the company's original programming and was just announced by CEO Tim Cook.

"As you can tell, today is going to be a very different kind of event," Cook said before introducing the app through a video that featured the likes of Hollywood directors Steven Spielberg and M. Night Shymalan, along with stars attached to the shows that will help shape Apple’s service, like J.J. Abrams.

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