{"id":87780,"date":"2019-03-11T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/03\/11\/apple-announces-march-25-its-show-time-event"},"modified":"2019-03-11T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T19:55:00","slug":"apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s show time&#8217; video and Apple News event is on March 25 at Steve Jobs Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- font size selector, BEGIN --> <span class=\"cfix\">&nbsp;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"gray small byline\"> By <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#15627c79797c74783b7274797974727d7067557874763b767a78\">William Gallagher<\/a> <br \/><span class=\"gray\">Monday, March 11, 2019, 12:28 pm PT (03:28 pm ET)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span><span class=\"article-leader\">Apple has invited members of the press to an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on March 25, expected to include the unveiling of Apple&#8217;s news and video services.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater.jpg\" alt=\"The March 25 event will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater\" height=\"336\" class=\"lazy\" data-original=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\">The March 25 event will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The invitations for the March 25 event confirm long standing rumors of the date and also that the event will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, Cupertino. While the invitation includes no more details than the time and venue, it does say that &#8220;it&#8217;s show time&#8221; and the animation included in the video has a distinct film leader countdown indicative of the Apple&#8217;s video service.<\/p>\n<p>Apple previously used the &#8220;it&#8217;s showtime&#8221; \u2014notably without the space between &#8220;show&#8221; and &#8220;time&#8221; \u2014tagline in September 2006 when it debuted the Apple TV.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater.jpg\" alt height=\"529\" class=\"lazy\" data-original=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater-2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>As ever, Apple has not announced anything that it plans to announce at the event, but it is expected to center on services rather than hardware. Specifically, Apple&#8217;s updating of its news offering into a subscription service is believed to be central to the event. <\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the forthcoming streaming video service from Apple is at least expected to be revealed even if its actual launch may not be until <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/14\/apples-video-service-availability-may-be-months-after-reveal-potentially-as-late-as-fall\">later in the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s March event <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/18\/03\/28\/at-chicago-field-trip-event-apple-emphasized-education-remains-a-big-part-of-who-we-are\">concentrated on education<\/a> but did also include hardware releases, including an <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/18\/03\/27\/highlights-from-apples-field-trip-ipad-event\">updated iPad<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"article-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apples-its-show-time-video-and-apple-news-event-is-on-march-25-at-steve-jobs-theater.jpg\" alt height=\"410\" class=\"lazy\" data-original=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/30065-49084-001-AirPower-l.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/30065-49084-001-AirPower-l.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"minor2 small gray\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Based on evidence from the supply chain, and usually reliable analysts such as Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is expected to release many new products across the whole of 2019. However, the only ones even occasionally being mentioned as possible for the March 25 event are more updated iPads the long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/02\/17\/apple-plans-to-ship-airpower-wireless-charging-new-airpods-in-first-half-of-2019\">AirPower charging pad<\/a>, and the possibility of a <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/03\/08\/ipod-touch-icon-with-no-notch-or-home-button-is-a-fake-but-new-model-likely-anyhow\">new iPod touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>AppleInsider will be at the March event where we expect Apple&#8217;s news and video services to dominate. Keep up with our coverage by downloading the <a href=\"http:\/\/appleinsider.com\/l\/?link=https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/appleinsider\/id578462575?mt=8\">AppleInsider app<\/a> for iOS, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/appleinsider\">follow us on YouTube<\/a>, Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/appleinsider\">@appleinsider<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AppleInsiderdotcom\/\">Facebook<\/a> for live, late-breaking coverage. You can also check out our official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/appleinsider_official\/\">Instagram<\/a> account for exclusive photos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By William Gallagher Monday, March 11, 2019, 12:28 pm PT (03:28 pm ET) Apple has invited members of the press to an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on March 25, expected to include the unveiling of Apple&#8217;s news and video services. 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