According to Bloomberg, Apple plans to offer a series of subscription bundles that will lower the monthly cost for many of the company's digital services. Though various "tiers" will be available, the basic level will include an Apple Music and Apple TV+ subscription.

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• The packages could launch alongside new iPhones in October.
• Higher-priced bundles will also include the Apple Arcade gaming service, Apple News+, and additional iCloud storage space.
• The company is also allegedly developing a subscription app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV that will stream virtual fitness classes.
• Apple declined to comment on the report.

This weekend's DC FanDome streaming event will feature over 15 panels about new and returning DC Comics-inspired TV shows. Panels and showcases kick off on August 22 at 1 pm ET and will continue for 24 hours.

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• A full schedule and sign-up info can be found at DCFanDome.com.
• Most panels will have "encore" streams in case there are multiple events viewers wish to stream happening at once.
• Highlights include a look ahead at Season 7 of "The Flash"; the debut appearance of Javicia Leslie as the new Batwoman; a "Teen Titans Go!" cast table read; a guide to the DCTV "multiverse" featuring mega-producer Greg Berlanti; cast reunions for "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," "Harley Quinn," and "Doom Patrol"; and more.

WEEKEND CALENDAR

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

TED LASSO: Sports comedy series starring Jason Sudeikis as an American football coach who's brought in to lead an English Premier League soccer team to victory. Sudeikis co-created the series with "Scrubs" vet Bill Lawrence, based on a series of promos he'd recorded for NBC Sports. [Apple TV+]

BOYS STATE: Feature documentary and "political coming-of-age story" chronicling a bold experiment, in which 1,000 17-year-old boys from Texas were challenged to form their own representative government from scratch. The film screened earlier this year at Sundance and was acquired by Apple and A24 as part of a record-breaking $12 million deal.  [Apple TV+]

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN: Original live-action fantasy film based on the children's novel by K.A. Applegate, about a silverback gorilla named Ivan (voiced by Sam Rockwell) who lives in a cage at a mall, but grows weary of captivity. Angelina Jolie, Danny DeVito, Brooklynn Pierce, and others provide more animal voices, while Bryan Cranston stars as the mall's owner. [Disney+]

MAGIC CAMP: Adam DeVine stars in this family comedy feature as a magician and former "magic camp" counselor who returns hoping to reignite his passion for the work. Also features Jeffrey Tambor, Gillian Jacobs, Aldis Hodge, and an ensemble of young newcomers as hapless rookie magicians. Director Mark Waters previously made "Mean Girls" and "Mr. Popper's Penguins." [Disney+]

ZOMBIES 2: This Disney Channel original is a sequel to 2018's "Zombies," a musical comedy about the romance between a zombie football player and his human cheerleader girlfriend. Stars Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly return for the follow-up, in which young werewolves join the mix. [Disney+]

WEIRD BUT TRUE!: Educational series from National Geographic in which hosts Charlie Engelman and Carly Ciarrocchi use remote segments and in-studio experiments to teach kids about science. The show aired for two seasons on Nat Geo, and now moves to Disney+ for Season 3. [Disney+]

PROJECT POWER: Action sci-fi film about a pill that can give anyone unpredictable superpowers for five minutes. Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominique Fishback star as the unlikely trio who team up to get the drug off the streets. From co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman ("Nerve"). [Netflix]

TEENAGE BOUNTY HUNTERS: Debut crime comedy series about fraternal teenage twin sisters (Maddie Phillips and Anjelica Bette Fellini) in Atlanta who take a new job seeking out bail jumpers from a seasoned pro (Kadeem Hardison). [Netflix]

THE LEGEND OF KORRA: Classic animated Nickelodeon series that followed up on the action of "Avatar: The Last Airbender," which is also currently streaming in full on Netflix. Both series are set in a fantasy universe where individuals can manipulate (or "bend") natural elements to their will, as a martial arts practice. [Netflix]

GLOW UP: British reality competition series for aspiring make-up artists that airs on BBC Three in the U.K. It's back for a second season. [Netflix]

FEARLESS: Animated feature for kids about a teen gamer who must use his abilities to babysit three super-powered infants from space. [Netflix]

OCTONAUTS & THE CAVES OF SAC ACTUN: Animated feature film spun off from the "Octonauts" British kids series, about a team of anthropomorphic undersea adventurers. [Netflix]

3%: The new fourth season will be the last for this Brazilian sci-fi thriller series, which was the first Portuguese-language Netflix original. It's set in a dystopian future where only the top 3% of candidates get to move from an impoverished "Inland" colony to the more affluent world "Offshore." [Netflix]

THE GREAT HEIST (EL ROBO DEL SIGLO): Crime comedy from Argentina, based on a true story, about an audacious 2006 bank robbery in Acassuso that turned into a hostage situation. [Netflix]

WORLD'S TOUGHEST RACE: ECO CHALLENGE FIJI: Bear Grylls hosts this reality adventure series in which 66 teams from 30 countries embark on a physically and emotionally demanding 11-day expedition across Fiji. "Survivor" creator Mark Burnett hosts. [Amazon]

BERNIE THE DOLPHIN 2: Family film following up 2018's "Bernie the Dolphin," about two siblings (Logan Allen and Lola Sultan) who team up to rescue their dolphin friend from a kidnapping plot. Kevin Sorbo co-stars. [Amazon and Hulu]

VARIOUS DISCOVERY SERIES: Several new seasons of shows from Discovery-owned networks -- including ID, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, Discovery, TLC, and Aniplex -- hit Hulu today. This includes episodes of "A Crime to Remember," "Caribbean Life," "Chopped," "House Hunters International," "Naked and Afraid," "Property Brothers: Buying & Selling," and "Say Yes to the Dress." [Hulu]

CARMEN AND LOLA (CARMEN Y LOLA): Drama feature from Spain about two young Roma women (Rosy Rodriguez and Zaira Morales) who fall in love, only to find themselves rejected by their traditional community. Arantxa Echevarría wrote and directed. [HBO]

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN): Margot Robbie reprises the role of Harley Quinn from "Suicide Squad" in this over-the-top 2020 DC Comics-inspired action-comedy. Quinn -- newly separated from her ex, The Joker -- joins forces with Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), and Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) to take out the brutal crime lord Black Mask (Ewan McGregor).  [HBO]

RITA: The Danish comedy-drama series returns to Netflix for a fifth and final season. Mille Dinesen stars as Rita Madsen, an unconventional teacher and single mother. [Netflix]

STRANGER: The South Korean crime thriller series is back to Netflix for a second season. Cho Seung-woo and Bae Doona co-star as a prosecutor and police lieutenant who team up to investigate mysterious crimes as well as government corruption. [Netflix]

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

LOVECRAFT COUNTRY: Freshman horror drama series based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff, from creator Misha Green ("Underground") and executive producers Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams. Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett star as a Black couple on a trip across the segregated American South in the 1950s who encounter both entrenched racism and supernatural monsters during their journey. Aunjanue Ellis, Michael Kenneth Williams, Courtney B. Vance, Tony Goldwyn, and Jamie Chung co-star. [HBO]

THE CIRCUS: The second half of the political documentary series' fifth season debuts on Sunday night. The new episodes pick up after the Super Tuesday primaries and cover the start of the coronavirus lockdown as well as the nationwide protests following the killing of Geoge Floyd. [Showtime]

BEHIND YOU: Indie horror film about young sisters (Addy Miller and Elizabeth Birkner) who unwittingly unleash a demon that's been trapped inside their estranged aunt's home. [Hulu]

The SAG-AFTRA executive committee approved a new three-year agreement covering animated programs produced for TV, including streaming platforms. The deal will retroactively take effect on July 1.

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• The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) ratified the deal earlier this month.
• The new deal was modeled after the union's recently-ratified live-action TV and film contract.
• Actor fees earned for broadcast syndication residuals were adjusted, in order to free up funds for an increase in streaming residuals.
• The new deal also provides for animators who work on so-called "interstitial bits": segments that run under two minutes.

HBO Max has made the documentary feature "On the Record" free to stream on Twitter, YouTube, and its own platform. The film, from directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, relates the stores of several women who have accused hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct and assault.

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• On Friday night, "On the Record" will become the first feature to stream on Twitter as an official "Watch Event."
• Twitter users will have access to the film for 24 hours.
• The film will remain available for free on YouTube and on the HBO Max website through September 12.
• The film was originally produced by Oprah Winfrey for Apple TV+, but they both withdrew their involvement ahead of its debut earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.

The SEC announced a probe into the finances of Chinese streaming service iQiyi, causing the stock to tumble in after-hours trading. The investigation will look into accusations of fraud first raised by the due diligence firm Wolfpack Research.

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• Wolfpack accused iQiyi of inflating its 2019 revenue by about $1.13 billion and also claimed that the company has been misleading investors about user numbers and expenses.
• Shares of the company were down over 12% following after-hours trading.
• iQiyi was spun off from Chinese tech giant Baidu in 2018.

Hulu dropped a trailer for the upcoming satirical horror film "Bad Hair," from "Dear White People" creator Justin Simien. The film debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

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• The film relates the story of a murderous hair weave that goes on a rampage while perched atop a woman's scalp.
• Elle Lorraine stars as the unfortunate owner of the killer weave, while Vanessa Williams plays her pushy boss.
• Simien cited Jordan Peele's "Get Out" as a key inspiration behind the film.
• "Bad Hair" will debut on Hulu on October 23.

Two former Comedy Central series -- "The Other Two" and "South Side" -- will now become HBO Max originals. The platform also picked up the exclusive streaming rights to Comedy Central's "Awkwafina is Nora from Queens" as part of the agreement.

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• The first two seasons of both "The Other Two" and "South Side" will come to HBO Max in 2021, followed by new seasons that will debut exclusively on the platform.
• Season 2 of "Awkwafina is Nora from Queens" will air first on Comedy Central next summer, before arriving on HBO Max.
• "The Other Two" concerns millennial siblings whose teen brother becomes an overnight internet celebrity.
• "South Side" is about two friends with big ambitions living in the titular Chicago neighborhood.

The Mel Brooks comedy Western "Blazing Saddles" streams on HBO Max with a special introduction providing historical context on the film, similar to the platform's approach with "Gone with the Wind." Both films are now introduced by Turner Classic Movies host and University of Chicago professor Jacqueline Stewart.

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• Stewart discusses the film's "provocative" take on classic Westerns, while also looking back at Brooks' long career of parodies and spoofs.
• The introduction also discusses comedian Richard Pryor's involvement in the film as a writer and potential star (though he was ultimately replaced by Cleavon Little).
• Stewart hosts "Silent Sunday Nights" on TCM.

QUICK HITS

• As part of a marketing campaign for Mint Mobile, Ryan Reynolds jokingly offered subscriptions for a low-cost service that streams just one film: 2003's "Foolproof."
• "Dead to Me" showrunner Liz Feldman credits Phoebe Waller-Bridge and "Fleabag" for inspiring her decision to wrap up her show after just three seasons.
• All Creative Arts Emmy nominees have been asked to pre-tape acceptance speeches, to be used in the event that they win.
• "The Old Guard" director Gina Prince-Bythewood signed an overall deal to develop projects for Disney's Touchstone TV.
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