More recently, another tech giant, Apple, has reportedly begun dipping its toes into the waters of producing original content — and it may not be long before Apple takes an Oscar night bow of its own.
Gene Munster, founder of the venture capital firm Loup Ventures, a man who spent decades as a financial analyst covering Apple, predicted in a note this week that Apple will win an Oscar in the next five years.
One often-overlooked subplot of the just-concluded Awards season was the sudden ubiquity of Amazon Studios.
In the research note, Munster predicted that the five-year time frame represents “how long it will take for Apple to scale its original content spend from less than $200m today to $5-7 [billion.]