Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has hired two long-time Sony Pictures Television executives to expand the iPhone maker’s push into original television programing, plunging deeper into a field crowded by Hollywood studios and online streaming services.Jamie Erlocht and Zack Van Amburg, responsible for hit shows such as ”Breaking Bad,” ”Better Call Saul” and ”The Crown,” will join Apple in newly created positions that will oversee all aspects of video programing, the technology giant said in a statement on Friday. The pair have been Sony Pictures presidents since 2005.”Jamie and Zack are two of the most talented TV executives in the world and have been instrumental in making this the golden age of television,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services.”There is much more to come,” Cue said of Apple’s video effort.Hollywood has been awaiting the entry of deep-pocketed Apple into original video series, an increasingly competitive market.
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