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Apple to stream ‘One World: Together at Home” initiative (and contribute $10 million)

CEO Tim Cook says Apple is donating $10 million to the One World: Together at Home initiative by the international advocacy organization Global Citizen and the World Health Organization. 

It will be a globally televised and streamed special in support of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. One World: Together At Home will be broadcast live on Saturday, April 18, at 5 p.m. (Pacific) airing on ABC, NBC, ViacomCBS Networks, iHeartMedia and Bell Media networks and platforms in Canada. Internationally, BBC One will run the program on Sunday, April 19

Additional international broadcasters include beIN Media Group, MultiChoice Group and RTE. The virtual broadcast “will show unity among all people who are affected by COVID-19 and will also celebrate and support brave healthcare workers doing life-saving work on the front lines.”

One World: Together At Home will also be a multi-hour digital broadcast streaming online on multiple global platforms, including: Apple (no details yet on how it will stream the event). Alibaba, Amazon Prime Video, Facebook, Instagram, LiveXLive, Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, TIDAL, TuneIn, Twitch, Twitter, Yahoo and YouTube. This digital special will include additional artists and performances from all over the globe as well as unique stories from the world’s healthcare heroes. For information about how to tune in and take action, visit  www.globalcitizen.org/togetherathome.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.