[Update: Netflix too] Apple Reportedly Pulls Out of SXSW 2022

// Update 1 (05/03/2020 11:16 am) Netflix has as well pulled out of SXSW 2020

South past Southwest, or SXSW every bit it is more ordinarily known, is one of the few tech events on the horizon that hasn't been canceled yet due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, it seems that Apple has joined a growing list of companies canceling their presence at the upshot.

The study comes from Variety, which says that the Cupertino giant has canceled its plans to become to SXSW, and has also canceled its plans to premiere new Apple TV+ shows that were slated to exist first-shown at the result. The company had plans to premiere three new shows at the event, including its documentary on the Beastie Boys.

It'south noteworthy that Apple hasn't issued a public statement announcing its withdrawal from the upshot scheduled to exist held from March 13 in Austin, Texas.

SXSW is merely the latest outcome to join a growing list of tech-events that have seen major companies pull out of attention. Companies like Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok have already withdrawn from SXSW 2020, and Amazon has also reportedly decided to abolish its SXSW plans this year.

As of right now, SXSW organisers are saying that the event will go on as planned, simply it seems more than probable that it volition exist canceled in the days leading upwardly to the planned March xiii date. Nosotros've seen this play out with MWC 2020 which was scheduled to exist held in Barcelona late final month. In that case, GSMA stuck to its guns almost holding the issue as planned, even though virtually major companies had withdrawn; the event was afterwards canceled post-obit an emergency coming together held by the GSMA.

It does look like that will also be the instance with SXSW 2020, but as of right now, that'south purely speculation. We'll proceed you posted equally and when more details become bachelor.