The 2020 South by Southwest festival continues to bleed participants, as Apple is now the latest big name to pull out of this year’s event due to concerns about the spread of Coronavirus, a company representative told TheWrap.The company had planned to debut three new Apple TV+ shows in the festival’
The 2020 South by Southwest festival continues to bleed participants, as Apple is now the latest big name to pull out of this year’s event due to concerns about the spread of Coronavirus, a company representative told TheWrap.
The company had planned to debut three new Apple TV+ shows in the festival’s film and television section, and hold a panel discussion of “Little America” with creators Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon. Those events have now all been canceled. Apple is far from the only major participant to back out of SXSW 2020. Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, Intel, China Gathering, Mashable, TikTok, SAP, and The Latinx House have also all canceled their festival events and appearances.
Representatives for the South by Southwest festival did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap, but so far now organizers have maintained that the event will happen as scheduled March 13-22, despite calls to cancel it including a Change.org petition that has more than 46,000 signatures.The news follows a wave of entertainment companies enacting strict measures in response to coronavirus.
In addition, talent agency powerhouse CAA has restricted employee travel to “business-critical” only for at least the next two weeks, and the MipTV conference, originally scheduled for March 30-April 2, has been canceled.
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