Ad-supported Disney Plus will look to Hulu’s successes
Disney’s finance and ad executives say they’ll franchise lessons learned from running Hulu for a cheaper, yet-to-launch Disney Plus tier.
Disney Plus
Disney Plus is a subscription video service operated by the Walt Disney Company. The service features family-friendly movies and TV shows from Disney’s catalog of programming. It costs $8 a month or $80 a year to subscribe.
International variants of Disney Plus also include adult-oriented programming from the Disney and 21st Century Fox libraries of content. These programs are included under the “Star” brand on the Disney Plus app.
Disney could follow Netflix with crackdown on password sharing
The survey suggests Disney may start cracking down on password sharing in an effort to curb freeloaders.
Disney Plus to roll out to more countries this summer
The Disney Plus streaming service is slated to launch in nearly five dozen more countries and territories later this summer.
Disney Plus surpasses 116 million subscribers
Disney sees gains for its flagship streamer, ESPN Plus and Hulu, while Hulu’s Live TV product saw a dip in customers.
Amazon offering six-month free trial of Disney Plus with music subscription
Amazon has rolled out a new promotion that bundles its streaming music service Amazon Music with the blockbuster streaming television service Disney Plus.
Disney can’t use Star branding in Brazil, judge says
A judge in Brazil says Disney’s forthcoming streaming service “StarPlus” is too similarly named compared to Lionsgate’s “StarzPlay.”
No plans to offer ad-supported Disney Plus, CEO says
Disney’s chief executive said there are no plans to offer a cheaper, ad-supported version of Disney Plus in the future.
Disney Plus nets 103 million global subscribers
Hulu and ESPN Plus also added subscribers, with the latter nearly doubling the number of customers served since last year.
Disney Plus lands on Sky boxes, streaming sticks in Germany
Disney Plus is now available to Sky Deutschland and Sky Ticket customers on Sky Q and the Sky Ticket TV Stick.
Comcast X1, Flex boxes get Disney Plus, ESPN Plus
Comcast has started rolling out Disney’s suite of streaming TV apps to users of the cable company’s X1-powere devices.
