Tag: Disney
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The Disney+ Password-Sharing Crackdown Hammer Won’t Truly Fall Until 2025
Families and friends sharing a password to use Disney+ are getting a reprieve. Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger said that while the company will start putting in technology into the service to start detecting password sharing next year, it subscribers won’t feel the impact until 2025. “There’s no meaningful impact until 2025,” Iger said on…
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Disney Plans to Release Hulu on Disney+ Beta in December Ahead of Official Spring 2024 Launch
Walt Disney will soon offer a taste of what an app integrating Hulu with Disney+ will look like in a beta test. Disney CEO Bob Iger said during the company’s earnings conference call that the beta version of Hulu on Disney+ will come out in December, allowing parents to set up different profiles to account…
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ESPN Will Soon Let You Stream ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU & More Without a Cable TV Or YouTube TV Subscription As Disney Moves Up The Launch Window
Earlier this year, we learned that Disney was building a streaming service and planned to offer ESPN as a stand alone direct-to-consumer streaming option. Now Disney’s CEO says he is open to selling part of ESPN to help make that streaming service a reality. This service would let subscribers pay to watch live ESPN channels…
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Disney+ Adds Nearly 7 Million Subscribers But the Streaming Business Lost $420 Million
Walt Disney continues to see customer growth for its Disney+ service, but its big bet on streaming continues to be a drag on the media giant’s bottom line. The company, which posted its fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, reported adding nearly 7 million core subscribers to its Disney+ service, driven primarily by growth overseas. It…
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The Cost of Cable TV Could Be Going Up Because Of Streaming Services Thanks to Spectrum, Paramount, and Disney
When Disney and Charter struck a new agreement to bring Disney+ to Spectrum cable customers, it set a new precedent for how traditional pay-TV and streaming services could be bundled together. But it could also open the door to higher costs for cable TV customers. This is clearly a new structure that Charter wants to…
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Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Owners Say Disney Buying Hulu is One More Reason YouTube TV, Fubo & More Should Be Turned Into Cable TV Companies By The FCC
Disney taking full control of Hulu is another sign that live TV streaming services need to be regulated like the cable companies. That’s according to the Coalition for Local News, an alliance of companies that own the local affiliates of ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC stations. The group has spent months advocating for the Federal…
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Disney Confirms it Will Buy Out Comcast’s Stake in Hulu By December 1
Walt Disney on Wednesday said it would acquire Comcast’s 33% stake in Hulu, confirming that it would take full control of the streaming service. The deal would move Hulu completely under Disney, allowing it to better integrate the service with Disney+ and ESPN+. Hulu is already part of various bundles with the services, but Disney…
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David Tennant and Catherine Tates Return to Doctor Who for 60th Anniversary and Disney+ Streaming Debut
David Tennant and Catherine Tate rejoin the cast of Doctor Who for three 60th anniversary specials as the series finds its new home on Disney+. The specials will have a near-global debut on Disney+, airing on the BBC only in the U.K. and Ireland. The Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Temple-Noble (Catherine Tate) reunite…
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Comcast and Disney Start the Process to Complete the Hulu Sale
Disney and Comcast have spent the last few months going back and forth over Hulu. The two companies have finally kicked off the process to complete the sale of Comcast’s remaining stake in Hulu to Disney, giving the media giant full control of the streaming service. CNBC’s David Faber reported that the two trigger their…
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Disney+ Ad-Supported Tier Is Now Available in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Disney launched the ad-supported version of its streaming service, Disney+, in more locations around the world today including Canada, the Middle East, and Africa. Now viewers in those areas have more subscription plan options to watch the media giant’s catalog of exclusive originals, documentaries, shorts, and classic favorites. Ad-supported, Standard, and Premium plans give subscribers…