Tag: Disney
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Fox, Warner Bros., Sony, & Universal Join Disney’s Movie Anywhere Service
Every wish you could access a movie you purchase on Amazon through iTunes? Well, soon you can do just that now that 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, and Universal Pictures have joined Disney in the Movies Anywhere service. According to a report from Digital Trends. Movies Anywhere is a Disney owned service that connects…
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Disney’s CEO Shares New Details About Their New Cord Cutting Services
Disney is in the process of launching several new streaming services. From their new ESPN standalone service in 2018 to the Disney on-demand streaming service in 2019. Yesterday Disneys Chairman and CEO Roger Iger opened up about their future plans for Disney and streaming. “At some point, we felt it would be necessary for us to…
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Hulu & Disney Strike a Deal for Boy Meets World, Home Improvement, & More
Hulu is once again opening up their wallets to strike a deal with Disney for the exclusive U.S. streaming rights to all episodes of Boy Meets World, Home Improvement and Dinosaurs. The deal will mark the long-awaited SVOD debut of the complete libraries of hit series Boy Meets World and Home Improvement. All titles will begin streaming on Hulu September 29th. This…
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Feds OK Disney’s Deal to Buy the Streaming Service BAMTech
Disney will soon own the company behind many popular streaming services including MLB.TV, HBO NOW, PlayStation Vue, WatchESPN, and WWE Network. BAMTech is a powerhouse in the world of video streaming, providing the back end to many popular streaming services and is rumored to be the backbone for Disney’s new ESPN service launching in 2018…
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Disney Pushes Back Against Apple’s Plans to Sell 4K Movies For HD Prices
This week Apple announced that they planned to offer 4K movies for the same price as HD movies. They even promised to upgrade HD movies to a 4K version for free if available. Now it seems like that may not happen for Disney movies. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Disney has not agreed…
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Disney Will Add Star Wars & Marvel Movies To Their New Streaming Service
Recently Disney announced plans to launch a Disney streaming service in 2019. Part of that deal would end their relationship for new Disney movies with Netflix when the contract ends in 2019. That raise a lot of questions about Marvel and Star Wars movies. Now we know that Disney will also be adding Star Wars…
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In The Face of Cord Cutting Disney Plans to Cut 10% of ABC Staff
Cord cutting has been hitting all television owners hard recently. Now according to The Wall Street Journal, Disney plans to cut 10% of their ABC Television Group work force in an effort to reduce cost. According to reports most of the cuts are expected to take place at the ABC Broadcast network, its television production…
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Disney’s New Streaming Service Will Likely Cost $5 Analyst Says
Recently Disney announced plans to launch a subscription streaming service. Details are still thin, but we do know the service will launch in 2019, which coincides with Disney’s ending its Netflix deal for new Disney movies. Now according to MoffettNathanson analysts that follows Disney the new service will likely be priced right around $5 a…
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Netflix Is in Talks to Keep Marvel & Star Wars Movies After 2019
This week it was front page news that Netflix and Dinsey would go their own ways in 2019. Now it looks like Disney may be open to keeping some Marvel and Star Wars content on Netflix. New in a statement Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos told Reuters on Friday they said that Netflix and Disney…
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Disney Is Considering a Star Wars & Marvel Streaming Service
Are you a fan of Star Wars and/or Marvel shows? Disney is considering a streaming service with full access to the Star Wars and Marvel shows and movies according to Disney’s CEO Bob Iger. This is not a done deal. “We’re mindful of the volume of product that would go into those services, and we…