Tag: Disney
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Hulu Announces New Details of Their Live TV Service
Hulu today announced that it has signed deals with 21st Century Fox and the Walt Disney Company, securing the ability to include a variety of major TV channels including ABC, Fox, ESPN, Fox News, FX and a variety of others on its soon to be released live TV streaming service. Hulu’s live TV entry is scheduled…
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Disney Buying Netflix is Looking More Likely
About a week ago it was reported that Disney and Netflix had started talks about a possible sale of Netflix. At the time it was looking like Disney was debating between buying Netflix and Twitter to help expand their brand into online streaming. Now Bloomberg has reported that Disney is dropping their bid for Twitter…
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Netflix Is For Sale…
The rumors of a buyer for Netflix have been around for some time now. First it was suggested that Apple would buy it to replace their failed TV service. Now new rumors have started that Disney is working on buying Netflix sometime this year. There have even been a host of less creditable rumors that…
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Disney is Looking at Buying Netflix
There have been many rumors over the years that Netflix was up for sale. Netflix once approached Blockbuster long before they became a huge company. (The former Blockbuster CEOs are probably kicking themselves for not buying Netflix.) Now there is growing evidence that Disney is in serious talks to buy Netflix according to the New…
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Disney Has Big Plans to Become More Cord Cutting Friendly
Disney’s CEO Bob Iger recently went into great detail about Disney’s plans to reach cord cutters. During their second quarter earnings call Iger talked about everything from their new ESPN streaming service to what they charge for streaming services such as Sling TV. Iger first went into detail about their current deals with services such…
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ESPN May Be Releasing a Standalone Streaming Service Soon…
Sports is one of the top reasons people are hesitant to cut the cord. Shows, such as the Walking Dead and Better Call Saul, are just as good the next day, but live events, such as sports, are something many cord cutters understandably want live. Last summer a Disney executive who oversees ESPN talked about the…
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Hulu Strikes Major New Content Deal
Hulu has long had a relationship with both Disney and ABC and now have a new deal in place to bring even more content to Hulu subscribers. As part of this deal with Disney, Hulu will get access to Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney XD shows that will only be available on Hulu. The…
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More Disney Movies Come to Netflix
Last year it was announced that Disney and Netflix had struck a deal to move Disney movies Starz from to Netflix in 2016 after the Starz deal with Disney ended. Now we are slowly starting to see this happen. As many have talked about the slowly shrinking Netflix catalog, many Disney films were quietly moved…
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Sony Vue Adds Disney, ESPN & Cuts Price
Sony Vue is an online streaming service only available in select markets that allows you to have a cable-like experience, including local channels, online. The service has failed to really catch on with many cord cutters mostly because of the $50 a month starting price and the limited channel lineup for that price. Now Sony…
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Netflix Is About to Get a Ton of Disney Content
Love Disney movies and shows and have Netflix? You are about to get access to a ton of Disney content! Back in 2012 Netflix and Disney signed a deal to make Netflix “the exclusive United States subscription television service.” Yet there was a catch: none of this would happen until 2016, because Starz currently has…