Disney+ rolls out on November, 12th for $6.99 per month
Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, rolls out on November 12th for $6.99 a month or $69.99 per year, the company confirmed on Thursday.
Disney’s head of the company’s direct-to-consumer unit, Kevin Mayer gave investors a in-depth look at the Disney+ app and interface. Similar to Netflix and Hulu, Disney+ users are greeted by rows of recommended content, newly added shows and movies, and genres.
There is a new feature that only Disney is doing, they will feature five hubs that sit at the top of the page, which will bring users to designated areas for popular franchises: Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic.
Disney+ subscribers can stream through smart TVs, web browsers, on tablets and mobile devices, and game consoles.
All content will be available for offline download, and the company is promising 4K HDR presentation where applicable on TVs. Subscribers will be able to set up individual profiles for those they live with; parental controls will be automatically applied for child profiles.
Mayer also announced a couple of new projects coming to Disney+, confirming that Marvel was working on a series based around certain Avengers characters, Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan). Falcon and Winter Soldier joins a number of series currently in development, including two confirmed live-action projects from Marvel Studios focusing on Loki and Hawkeye, a Monsters, Inc. show, a High School Musical show, and a Star Wars series focusing on a bounty hunter, called The Mandalorian.
Disney+ is the company’s big push into streaming to take Netflix, Amazon, and Apple. Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox gives the company a majority stake in Hulu. Only makes sense Disney will plan to combine subscriptions in the future.
There are far too many streaming products now. Probably too many. But Disney+ may have instantly become the most appealing platform solely based on their media
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