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Disney+ announces its launch in India 01 April 2020

  Walt Disney Co announced the launch of its streaming service, Disney+, in India. The much awaited video streaming service is finally going to be available for viewers of a country where online streaming consumption is on a spike.  The … Continue reading

Disney+ begins streaming in UK today 24 March 2020

Disney+ launches its video streaming service in the UK on March 24 2020, after setting its foot in the United States in November 2019.  The streaming platform will be featuring all movies and TV shows produced by the entertainment company … Continue reading

Disney now takes complete control of Hulu 15 May 2019

Disney, the American media & entertainment conglomerate, announces a strategic ownership deal with Comcast to buy the stakes of Hulu, for a minimum of $27.5 billion in 2024. With this move, Comcast has become a silent investor and Disney now … Continue reading

Hotstar to offer Disney+ Content in India at No Extra Cost 19 April 2019

Hotstar announces to stream Disney+ movies & shows to its premium Indian subscribers at no extra cost. With this, Hotstar becomes the most affordable streaming option to offer Disney+ catalogs to OTT consumers. Earlier, this April, Disney confirmed its entry … Continue reading

Hulu Buys Back AT&T’s 10% stake for $1.43 billion 16 April 2019

Hulu, the American streaming service company acquires AT&T’s 10% (technically 9.5%) stake in the company over a deal of $1.43 billion. With this transaction, the unprofitable Hulu now values at $15 billion. As AT&T exits the board, Disney and Comcast … Continue reading

Disney Unveils the Release Date & Pricing of its New Streaming Service – Disney+ 12 April 2019

Walt Disney Co. confirms its plan to launch its family-friendly streaming service – Disney+ on 12th November. The ad-free premium streaming subscription service is supposed to feature a bundle of exclusive movies & TV shows from the world’s popular entertainment … Continue reading

Disney closes Acquisition Deal with 21st Century Fox for $71 Billion 29 March 2019

The Walt Disney Company finally completes its acquisition of 21st Century Fox for $71 billion. With this deal, Disney is all set to roll out its direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming strategy and expand its presence to new audiences worldwide. Disney’s DTC … Continue reading

Netflix’s Monopoly to come to an End 07 February 2019

Yes! The monopoly of Netflix might end real soon. How! Do you believe in the philosophy of History Repeats Itself! So, here’s the flashback to the history… Remember Orkut, the social media giant by Google! If yes, then you might … Continue reading

ESPN+ soaring high with 2 Million+ Subscribers 07 February 2019

Disney-owned streaming service ESPN+ has clocked more than 2 million subscribers in less than a year after the launch. Launched in April 2018, the channel added over 1 million subscribers within September. The huge growth has come in the later … Continue reading

IMDb soon to launch Free Video Streaming Service Freedive 11 January 2019

Amazon-owned IMDb is soon coming up with their free video streaming service Freedive. Users will be able to stream contents of this platform on either IMDb website or Amazon Fire TV devices. Freedive will have an ad-based model. Thus experts … Continue reading