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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 franchises and will cost around $7 monthly and $70 annually. As per the reports, Disney+ …
Disney Becomes the Majority Owner of Hulu with 60% Share 21 March 2019
After closing the $71.3 Billion merger deal with Fox Group, Disney now owns Fox’s 30% ownership of Hulu, leading to a total of 60% share in the company. With this, Disney becomes the majority owner of Hulu, and the rest 40% share is owned by Comcast (30%) and AT&T (10%). As Disney holds the majority …
Amazon Prime Video inks deal with Disney India 02 March 2018
Online video streaming platform Amazon Prime Video inked a deal with Disney India, the Indian wing of American media and entertainment conglomerate Walt Disney Co. to enhance its OTT content. The deal boosts Amazon Prime Video’s content catalog with seven brand new international titles from the likes of Marvel and ABC. Amazon Prime subscribers in …
Star India now becomes a part of Disney 19 December 2017
Following Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Star India also becomes a part of the company. As part of the deal, all of Star India’s assets, including video-streaming service Hotstar, will move to Disney. With this, Star’s (Over-the-Top) OTT platform Hotstar now becomes Disney’s asset. With the acquisition of Hotstar, Disney gets immediate access to …
Disney brings SVOD service to Ireland 23 November 2017
The Walt Disney Company has launched its family-focused SVOD service DisneyLife in Ireland. The service will be available in a multi-account option for families and is priced at €6.99 (US$8.25) per month. The service will offer Disney, Pixar, and blockbuster films and TV series. The service is also kid-friendly as they can create individual profiles …
The House of Mouse eyes Netflix and Twitter 07 October 2016
We have been hearing a lot about Disney trying to put its eyes on the Twitter deal and shares according to the MarketWatch reports went really high for the house of mouse company and points down for the social media giant. Further to this news, it is very much in rumors that Disney is considering buying Netflix …
Disney to launch an OTT service in collaboration with ESPN 11 August 2016
Walt Disney has announced launching its video streaming service catering sports niche by the end of this year. The VOD service is going to be ESPN branded and will not pull away from the ESPN cable TV network. Disney has also acquired 33% minority stake in ESPN. The programming for this video streaming platform will …
