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Disney is lastly bundling its three streaming companies and it should cost you $12.99 a month.
On an earnings name Tuesday, CEO Bob Iger mentioned that U.S. prospects would have the ability to get Disney+, ESPN+ and ad-supported Hulu for beneath $15 a month.
Iger mentioned the bundle will be obtainable when Disney+ launches on Nov. 12.
“Our play… is to have general entertainment, we’ll call it Hulu, more family-like entertainment which is Disney+ and sports.,” Iger mentioned on the decision. “And that bundle that we’re creating, that $12.99 bundle where you can buy all three, offers consumers tremendous volume, tremendous quality and tremendous variety — for a good price.”
The Disney+ video streaming service will draw on Disney’s deep catalog of content material and provide up new reveals that includes favourite characters from “Toy Story” and “Monsters Inc.” to Marvel and “Star Wars.”
Also, with the Fox acquisition now closed, Disney will put all episodes of “The Simpsons” on the service on day one in addition to “The Sound of Music,” “The Princess Bride” and “Malcolm in the Middle.”
“We’re also focused on leveraging Fox’s vast library of great titles to further enrich the content mix on our DTC platforms. For example, reimagining ‘Home Alone,” “Night at the Museum,” “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,'” Iger mentioned on the decision.
All Disney movies launched in 2019 will even be obtainable on Disney+ as quickly as their theatrical and residence leisure home windows have closed. “Frozen II” will even be obtainable completely on the platform by the summer season of 2020.
Disney+ by itself will cost customers $6.99 a month, or $69.99 for a full 12 months.
ESPN+ is a part of Disney’s plan to revitalize the sports activities community. Viewership has been on the decline, relationships between cable operators and networks are tense, and the scenario stays unstable as extra folks ditch cable for streaming companies.
It has seen quick development within the ESPN+ service since launching final 12 months, including greater than 2 million subscribers.
Also, having a sports activities streaming service separates Disney from rivals like Netflix and Amazon Prime, which haven’t got stay sports activities programming.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/06/disney-espn-and-hulu-bundle-will-cost-12point99-per-month.html