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posted by martyb on Friday November 09 2018, @10:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the should-have-scene-it-coming dept.

CNBC:

Disney's new streaming service will be called Disney+ and launch in late 2019, CEO Bob Iger announced on the company's earnings call Thursday.

The company announced in August 2017 it would pull all its movies from Netflix in 2019, and start its own streaming offering for its past titles. Disney also purchased Fox for $71.3 billion in cash and stock, further bolstering its library.

The service will also feature new, original shows and movies, including original Marvel and Star Wars series. Marvel fan favorite character Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, will get an original series on the Disney+ service. A prequel series to Star Wars movie "Rogue One" about the character Cassian Andor, portrayed by Diego Luna, will also call the service home.

Are these streaming services the second coming of Cable?


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  • (Score: 2) by richtopia on Friday November 09 2018, @10:31PM (8 children)

    by richtopia (3160) on Friday November 09 2018, @10:31PM (#760115) Homepage Journal

    I suspect that you aren't the target demographic. My understanding is negotiating with children on media consumption is quite difficult, and perhaps paying the 10 or 20 or 50 dollars a month to the Mouse is a reasonable price to pay.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 09 2018, @10:41PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 09 2018, @10:41PM (#760120)

    Or you could just tell them the truth. That streaming and binge watching these shows are causing their peers IQs to drop and thus, by preventing them from consuming this crap you are saving them from a life of suffering.
    Can't stop the sleepovers though.

    I tried to ban my kids from Netflix a few years ago by cancelling our Netflix subscription.
    My daughter borrowed her friend's netflix password and bye, bye parental controls amongst other things.
    Guessing the same thing will happen if we don't pay for Disney- too.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by legont on Saturday November 10 2018, @01:26AM

      by legont (4179) on Saturday November 10 2018, @01:26AM (#760183)

      That's unless they learn pirating skills that are very usefull in mordern life.

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      "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 09 2018, @10:42PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 09 2018, @10:42PM (#760121)

    If negotiating with your children is quite diffucult, you aren't beating them often enough.

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Friday November 09 2018, @11:03PM (3 children)

      by Bot (3902) on Friday November 09 2018, @11:03PM (#760127) Journal

      beating children is awful and barbaric.
      starve them instead.

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      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 09 2018, @11:08PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 09 2018, @11:08PM (#760129)

        That doesn't work with young kids - they can't connect cause and effect well enough. Not to mention they're insufferable (or more so) the whole damn time.

        Fewer diaper changes though...

        • (Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday November 11 2018, @08:43AM

          by Bot (3902) on Sunday November 11 2018, @08:43AM (#760606) Journal

          Thank you for the nugget of info, but my suggestion wasn't to be taken seriously.

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      • (Score: 3, Funny) by legont on Saturday November 10 2018, @01:29AM

        by legont (4179) on Saturday November 10 2018, @01:29AM (#760186)

        Starve them from social symbols. For example, dress them in second hand closes bought from rednecks.

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        "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @09:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @09:14AM (#760288)

    Then don't negotiate with them. Tell them.