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Disney's New Netflix Rival Will Be Called Disney+ and Launch Late 2019

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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 Kawumpa on Saturday November 10 2018, @08:25AM (1 child)

    by Kawumpa (1187) on Saturday November 10 2018, @08:25AM (#760280)

    So now this market is fragmenting too. This happened to sports TV (at least in Europe) where in order to follow the most important events of your favourite sport, you have to subscribe to multiple services. The consumer has to pay more and has to deal with increased annoyances. This reminds me of DVDs, where those who had the most hassle, in the form of forced advertising and previews, where those who bought or rented DVDs, obtained them legally. Those who got backup copies, stripped off the annoyances, from you know where, had none of that to deal with.

    How long will it take until enough consumers decide that it's just not worth it to deal with TV license fee, cable TV provider, internet service provider, a number of Pay TV providers, a number of streaming music, film and series providers and whatever you can think of?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @12:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @12:28PM (#760311)

    They tried this in Australia with broadcasting events. It did not work at all. The downturn in viewership will be hard to recover. More people just use the internet these days to watch the game or the highlights.
    Out the window goes the advertising dollars. They shot themselves in the foot in the same watch the movie studios did.