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