Earlier this year it was revealed that Disney would be pulling all their popular titles from Netflix, and begin work on their own streaming service to rival the current business.
While the ink only dried on the official FOX and Disney partnership two weeks ago, it seems that plans to create the ultimate streaming service are well underway, and is due to be rolled out to the general public late 2019. Exciting news or what?!
Disney’s new service will feature family-friendly titles such as Frozen and its upcoming sequel, the Toy Story films and other classics. It will also reportedly include Marvel and Lucasfilm movies, such as The Avengers, Iron Man, Star Wars and Indiana Jones, in its new venture.
It will also include the streaming service Hulu, which currently comes alongside FOX – and popular sports entertainment channel ESPN. Currently, Hulu and ESPN are only available in the US, so it’s unsure whether or not they will take these channels globally in their new venture.
Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement accompanying the announcements: “This acquisition and the launch of our direct-to-consumer services mark an entirely new growth strategy for the company, one that takes advantage of the incredible opportunity that changing technology provides us to leverage the strength of our great brands.”
Productions from Pixar, the Disney Channel and Disney Junior will be focused on highly first, as the streaming service tailors its first market audience very much towards families.
