Disney+

Americanisms · 29-10-2020 2:14pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

It's not that they can't but I don't know why anyone would post in a thread dedicated a subscription service they're not subscribed to ... Unless it's to stir **** and derail the thread with some anti-corporate rant :pac:

Well, I can assure everyone that is not the case and I'm sorry this thread is getting somewhat derailed.

I genuinely just wanted to have an interesting debate with differing viewpoints, not go on a rant or white knight myself, I swear

WastedYouth · 30-10-2020 10:41am

Americanisms wrote: »

Obviously not (don't know if you're being sarcastic, sorry ), but if you're implying people can't post in this thread if their not subscribed (or at least, not considering a subscription) to Disney+, I don't understand that at all

I’m not being sarcastic nor am I implying anything.

It is a reasonable question - how can you properly discuss the topic of any streaming service unless you have tried it.

My question also meant if you had use the free trial but perhaps I should have made that more clear.

Where did I say that you can’t post in the thread? A bit melodramatic, aren’t you?

WastedYouth · 30-10-2020 11:00am

Americanisms wrote: »

Well, I can assure everyone that is not the case and I'm sorry this thread is getting somewhat derailed.

I genuinely just wanted to have an interesting debate with differing viewpoints, not go on a rant or white knight myself, I swear

Well if you genuinely wanted a discussion you shouldn’t have started with a rant because it lead to this very uninteresting exchange.

As to your view that Disney is more money hungry - I don’t see any difference in what it is like now as opposed to the last 50 or so years of merchandising, etc., other than they have more resources and more opportunities to reach the consumer.

The desire to turn a profit is still the same.

No movie studio is a charity and they are not in it just for the art. If I was a studio executive I would hope that I would turn out some good movies but I’d be a money grabbing knob too.

What do you care how much money they earn? It isn’t going into your pocket and, according to yourself it isn’t coming from your pocket either. As someone said earlier just take from them what you like and disregard the rest.

Disney+ has lots of good stuff to watch, lots I want to try and lots of drivel (serious wasting of Kristen Bell going on there). Sequels. Remakes. Etc.

Plenty to discuss there - don’t understand why the Disney bank account matters.

lordgoat · 06-11-2020 8:00pm

Dodge wrote: »

Genuinely one of the greatest tv shows ever made

Late to the GF party but this is masterful.

Up there with Spongebob for me.

The future is in the past. Onwards Onishiwa.

Lord Spence · 16-11-2020 7:02pm

This may be asked before apologies in advance, but where is 4k gone on Disney plus? Can't get it on any of my devices :-(

Treppen · 16-11-2020 7:09pm

If you have gamepass ultimate on Xbox you get a month trial of D+
Buy vbucks on fortnite and get 2 free months.
New subs only

ShaneOC · 16-11-2020 7:26pm

Lord Spence wrote: »

This may be asked before apologies in advance, but where is 4k gone on Disney plus? Can't get it on any of my devices :-(

4K Ultra HD : Dolby Vision showing up on Disney+ on my LG

SierraTango · 16-11-2020 8:05pm

ShaneOC wrote: »

4K Ultra HD : Dolby Vision showing up on Disney+ on my LG

Same.. What are you streaming Disney + on?

Lord Spence · 17-11-2020 11:58am

SierraTango wrote: »

Same.. What are you streaming Disney + on?

A 2018 philips android tv and on an Nvidia Shield 2017 model

OU812 · 23-11-2020 9:57am

Disney+18 coming 2021 (allegedly)

paulboland · 23-11-2020 10:29am

OU812 wrote: »

Disney+18 coming 2021 (allegedly)

It's the new international star streaming service previously mentioned a few months ago that is to be launched in 2021
This will be mirroring the Disney+ strategy and using all of their own library content to launch a brand new platform, with similar technology

It will cover the following
The new streaming service will launch in 2021 and will consist of the following brands:

ABC
FX
Freeform
Searchlight
20th Century Studios

20th Century Studios is the new brand name for Fox films

OU812 · 23-11-2020 12:33pm

It’s not likely to be a separate app, but will be contained within Disney+ in the same way Marvel is

Dodge · 23-11-2020 3:03pm

Video looks pretty fake to me. Some inconsistencies in how they use the names etc

ixoy · 23-11-2020 3:33pm

Dodge wrote: »

Video looks pretty fake to me. Some inconsistencies in how they use the names etc

And I'd be surprised if Disney used a presentation where every second slide's text was the same as the previous but with just a slight increase in font size. And that's before how plain the slides are. Seems unprofessional for such a large corporation.

ElNino · 23-11-2020 4:58pm

That video is confirmed to be fake further down in the Reddit thread. The new Disney streaming service will be called Disney + Star
https://insidethemagic.net/2020/11/disney-plus-star-mature-content-rwb1/

Agent Coulson · 23-11-2020 6:05pm

It's really just Hulu international as they don't think the Hulu name is well known outside North America so they are going with Star+ which they use in India and other parts of Asia.

icdg · 24-11-2020 12:29am

One other explanation which I’ve heard (and buy) is that the reason for the different brand is that Comcast still own one-third of Hulu. So if Hulu expanded internationally, Comcast would get one-third of the dividends, whereas with a different brand Disney can fully own the service and reap the rewards (if any).

Not sure if I would have went with Star though, given it already exists and has a long association with programming from India but it may be that they just needed a brand they owned fully and could use without modification in any market.

S.M.B. · 24-11-2020 3:52pm

Taylor Swift just announced that this is being released tonight at midnight (PST) and I'm a little giddy with excitement.

Well played Disney.

Aisling(",) · 30-11-2020 6:11pm

Watching Noelle(2019).I'm over half way in and its a fun Christmas story.Giving me Elf vibes.

It stars Anna Kendrick as Noelle Kringle who has to find her brother Nick played by Bill Hader who is due to become Santa and take over the family business but who has gone missing.

EverythingGood · 30-11-2020 6:39pm

Does anyone know if Disney will work on a Now TV stick without a Now TV active sub? I'm assuming yes, but want to check.

Iamhere · 30-11-2020 7:16pm

EverythingGood wrote: »

Does anyone know if Disney will work on a Now TV stick without a Now TV active sub? I'm assuming yes, but want to check.

Yes, Disney plus will

JP Liz V1 · 03-12-2020 10:31pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Hailee Steinfeld has reportedly been confirmed to star in the Disney+ #Hawkeye series

Vera Farmiga (Eleanor Bishop), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Fra Fee (Kazi), Tony Dalton (Jack Duquesne), Alaqua Cox (Maya Lopez), and Zahn McClarnon (William Lopez) will all appear

JP Liz V1 · 03-12-2020 11:36pm

Aisling(",) wrote: »

Watching Noelle(2019).I'm over half way in and its a fun Christmas story.Giving me Elf vibes.

It stars Anna Kendrick as Noelle Kringle who has to find her brother Nick played by Bill Hader who is due to become Santa and take over the family business but who has gone missing.

Is Noelle only on Disney?

Dodge · 04-12-2020 10:54pm

Mulan is now available to all subscribers BTW

JP Liz V1 · 04-12-2020 11:47pm

OU812 wrote: »

Disney+18 coming 2021 (allegedly)

Booty and the Beast

pah · 06-12-2020 12:51am

S.M.B. wrote: »

Taylor Swift just announced that this is being released tonight at midnight (PST) and I'm a little giddy with excitement.

Well played Disney.

Just watched this, big fan of The National and Taylor. Folklore was a great album and this makes it feel even more personal. Fantastic.

S.M.B. · 06-12-2020 10:21pm

Yeah, it exceeded my very lofty expectations.

Spon Farmer · 07-12-2020 2:16am

Aisling(",) wrote: »

Watching Noelle(2019).I'm over half way in and its a fun Christmas story.Giving me Elf vibes.

It stars Anna Kendrick as Noelle Kringle who has to find her brother Nick played by Bill Hader who is due to become Santa and take over the family business but who has gone missing.

It can’t be that good if you are taking the time to write stuff online about it.

setanta1000 · 07-12-2020 8:49am

Aisling(",) wrote: »

Watching Noelle(2019).I'm over half way in and its a fun Christmas story.Giving me Elf vibes.

It stars Anna Kendrick as Noelle Kringle who has to find her brother Nick played by Bill Hader who is due to become Santa and take over the family business but who has gone missing.

Overall a bit meh.....it's no Elf!

Watched it with my 12 year old and we had made the mistake of watching the trailer beforehand so had seen the only funny bits in the film already.

....by the way I'm no Grinch but I'd be happy enough if someone stole this film so we wouldn't have to see it again

Agent Coulson · 10-12-2020 11:31pm

Disney Star launch in on February 23th and Disney+ price will increase to €8.99 to reflect the new service.

The service will launch as a branded tile on its Disney+ platform in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and Singapore on February 23, 2021. The company will increase the price of the Disney+ service to reflect this, to €8.99 in continental Europe and with a “similar adjustment” in other markets.

Rebecca Campbell, Chairman, International Operations and Direct-to-Consumer, The Walt Disney Company made the announcement as part of its four-hour investor presentation.

She said that the service will include TV series and films from Disney Television Studios and FX as well as from its Disney library. “It will add a robust collection of our best original general entertainment films and series,” she said.

Star will be a more adult-orientated service featuring content from the company’s ABC, FX, Freeform, Searchlight, and 20th Century Studios brands.

It will essentially be a similar service to Hulu, which Disney CEO Bob Chapek has recently said has “no brand awareness” outside of the U.S. One difference, however, is that it will not include aggregated third-party content ala Hulu and will instead focus on shows that Disney owns, as well as those that do not fall into other licensing arrangements globally.

https://deadline.com/2020/12/disney-star-international-launch-streaming-service-1234653438/

OU812 · 10-12-2020 11:37pm

FX shows...Hmmmm...

I wonder if they’ll have Rescue Me on from the start.

icdg · 11-12-2020 1:09am

So it seems the Star brand will applied to two different things - here, and in most markets it will be another tile in the existing Disney+ service and will be included in existing subscriptions (with a price increase). In some other countries (those where ESPN operates as a broadcaster in its own right controlled by Disney)it will be a separate service bundled with ESPN.

Agent Coulson · 11-12-2020 2:47am

Disney+ rising the price by €2 in Europe.

JP Liz V1 · 11-12-2020 2:57am

Whoopi Goldberg will star in 'Sister Act 3' and serve as a producer alongside Tyler Perry for Disney+.

icdg · 11-12-2020 9:32am

Someone with more eagley eyes than me has pointed out that the map of Europe in the Disney IR presentation (well worth a read, btw) is missing a certain two islands off the north west coast.

pixelburp · 11-12-2020 10:47am

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Whoopi Goldberg will star in 'Sister Act 3' and serve as a producer alongside Tyler Perry for Disney+.

This and a Noah Hawley Alien series: is that it, or was the rest just Marvel / Star Wars stuff? 'cos I get the Disney back catalogue is substantial, but feels like they're really banking on folks wanting to watch endless MCU/ SW material...

OU812 · 11-12-2020 11:45am

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Disney+ rising the price by €2 in Europe.

Excellent value

DeadWeight · 11-12-2020 1:20pm

Are we definitely getting star here in Ireland or is Sky cockblocking it

Mr Crispy · 11-12-2020 3:03pm

DeadWeight wrote: »

Are we definitely getting star here in Ireland or is Sky cockblocking it

That'd be my worry. I don't know if Brexit means "we" can wrestle back some rights from them as we'd be further apart as jurisdictions??

titan18 · 11-12-2020 3:05pm

Depending on if we get it, and what is on it, that will make Disney plus a much better option for those without kids

KildareP · 11-12-2020 3:15pm

icdg wrote: »

Someone with more eagley eyes than me has pointed out that the map of Europe in the Disney IR presentation (well worth a read, btw) is missing a certain two islands off the north west coast.

No, it's not looking very hopeful for us

Their slide deck from the presentation is here:
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2020/12/Disney-Investor-Day-2020-Slides-121020.pdf

The map is on Page 31 and ourselves and the UK are clearly missing while on page 99 it refers to "Continental Europe", as opposed to just "Europe".

CastorTroy · 11-12-2020 3:17pm

I wonder how all these are going to work. Like I know after Mandalorian, we'll be into Wandavison. Are they going to alternate Star Wars and Marvel

icdg · 11-12-2020 3:17pm

DeadWeight wrote: »

Are we definitely getting star here in Ireland or is Sky cockblocking it

I don’t think they meant that kind of “adult programming”...

In all seriousness it is unclear - as I mentioned above the investor presentation showed a map of Europe omitting the UK&Ireland and Sky do still have rights to 20th Century Pictures films for a bit more. However since then there’s a fact sheet on Star released which mentions the UK getting a price increase, so it seems it might just have been more read into the graphic than intended.

https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/twdc_investor_day_star_fact_sheet_bcaead9c.pdf

Dodge · 11-12-2020 3:40pm

icdg wrote: »

I don’t think they meant that kind of “adult programming”...

In all seriousness it is unclear - as I mentioned above the investor presentation showed a map of Europe omitting the UK&Ireland and Sky do still have rights to 20th Century Pictures films for a bit more. However since then there’s a fact sheet on Star released which mentions the UK getting a price increase, so it seems it might just have been more read into the graphic than intended.

https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/twdc_investor_day_star_fact_sheet_bcaead9c.pdf

I think that fact sheet is the one to go by. They don’t put stuff on investor documents if they’re not happening

Good news too for those who paid the up front yearly fee as they’ll get a month or more of this to sample to see if they want to renew

arrianalexander · 11-12-2020 4:23pm

This will definitely make my decision harder whether to keep disney or not.

Any way to find out a rough idea of potential content , I know sky having rights to certain things content will have an impact .

Spon Farmer · 12-12-2020 12:35am

I haven’t seen the video but someone told me that Star is going to be a part of Disney+ and not a separate app.

I thought that odd but I assume you have that Star would be password protected

They said it isn’t - that if you opt into a Star all the mature content like Alien, Sons of Anarchy, etc become are made accessible right there on your main page.

I know Netflix can be easily switched in and out of the Kids profile but the “mature stuff” is at least separate.

I’m very surprised that Disney are mixing this content together - they censored old cartoons and Daryl Hannah’s bum but now Family Guy and biker gangs are okay?

Spon Farmer · 12-12-2020 12:39am

icdg wrote: »

I don’t think they meant that kind of “adult programming”...

In all seriousness it is unclear - as I mentioned above the investor presentation showed a map of Europe omitting the UK&Ireland and Sky do still have rights to 20th Century Pictures films for a bit more. However since then there’s a fact sheet on Star released which mentions the UK getting a price increase, so it seems it might just have been more read into the graphic than intended.

https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/twdc_investor_day_star_fact_sheet_bcaead9c.pdf

I did see a screenshot of the price increase and it showed “continental Europe” - that is not us and the U.K. is it?

Spon Farmer · 12-12-2020 12:52am

KildareP wrote: »

No, it's not looking very hopeful for us

Their slide deck from the presentation is here:
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2020/12/Disney-Investor-Day-2020-Slides-121020.pdf

The map is on Page 31 and ourselves and the UK are clearly missing while on page 99 it refers to "Continental Europe", as opposed to just "Europe".

So are we not getting Star at all?

Some said Sky has a hold on rights? For how long?

Shouldn’t they have pointed out at the presentations what counties are excluded?

EDIT: Star really should be a separate app anyway.

icdg · 12-12-2020 1:33am

Spon Farmer wrote: »

So are we not getting Star at all?

Some said Sky has a hold on rights? For how long?

Shouldn’t they have pointed out at the presentations what counties are excluded?

EDIT: Star really should be a separate app anyway.

The U.K. is specifically mentioned (for a price increase, anyway) in the separate Star fact sheet I linked to.

The Sky deal - basically Sky traded exclusivity on the Simpsons in return for a renewal of its 20th Century (Fox) rights. Not sure how long it lasts but my understanding is that it’s specifically for the film studio catalogue so it shouldn’t necessarily stop Star launching with for example the Fox U.K. content that Disney fully owns.

Should it be a separate app? If you were going to take both anyway, wouldn’t you prefer to pay less for a single app? I agree it’s a risky strategy to associate the kid-friendly Disney brand with more mature content.

Agent Coulson · 12-12-2020 2:00am

Sky is owned NBC Universal who are Disney's partner in Hulu so I'm surprised in a way they didn't go with a partnership for Hulu in UK/Ireland/Germany & Italy where Sky dominate the market places.

Disney+

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