# Disney+ News

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** disney-hulu
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420 "2019-04-12T00:20:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/1 "2019-04-12T00:20:10Z")

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I saw on Twitter Disney made some announcements about their up coming streaming service Disney+:

It launches November 12th 2029.

It will cost $6.99 a month or $69.99 per year. Honestly that sounds like a steal.

It will have all 30 seasons of The Simpsons.

This is on top of what we already know:

The live action Star Wars series The Madalorian  
All MCU and Star Wars movies  
All Disney movies  
Probably tons of other stuff I am forgetting.

I want to hate them but that sounds like a good deal.

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### Author: ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/2 "2019-04-12T00:34:29Z")

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More details:

Three MCU series:  
Wanda and the Vision  
Falcon and the Winter Soldier  
Loki

Another Star Wars series based on the guy from Rogue One

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### Author: ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/3 "2019-04-12T00:42:54Z")

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I assume this is also where Clone Wars and Rebels will end up. Any word on if they’re moving Resistance to this platform too?

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### Author: ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/4 "2019-04-12T00:45:56Z")

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2029?

Well at least they have ten years to get it right.

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### Author: ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/5 "2019-04-12T00:46:31Z")

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Oops 2019.

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### Author: ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/6 "2019-04-12T00:49:17Z")

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I hope they put all the old Disney tv shows and movies on it also …. and the classic cartoons …. hell even put on the Disney Saturday morning and afternoon shows …….that there statons used to run until Disney decided to me nick lite ……

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### Author: ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/7 "2019-04-12T01:28:46Z")

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There’ll be a Hawkeye and Kate Bishop series, too.

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### Author: ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/8 "2019-04-12T02:26:51Z")

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> [@Quimby](#):
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> I want to hate them but that sounds like a good deal.

Lots of news today, but that low price point was the biggest.

If they can commit to keeping the price that low for at least two years, I will probably get on board. That is a great price for so much content.

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### Author: ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/9 "2019-04-12T02:36:35Z")

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I’m already sold. And from a business perspective they can keep the price that low forever. Disney+ will drive merchandise sales. A few dollars per household will be easy to eat when you’re moving lunchboxes and bedspreads.

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### Author: ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/10 "2019-04-12T02:55:55Z")

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[Disney will ‘likely’ offer a discounted Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu bundle.](https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/11/disney-plus-bundle/)  
We’ll see how that works - I don’t care about ESPN. If the bundle with ESPN is still less that Disney+ and Hulu separately, then I’ll roll my eyes and get it.

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### Author: ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/11 "2019-04-12T03:18:47Z")

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So Disney doesn’t _want_ me to watch their movies anymore?

Good to know.

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### Author: ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/12 "2019-04-12T03:42:11Z")

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I read on the [Muppet blog](http://www.toughpigs.com/muppet-movie-bts/) I follow that Disney + will have a show (tentatively) called “Cinema Relics: Iconic Art of the Movies” that will have episodes about iconic Disney-owned movies including _The Muppet Movie_ and _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_

So, looking forward to that. I might be persuaded to pay $70 for a year for Disney insider scoop stuff.

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### Author: ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/13 "2019-04-12T05:02:00Z")

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heh you want something that’s finally kill off cable and almost anything else is when warners makes their own Netflix service … they only have about 2 1/2 years left on their promise to spectrum ……

(when they sold time warner cable it was in the contract that they don’t make their own streaming service for 5 years)

hell they could make just TCM a Netflix type of service and make unbelievable bank ……

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### Author: ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/14 "2019-04-12T11:34:25Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> So Disney doesn’t _want_ me to watch their movies anymore?
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> Good to know.

I have no idea what your post actually means.

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### Author: ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/15 "2019-04-12T11:41:57Z")

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Wow, that’s a great deal. I’ll sign up for sure.

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### Author: ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/16 "2019-04-12T12:45:50Z")

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> [@nightshadea](#):
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> heh you want something that’s finally kill off cable and almost anything else is when warners makes their own Netflix service … they only have about 2 1/2 years left on their promise to spectrum ……
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> (when they sold time warner cable it was in the contract that they don’t make their own streaming service for 5 years)
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> hell they could make just TCM a Netflix type of service and make unbelievable bank ……

Filmstruck (a streaming service with the TCM and Criterion libraries) was already a thing but it failed.

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### Author: ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/17 "2019-04-12T13:43:27Z")

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> [@Quimby](#):
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> …  
> All Disney movies

_Song of the South_ confirmed?

> [@infinitii](#):
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> Filmstruck (a streaming service with the TCM and Criterion libraries) was already a thing but it failed.

Maybe but [Criterion](https://www.criterionchannel.com/) is giving a subscription service another go.

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### Author: ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/18 "2019-04-12T13:54:59Z")

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I think Netflix charges nine bucks per month for a single SD stream, more if you want multiple simultaneous streams or HD streaming. Has Disney made clear what you get for seven bucks a month?

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### Author: ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/19 "2019-04-12T14:40:13Z")

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Yeah, I think we’ll find that the real market value here isn’t classic movies but immensely popular films and IP that extends existing franchises.

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### Author: ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-news/832420/20 "2019-04-12T14:45:46Z")

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Kids love to watch the same shows over and over again, so children’s programming can be a big driver for streaming services (and probably a reason why HBO bought the Sesame Street rights), so I think this will particularly appeal to parents of young kids.

And of course it promotes Disney movies, Disney theme parks, and so forth.

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