Is there a list of products (Fire Stick, Roku etc.) that will carry the app? Or are we just assuming it’s going to be on the heavy hitters?
This is what we know so far:
At launch, Disney+ will be available for streaming via web browsers on PCs, as well as apps on Apple iOS devices and Apple TV, Android mobile devices and Android TV, Chromecast, Roku devices, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.] Content available on Disney+ will also be listed in the Apple TV app. Disney+ will not support Amazon devices like Amazon Fire TV at launch.
Disney+ will allow seven user profiles per account, with the ability to stream on four devices concurrently and unlimited downloads for offline viewing. Content will be able to be streamed in resolutions up to 4K Ultra HD in Dolby Vision and HDR10, with Dolby Atmos sound on supported devices. Legacy content will be available in English, Spanish, French, and Dutch, while Disney+ originals will feature additional language options
Actually, that leads me to wonder; what incentive is there for Roku or Amazon or whomever to support a streaming service on their device? Do they get a cut of revenues?
I got the Premiere, linked above. It was 34 dollars at the time but it looks like the base price is 40.
One flat fee, yes, and wifi was shockingly easy to set up for me. Plug the router into your cable modem’s “router out” connection and use your computer to set up a wifi password. The roku will ask you to choose a wifi network and password on startup. Done and done. Note that your wired internet connection to your computer is never disrupted during this process.
Roku devices are always on – there is literally no power button – so if there’s an update to be had, it will see it and get it. I think it waits until it detects you aren’t using it. (ie: The screen saver is active.)
Roku is not a service; it’s a device like a television set or antenna. You pay your $30 or $40 once and you never pay roku anything again. (Unless you have to replace a faulty one, I guess?)
Because it’s not a service, roku devices don’t have to worry about streaming fights, like “Will Apple’s new streaming service work on amazon fire sticks?” The answer to that is yes, it will, but that “yes” was not a given. It’s a given that everything will work with roku.
I understand that Roku is a device (although I think they have their own channels) but the question was what incentive is there for them or Amazon or Apple or Google to support someone else’s streaming service on their device?
Probably just to not lose out on customers.
If I don’t have a streaming device and I know that Disney+ is going on Roku, but not on a Fire, then I’m buying a Roku and Amazon just lost a customer. Granted, I’m one person and they don’t give a shit, but multiply that by a few million and ya never know.
I wonder which end is holding up the Disney+/Amazon deal. It could be that Disney+ doesn’t want to be available on Amazon products, or that Amazon doesn’t want Disney+ on its products.
What would keep Disney from wanting to be on Amazon? There are people who already have paid for the Amazon devices, and not having Disney+ available to them will keep them from signing up.
What would keep Amazon from wanting Disney? Like Sir T-Cups said, there are people who haven’t chosen an appliance yet and will avoid Amazon if they don’t allow Disney+. Also, don’t you have to be a Prime member to get an Amazon appliance to work anyway? Even if you don’t, Prime is much more than just a 1:1 competitor for Disney+. It offers music and storage and shipping services plus a bunch of other little stuff. How much damage could Disney+ do to their Prime business?
It’s got to just be down to money. And I don’t even know how that works. Who pays to develop the app (I guess Disney+?) and are there rights fees after that?
The roku channel is free. (All the free channels pretty much suck, including the roku channel.)
The incentive for streamers to create apps for roku is that 29 million people stream with roku devices. And since roku offers no pay streaming service, it’s not a competitor to netflix, amazon, disney, etc… so there’s also no disincentive to supporting it like you sometimes see where maybe amazon doesn’t want to support google+ or whatever. This is generally moot with the big boys, but smaller channels may not support every streaming device. Roku is generally the very first device a new streaming service will support.
Here’s a good read about choosing and setting up a roku.
I misunderstood / misrepresented why roku is neutral. It’s not because their channel is free, it’s because roku does not generate any of its own content, nor does it intend to. Because it’s not a content provider, it’s not a competitor to content providers.
The other majors in streaming devices – amazon and apple – either have or plan to start their own streaming service with original content, so with those devices you’re crossing your fingers that market share will force other content providers to support a competitor’s device.
I told my wife that honestly, if the service is great I’ll just let it auto-renew at $70 per year, still a really low price.
Yeah, Roku isn’t a service, it’s just a little box or stick thing that puts streaming things like Youtube, Netflix, and Disney+ on your TV instead of plugging in a computer.
I got one at the end of 2010(model 1) and it was so excellent. I kind of miss it(nostalgia now), though I use my Smart TV, PS3(yes, 3), and chromebook to put stuff on the TV.
If, that is, it’s still only seventy bucks a year, three years from now. I think they set an aggressive price (meaning low) because they want to hurt Netflix as much as they can. Three years from now? Who knows? Maybe Disney+ is the dominant player in the streaming market and they feel they can jack up the price.
Oh, yes, of course. We will pay attention to the price. I do see that it says, "Following the initial term of your subscription, your subscription will automatically renew on an annual basis and Disney Streaming Services will charge the then-current subscription price to your payment method on Nov 12, 2022, and annually thereafter until you cancel. "
So, yes, we better watch it.
There is a lot of bad blood between Disney and Amazon. Amazon has a history of making it difficult to purchase Disney titles through them, possibly in an effort to extract from Disney a bigger percentage of sales. Amazon has done stuff like blocked pre-orders, made titles available to Prime members only or just plain said the movies were unavailable when everybody else had them for sale.
This might be a spillover from that.
So I guess I get to say “first”. I just signed up for the free trial that is being offered in the Netherlands until november 12th (then it turns into a subscription, unless I cancel).
Lay out looks nice…the latest offerings won’t be added til the official launch…but plenty of prime content from the Marvel universe, Disney Classics and pretty much everything from star wars.
Later today I might be able to find some time to actually watch something.
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Is there any reason to think my Samsung SmarTV won’t have access to Disney+?
I had a Roku back before I got the new Samsung. But it didn’t seem to add anything when the TV just performed all the same functions.
Hmm, interesting. I believe Charlie Holmberg is developing (a TV series/series of movies, one or the other) for Disney+ based on her Paper Magician series, which I really enjoyed reading.
I do hate how everyone and their grandma is doing their own streaming service though. Like someone else said above, piracy goes down when it’s easy for people to pay for stuff (aka just one or two streaming services needed). If you now need Netflix AND Prime AND Hulu AND Disney+ AND CBS All Access AND etc etc… A chunk of people will probably go back to pirating.
Depends on how old the TV is. LG just began dropping support for Hulu on older models - I had to buy a Roku about a month ago. I suppose best practice is to not expect that any smart TV will support any service indefinitely.
It might be possible to use Disney+ on Amazon devices through the web browser, even if there’s no dedicated app. A while ago, Amazon removed the YouTube app because of a dispute with Google, but it’s simple enough to just use the YouTube website through Firefox instead.
My plan remains to just use my chromebook for streaming until some better device becomes dirt cheap.
I actually am hoping for a $199 PS4 with a good game included. Maybe around Xmas time.