Sudden Shakeup At Disney Brings Iger Back As CEO While Talk Swirls On Hulu Deal
In a stunning move Sunday night, Disney’s board of directors approved bringing back former executive chair and CEO Bob Iger for a two-year period as CEO, replacing Bob Chapek, who will be leaving the company after many years in various capacities there. Chapek was, perhaps,…
Disney Expands Plans For Upcoming DTC Content Releases
Touting tremendous success in registering subscribers around the world to its Disney+ and other premium streaming services, Disney revealed in tandem with an Investors Day briefing last week that it will continue to advance a direct-to-consumer (DTC) content-first business model going forward. The company also…
Black Friday Deal Offers Hulu Subscription For $1.99/Month
Hulu, Disney’s other major over-the-top streaming service, is available now at a special $1.99 per month for 12 months of its basic offering as part of a limited-time 2020 Black Friday promotion that expires at 3 a.m. Dec. 1st. Through the deal, new subscribers will…
Disney+ Garners 73M Paid Subscribers In First Year
What do the new Disney+ service and presumptive President-Elect Joseph Biden have in common? They each reported more than 73 million supporters and growing in November. As part of its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report Thursday, Disney revealed that in just over a year since…
FuboTV Files IPO Revealing Disney As A Major Stakeholder
Cord-cutters trying to escape the escalating price of traditional cable and satellite TV services are quickly finding prices of live over-the-top (OTT) streaming services are getting more and more expensive as well. The latest revelation came to light this week through an IPO filing with…
Fox To Acquire Tubi TV Amidst Surge In Direct Streaming Use
In the throes of the sweeping Coronavirus pandemic, business activity is speeding up in the digital subscription video on demand (SVoD) and advertised video on demand (AVOD) spaces. Earlier this week Disney, following announcements that it was closing its theme parks temporarily to weather the…
Disney+ Hits Samsung, LG, Roku, Android TVs & More
As promised, the Disney+ streaming service launched today offering a compelling selection of PG-13 or softer original and library content from the company’s significant collection of content assets. And from our brief experience this morning signing up with the Verizon one-year-free service offer and activating…
Disney+ Launches Tomorrow
Get ready. The long-awaited Disney+ streaming subscription video on demand (SVoD) app and service launches in the United States, Canada and a few other markets around the world Tuesday (Nov. 12, 2019). Disney+ is positioned as a rival to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ and…
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