Disney+’s flagship streaming series wowed this morning, with a surprise best drama Primetime Emmy nomination this morning out of a stellar 15, technically repping the first Emmy nominations for a Star Wars live-action IP since the 1985 ABC movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor which was then nominated for three Emmys Outstanding Children’s Programming, Sound […]
Disney+ has pulled the plug on a promotion allowing new users a week-long free trial of the streaming service. “The service was set at an attractive price-to-value proposition that we believe delivers a compelling entertainment offering on its own,” a Disney spokeswoman told CNET. The free trial offer ended this week. However, Disney+ had stopped […]
Disney+ is planning two of its own mazes-based, puzzle-solving shows that could be Legends of the Hidden Temple-esque with a reality TV spin. Today, the streaming service announced plans for the new content: The Quest and The Maze. The Quest, which you may remember as a short-lived ABC series from 2014, is a reality competition […]
Disney’s new streaming service is set to launch in the UK on March 24, a full week earlier than originally scheduled. The powers that be have also revealed pricing – locals will pay £5.99 per month for access, or a discounted rate of £59.99 when paid annually. That is in line with US pricing which […]
Some titles have recently disappeared from Disney+, including classics Home Alone 1 and 2: Lost in New York, even though a spokesperson previously said that it won’t rotate content like its rivals. ScreenCrush has listed twelve titles, in particular, which also include Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Dr. Dolittle and The Wonderful World […]
Google is hoping for some extra holiday sales of Chromebooks by tacking on a subscription to the hot new streaming service, Disney+. The company on Monday announced it would give Chromebook buyers three, free months of Disney+ with the purchase of new devices. Google announced the offer on its website, where it details that as […]
On launch day of Disney+, Twitter and Reddit were swamped with users reporting that their passwords had been changed and they’d been logged out of all devices. Account credentials appeared on the dark web’s hacking forums, with prices ranging from $3 to $7, though some were offered for free, as Disney+ allows account sharing. Disney, […]
As soon as Disney+ launched, fans of The Simpsons noticed a big problem. In a repeat of an issue that occurred that their original 4:3 aspect ratio had been discarded for a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, cropping out many visual gags entirely. But now, Disney says that it will be fixing this in “early 2020” […]
Disney has revealed that over 10 million people have already signed up for its streaming service. For context, the company’s own Hulu has ‘just’ 28 million total customers Disney+ has already racked up over a third of that subscriber base. Netflix has over 60 million subscribers in the US, but it also took years to […]
Disney+, the subscription-based streaming video service from media and entertainment is now live in the US, Canada and the Netherlands although the launch hasn’t gone as smoothly as company executives had hoped for. As CNBC reported, some users were met with an error message when attempting to connect to the new streaming platform. Reports of […]
CEO Bob Iger explained during an interview at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit 2019, that shouldn’t be an issue as long as people keep subscribing. Asked about the availability of older movies (around 25 minutes into the video below), he referenced the three-hour “All Your Favorites” sizzle reel Disney released last week, and said […]
Customers on Verizon’s unlimited data plans will be able to score a free year of Disney’s upcoming streaming service Disney+. Disney and Verizon on announced that all new and existing Verizon wireless unlimited customers, new Fios Home Internet and 5G Home Internet customers will get 12 months of Disney+ streaming service on the house. Verizon […]
Public pre-orders are open, and the service is scheduled to launch November 12th. But Disney isn’t done trying to lure people in with discounted subscription deals. The latest 3-year, discounted Disney+ subscription that shook out to about $4. If that wasn’t enough to turn the heads of some wayward Netflix subscribers, maybe a second chance […]
Disney today confirmed new availability details for its upcoming Disney+ subscription streaming service, which goes live in the US on November 12 for $6.99 per month. The company confirmed that it will roll out apps for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Interestingly, they will also let you subscribe to Disney+ from inside the app, which […]
According to Variety and Deadline, Ewan McGregor might reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi. The entertainment giant is reportedly in talks with the actor, who played the younger version of Alec Guinness’ old Ben Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. Assuming the show goes ahead, it would be the third series on the upcoming […]