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Disney+ launches November 12, 2019 in the US; $6.99/mo, $69.99 annual
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So, as a big Simpsons fan (yes, I even watch the newer stuff) will we get all 30 seasons in the UK when it launches? As if they do I'd probably sub for that alone.
I would guess that Disney intends to get the service out to as many countries as possible - it's just a matter of wading through legal overseas minefields to do so. It's all their stuff, they shouldn't have a reason to hold it back from other markets other than iron out local streaming rights with current rights holders.
You're not alone. Disney content is the kind of stuff I'll sub to for a month or two a year.
Yes. As soon as Disney's current deal with Netflix ends, those titles will no longer appear on Netfilx.
Your reading a book between the lines, when there is barely room for a sentence. Sony pictures and Sony entertainment are 2 completely different divisions and the apps presence means nothing. Ofc it's going to be on the most popular streaming box under tvs currently on the market. If the movies are there, it's because Disney paid for them because they have no rights to them. Everything on Disney + they own royalty fre which is one reason why the price is so low. I doubt they would bother to do so for anything other than homecoming and far from home, honestly.
8 months from launch, things can change. Disney is being crazy aggressive because they have to eat away at Netflix's market share, and a ps4 exclusive console app makes no sense in that regard.
What legal minefields are there? I get that people selling content to Netflix make money by taking a cut for every country its shown in, but Disney own all this content. There's no crazy licensing feeds to pay... are there?
They may have negotiated away exclusive broadcasting/streaming rights for years ahead in some cases. If Disney just went ahead and streamed that same content without renegotiating those contracts first, they'd be in legal jeopardy.
As an expat living in Japan, I suspect this service will have no impact on my life for quite some time. Unless I invest in a decent VPN service, I guess.
Dude, it's already available. Search Disney Deluxe, I've been getting ads everywhere
Yeah, was about to say, it looks like it started in March. BUT according to one article I just read, Disney Japan has said that Deluxe and + are separate things. So will + content be on Deluxe when it launches in America later this year? No idea. But I'd rather pay the year + subscription than 750¥ a month.
Don't know about that. As far as I know Disney Deluxe has all the MCU, star wars, pixar, Disney animation and Disney channel movies, as long as series. Or most anyway.
In terms of international rights for things like fox and abc properties, I guess it will depend on how much money international rights holders are willing to pay. I could see Disney going after Sky where News Corp failed though, which would help them in the UK and some European countries.
Of course there are. Hundreds of thousands of underlying rights agreements for format owners, authors estates, actors residuals (which vary a lot by territory), stills clearance, deals where they took third party rights financing (which is probably the majority)... Music rights alone is an unholy nightmare, you have to collectively license the service and agree a deal with the local licensing body, assume they have the rights to do so (local licensing bodies generally don't have a mandate to license downloads for Wixson music content...), existing exclusive license agreements, agreements where they only own the content in some territories....
Disney literally pulled out of the bidding for Sky and let Comcast buy them a few months ago.
Disney won't be owning Sky in the next twenty years.
Sky's contract expire in 2020 - you can bet Disney won't allow VOD after that on Sky. The only thing I'm interested in is with Netflix international they have the pay period 2 on lock for Marvel/Disney Live Action/Star Wars now we don't know if the last film under the deal is Star Wars Episode 8 or if it continues past that point.