Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ Together As One: How Much Will It Cost?
Disney (DIS) has announced that it is now offering a bundled package of its three streaming services – Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. Consumers will be able to subscribe to the bundled streaming service for $12.99 a month.
Disney CEO Bob Iger made the announcement on Tuesday during the company’s earnings call, saying that “Our play... is to have general entertainment, we’ll call it Hulu, more family-like entertainment which is Disney+ and sports.
“And that bundle that we’re creating, that $12.99 bundle where you can buy all three, offers consumers tremendous volume, tremendous quality and tremendous variety — for a good price,” he added.
The bundled streaming service will include the ad-support version of Hulu and will be available on Nov. 12. This is the same date the at Disney+ launches, which will include a variety of Disney content including “Toy Story,” “Monsters Inc.,” and Marvel and “Star Wars” content, CNBC reported.
In addition, the company will also add all episodes of “The Simpsons,” “The Sound of Music,” “The Princess Bride,” and “Malcolm in the Middle,” since it has completed of its acquisition of Fox, according to the news outlet.
“We’re also focused on leveraging Fox’s vast library of great titles to further enrich the content mix on our DTC platforms,” Iger said on Tuesday. “For example, reimagining ‘“Home Alone,” “Night at the Museum,” “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,’”
Disney also will reportedly offer all Disney films released in 2019 on Disney+, following their theater and home entertainment stays.
Consumers will also be able to subscribe to just Disney+ for $6.99 a month or $69.99 a year.
Shares of Disney stock were down 5.10 percent as of 10:44 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
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