Disney sets high bar with new $12.99 streaming bundle for Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu:
The Walt Disney Co. DIS, +2.58% on Tuesday fired a formidable first shot in what is likely to be a prolonged streaming war this year and next that parallels Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame”: Beginning Nov. 12, when Disney’s ambitious streaming service debuts, U.S. consumers will be able to subscribe to a streaming bundle of Disney+, ESPN+ and advertising-supported Hulu for $12.99 a month.
“Nothing is more important to us than getting this right,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said of the mega-package, which was announced during the company’s quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts. Iger has referred to the services as “three legs of the stool” in Disney’s streaming strategy. In May, Disney reached a deal with Comcast Corp. CMCSA, +1.11% to assume operational control of Hulu.The pricing is the same rate as the most popular subscription from Netflix Inc. NFLX, +0.
Disney’s basic streaming service, which will cost $6.99 a month or $69.99 a year unbundled, boasts a deep well of content, from Marvel superheroes to “Star Wars” and Pixar classics like “Toy Story.” It will debut with 300 film titles and 7,500 episodes of Disney TV shows, which it hopes will help it reach 60 million to 90 million worldwide subscribers by fiscal 2024, most of them outside the U.S., Disney disclosed at its investor day earlier this year.
Shares of Netflix and Apple were flat in extended trading Tuesday, after Disney’s streaming announcement. Jon Swartz Jon Swartz is a senior reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco, covering many of the biggest players in tech, including Netflix, Facebook and Google. Jon has covered technology for more than 20 years, and previously worked for Barron's and USA Today. Follow him on Twitter @jswartz.
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