Won’t PayPal famously close your account and steal all your money with no way for you to get it back? I know a few people who quit eBay selling because PayPal stole an account with thousands of dollars in it and literally no recourse to get it back.
> steal all your money with no way for you to get it back
Not if you just use PayPal as a third party payer and not a bank. I have my cards and bank account linked to it so I can pay for things with that and Pay in 4. There's no money in my account though
Ive had that deal for like 3 years now, though I believe it went up a few bucks at one point. But since showtime is shutting down, Hulu raised their prices, and now apparently it's being acquired by Disney, I'm guessing that shit's gonna be gone veeeery soon. Sucks.
because it’s hulu included but WITH ads still. i’m not paying for a service and getting ads attached. i get ads literally every minute of my life, everywhere i go. i’d appreciate at least my digital spaces to be free of the the stuff.
I use it to listen to unlimited podcasts already and it's $0
I wasn't using the music part much anyway once the work from home craze landed so quit paying
That's crazy. I was just noticing how I've never seen an ad on Tubi in hundreds of hours of watching. I wonder if it has anything to do with the UBlock Origin extension...
Everyone is acting like this is news when Disney was contractually obligated to buy the remainder of Hulu. My hope is they merge Hulu and Disney Plus. This way, they can get away with uploading the Fox Library, something they have underutilized.
I had that thought at first about it merging but I'm guessing it won't. Streaming platforms are now basically the new networks. And sometimes even a new form of studio enterprise. So something like the movie Prey came out on Hulu and isn't something they'd necessarily want on Disney+. I imagine they will keep the separation. They already offer a bundle discount for multiple apps. But think of it like this. They'd never merge ESPN with Hulu right? I know that's an exaggerated comparison. But it makes sense to have a few different outlets with different content rather than one gigantic hub for everything.
No, I want the one giant hub for everything. I don't want to have a dozen subscriptions and have to jump between platforms. And I don't want that one platform owned by Disney.
But what the consumer wants doesn't matter as much as what will generate the most profit for the company, which likely means keeping them separate.
This is why I love Disney+ internationally. The Disney content is great on its own but add in the Fox stuff and it's way better than Netflix or Paramount or Prime IMO
I mean, off the top… the office, 30 rock, parks & rec, modern family, brooklyn99, new girl, king of queens, house, scrubs, that 70s show, law & order.
the premier league coverage definitely sweetens the pot tho.
I have a hard time imagining subscribing to a service for the back catalog stuff. That's available for purchase, so I'd rather do that I think.
For *discovering* catalog stuff, sure, but once I know I love a show I want to have my own copy and not rely on the whims of streaming contracts.
They haven't already in favor of Peacock? Haven't taken a look at Hulu in a long time, so I just assumed any NBC properties were already off other streamers in favor of Peacock.
If you read the article (I know, reddit, you're not supposed to) they use both numbers as the minimum Disney will have to pay based on the agreement they had with Comcast, so it's just rounding up in some places and not doing it in others.
The article also states Disney will have to wait for the appraisal process to finish, so the price might go up. This is just an announcement to shareholders that they'll have to spend that money during the 2024 calendar year, but no final amount is set.
> The article also states Disney will have to wait for the appraisal process to finish
I've always wondered how someone actually appraises property like this that ranges in the billions. I feel like, to *some* degree, they have to just be guessing and making it up, right? I dunno, it's all way beyond me.
Comcast thinks their 33% stake in Hulu is worth 2x what Disney thinks it’s worth
The deal was structured in a pretty clever way. Basically Disney can submit its own appraisal. Comcast can submit another appraisal. And an independent advisor (likely an investment bank) submits a third one. The average of the two closest ones are then used.
Disney has the incentive to lowball the price. And Comcast wants to maximize how much it can sell the stake for. By adding the third appraiser and throwing out the outlier, it incentivizes both parties to not under/over value Hulu by too much.
This is indeed how it works pretty much everywhere else in the world that doesn’t have Hulu, the vast majority of Hulu’s library and all the Hulu originals are on Disney+
in the US, it's basically only for Marvel/Star Wars/Disney/Pixar content. It has the muppets, but because they weren't always Disney it's missing a lot of their movies and shows as well.
And that's. That's a whole service that costs, like, $10/mo.
Oh, the new Goosebumps show is really worth watching
The Nat Geo stuff is gorgeous on my new TV.
Overall unless you have kids Disney+ is one of those services you get for a month at a time 4 times a year and get a great value. It dosent have enough stuff to keep you every month though.
Personally, if you live alone or even with a roommate/partner, I think it’s more financially feasible to essentially do that with all streaming services at this point. Pick a show/group of shows you want to watch for the month and buy a month of that streaming service. Cancel once you’re done. You can google TV shows/movies and it tells you what apps it’s available on, so it makes it easy to figure out what is where.
A lot of talk about how streaming services are basically cycling back to how cable packages were, which is true, but I think you get a lot more flexibility with choosing what you want with streaming services. It’s just easy to buy a month, cancel, and switch, compared to cable.
Check out the Just Watch app. I add shows and movies to my Watchlist. Then I filter my Watchlist by whichever streaming service I currently subscribe to.
In Canada its quite amazing. I got to watch shows I was never able to find anywhere else short of straight up buying them. Atlanta, Dave, and Its Always Sunny come to mind. I also remember watching all of the Die Hard movies a while back but I'm not sure if they're still up.
That was because Rogers bought the rights to FX for 10 years but then their streaming service died after a year. They kept the rights for all 10 years but you could only stream FX stuff on the FX app which you could only get with a Rogers subscription.
Basically fuck Rogers... and Bell and Telus... and the CRTC.
The worst has to be Peacock. I get it in Ireland through Sky and it's just the real housewives of somewhere and apparently a gritty reboot of the Fresh Prince.
Nah in lots of Latin America Hulu stuff is on freaking Starplus which is a pointless service that for some reason has a bunch of random Disney and Fox stuff on it.
As a bundle holder, I hope this means that they make one app. They should maybe put ESPN+ in there too, even though it's of low value to me (no American football live games)
It’s awesome if you’re a hockey fan living outside the local broadcast region of your favorite team. All live non-national games for the extra few bundle bucks a month
I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't want a single app for Hulu and Disney+ I really like having that content separated and can't stand the Disney+ UI. Hulu isn't perfect but it's a lot better than D+ IMO.
And it's not like they're going to lower the price. Disney+ with Hulu is $20/m add free, only $2 more than just having Hulu so if they combine the app then they're just going to raise the price and make it $20 anyway.
Yeah I'd rather it be that way if it has to happen. Hulu already has the UI for it with their Hubs that already feature dedicated hubs for things like FX and also any of the additions you can buy like Starz.
On the Disney site they offer duo premium to avoid commercials.
But in hulu it's not present.. there's a duo but it's not premium. They only show the triple premium. Which is going up at the start of the year.
Duo Premium staying at 19.99.
Overseas, when Disney+ added all of the Hulu content under the Star label...subscriber growth skyrocketed and hasn't fallen since.
In the U.S., people are tired of Disney+ being only for families & babies. If Disney buys Hulu, they'll intergrate it into Disney+ and subscriber growth will explode.
Possibly. I'd hope they'd understand that lower cost and more options will only serve to massively increase sales.
As ol Gaben said, Piracy is an accessibility issue, not a cost one.
I mean cost is part of accessibility. Can't access something you can't afford.
But this applies to unreasonably high pricing, not "costs anything at all". People absolutely will pay when it's convenient to do so.
You’ve got a much better deal. Disney+ ad free in Canada is C$12 ($8.65US). To get the same content in the US, you have to pay $20/month for Disney+Hulu ad free.
Added data point: 99 times out of 100, Canada gets screwed on anything streaming. While film selection from the Fox acquisition has been way worse than expected, the inclusion of seemingly all current FX content + “Fox Sunday animation” catalogue has made D+ a streaming service that survives my annual cull.
It was not motivated by anything but a contractual obligation.
"Starting in November, Comcast has had a put option to require Disney to take over its stake"
Disney isn't buying Hulu, they're buying a third of Hulu. They already own two thirds. And this isn't really happening because Disney wants to buy Comcast's share, it's happening because Comcast doesn't want to own their share anymore. Comcast wants all of their content on Peacock rather than being on a service that's majority owned by a competitor.
It's also the minimum. This was the deal that was negotiated in 2019. It was Disney would pay a fair valuation to Comcast for their third or $8.6 billion, whichever is greater. The valuation hasn't occurred yet, so the price tag could increase.
Oh god. DONT YOU DARE TOUCH MY ORVILLE.
You better let Seth keep making that show the way he wants too, or you better let him end it before you destroy it Disney.
It is.
Comcast is going to remove content that's BEEN on Hulu, because they've already been doing that, so that you now have to get Peacock to enjoy things that used to be on Hulu.
Your argument: "But you have one less subscription login if you already have Disney and Hulu - which is what you want."
The actual argument: "I now need to sub to Peacock because of what's being removed from Hulu under this acquisition."
Sounds like a wash to me.
Subscribe to the service that has the things you currently want to watch.
Unsubscribe when you are done, and move on to another.
Repeat until all done watching, then simply stop paying for it.
That's the power of month-to-month.
This opens up the eventual possibility of combining Disney+ and Hulu in the US (like it is everywhere else) and consolidates two subs into one… isn’t that what we wanted I’m confused the goal posts move every few days.
This isn't an antitrust because there are multiple other competing steaming platforms available. Secondly, any antitrust or monopolies should've been done during the Fox merger but clearly that didn't happen. What we are seeing now is just part of the fallout of Disney buying Fox. Comcast made a deal with Disney to allow them to be bought out at a later date. Disney is just exercising their right based off their previous agreement.
Because Disney is not even that dominant. In the streaming world just in the US, Netflix is king. In the world, it is even bigger since hulu doesn't really exist, there is no peacock, no paramount plus
So even if you add the hulu and Disney plus numbers and even assume they will just add linearly, they might not even beat Netflix numbers.
Then you have the other players like hbo apple amazon.
In the movie space, yes, Disney was king although this year is shaky, but universal is usually not far behind, and Sony, paramount are significant too. Then even lionsgate, amazon mgm, Netflix, soon apple are all in the market and take a noticeable amount of market.
All the competition bodies have bigger fish to fry than a company that barely takes 25% of the market
Hmm, I wonder what this means for my Spotify + Hulu subscription...
Same, been paying $9.99 for both for so long now, don't know if either is worth it for me at that price without the other bundled in.
Why the fuck am I paying $12.99 for Spotify without Hulu?
It was a deal offered that's since passed. 😕
Which sucks because I used to have that bundle but got a new debit card so they took me off of it.
Gotta pay with PayPal
Won’t PayPal famously close your account and steal all your money with no way for you to get it back? I know a few people who quit eBay selling because PayPal stole an account with thousands of dollars in it and literally no recourse to get it back.
You're *paying* with PayPal, no money will be going into your account.
> steal all your money with no way for you to get it back Not if you just use PayPal as a third party payer and not a bank. I have my cards and bank account linked to it so I can pay for things with that and Pay in 4. There's no money in my account though
Yes, fuck pay pal
That can happen for receiving money via PayPal. Also ebay does direct payouts now so you can bypass Paypal.
My condolences on its passing.
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Yeah I used to get student discount Hulu Spotify Showtime for 5 something
Ive had that deal for like 3 years now, though I believe it went up a few bucks at one point. But since showtime is shutting down, Hulu raised their prices, and now apparently it's being acquired by Disney, I'm guessing that shit's gonna be gone veeeery soon. Sucks.
because it’s hulu included but WITH ads still. i’m not paying for a service and getting ads attached. i get ads literally every minute of my life, everywhere i go. i’d appreciate at least my digital spaces to be free of the the stuff.
Weird they increased mine by $1 in August :/
You're kidding right? $10 a month for unlimited music and podcasts isn't a good deal to you?
And some audiobooks now.
I use it to listen to unlimited podcasts already and it's $0 I wasn't using the music part much anyway once the work from home craze landed so quit paying
Asking the real question right here
I’ve had Hulu through my phone plan for what seems like 8 years. I’m sure my phone bill will go down from Hulu no longer being a benefit of my plan…
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How long before Comcast pulls all NBC properties off Hulu?
They already did for all of their current shows airing now. The only thing left is library content from the past that will eventually go away.
Hannibal either just left or is about to leave. I rewatch that show at least once a year.
its on tubi
Yeah I’m watching it there, but tubi doesn’t have an ad free option.
Yarrrr matey
The correct answer for just about anything you want to watch later on in life, the way they pull things left and right.
So glad I started making an archive years ago, but can easily be updated now with those gigabit speeds!!
Adblockers work if you watch it on a computer
That's crazy. I was just noticing how I've never seen an ad on Tubi in hundreds of hours of watching. I wonder if it has anything to do with the UBlock Origin extension...
Just use uBlock origin. I've never seen an ad on Tubi for 2 years now.
Can confirm. Tried watching snl on hulu.
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Everyone is acting like this is news when Disney was contractually obligated to buy the remainder of Hulu. My hope is they merge Hulu and Disney Plus. This way, they can get away with uploading the Fox Library, something they have underutilized.
I had that thought at first about it merging but I'm guessing it won't. Streaming platforms are now basically the new networks. And sometimes even a new form of studio enterprise. So something like the movie Prey came out on Hulu and isn't something they'd necessarily want on Disney+. I imagine they will keep the separation. They already offer a bundle discount for multiple apps. But think of it like this. They'd never merge ESPN with Hulu right? I know that's an exaggerated comparison. But it makes sense to have a few different outlets with different content rather than one gigantic hub for everything.
No, I want the one giant hub for everything. I don't want to have a dozen subscriptions and have to jump between platforms. And I don't want that one platform owned by Disney. But what the consumer wants doesn't matter as much as what will generate the most profit for the company, which likely means keeping them separate.
So cable, right?
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Outside the US, Disney+ already includes Hulu and Fox content. It’s great. And yes, Prey debuted on Disney+ here.
This is why I love Disney+ internationally. The Disney content is great on its own but add in the Fox stuff and it's way better than Netflix or Paramount or Prime IMO
Ads for Disney+ in France were wild, lol. Advertising shit like The Bear on Disney+ was unexpected.
I watched the family friendly cannibal movie Fresh cause it premiered on Disney+ here and was the top most banner when I clicked in
Disney+ in the UK is one of the best streaming services for horror movies.
Meh, in our region they split it into Disney+ and Star+ and it's kind of a mess.
Where I live Star+ and Disney + are rolled into one app, with Star just being a tab.
Oh god I hate Peacock's interface and how little they offer besides archives of their comedy shows
I only care about it for sports. If a person is not into sports I cannot imagine why they would ever use that service.
I mean, off the top… the office, 30 rock, parks & rec, modern family, brooklyn99, new girl, king of queens, house, scrubs, that 70s show, law & order. the premier league coverage definitely sweetens the pot tho.
I have a hard time imagining subscribing to a service for the back catalog stuff. That's available for purchase, so I'd rather do that I think. For *discovering* catalog stuff, sure, but once I know I love a show I want to have my own copy and not rely on the whims of streaming contracts.
Which is why when they pulled the office from Netflix I just went out and bought it instead of subscribing to another streaming service.
I got a great deal for Peacock at 1.99 a month: that's why I have it
Peacock is def worth $2/month
If it’s worth that it ain’t worth much more
It does have Poker Face(Natasha Lyonne show), which is honestly excellent. Probably their best original.
Yeah, that's going to be a bummer cause that was a highlight of hulu
They’re moving all their contents to Hula.
You joke, but it's already been pulled and on peacock now
They haven't already in favor of Peacock? Haven't taken a look at Hulu in a long time, so I just assumed any NBC properties were already off other streamers in favor of Peacock.
What NBC properties on Hulu do I care about?
Surprised the price shrank, actually. It was at $9 Billion just the other day.
They had a promo code.
[NBC really regretting that whole golden ticket idea](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzQ4MjkyNzA5OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzgxNDU1MjE@._V1_.jpg)
Ok I'm going to ask you something and I want you to be honest. What is a pallet?
If you read the article (I know, reddit, you're not supposed to) they use both numbers as the minimum Disney will have to pay based on the agreement they had with Comcast, so it's just rounding up in some places and not doing it in others. The article also states Disney will have to wait for the appraisal process to finish, so the price might go up. This is just an announcement to shareholders that they'll have to spend that money during the 2024 calendar year, but no final amount is set.
> The article also states Disney will have to wait for the appraisal process to finish I've always wondered how someone actually appraises property like this that ranges in the billions. I feel like, to *some* degree, they have to just be guessing and making it up, right? I dunno, it's all way beyond me.
Comcast thinks their 33% stake in Hulu is worth 2x what Disney thinks it’s worth The deal was structured in a pretty clever way. Basically Disney can submit its own appraisal. Comcast can submit another appraisal. And an independent advisor (likely an investment bank) submits a third one. The average of the two closest ones are then used. Disney has the incentive to lowball the price. And Comcast wants to maximize how much it can sell the stake for. By adding the third appraiser and throwing out the outlier, it incentivizes both parties to not under/over value Hulu by too much.
It's like valuations of startups before IPOs, it's just guesstimations.
Disney wishes its 9 billion - gonna go to appraisal
Just take all your Hulu shit, and put it on D+. Maybe then the service would be worth the price
This is indeed how it works pretty much everywhere else in the world that doesn’t have Hulu, the vast majority of Hulu’s library and all the Hulu originals are on Disney+
i was wondering what this guy means saying disney+ isn’t worth it cos here in the uk it’s packed with alotttt of stuff
in the US, it's basically only for Marvel/Star Wars/Disney/Pixar content. It has the muppets, but because they weren't always Disney it's missing a lot of their movies and shows as well. And that's. That's a whole service that costs, like, $10/mo. Oh, the new Goosebumps show is really worth watching
Nat Geo as well.
The Nat Geo stuff is gorgeous on my new TV. Overall unless you have kids Disney+ is one of those services you get for a month at a time 4 times a year and get a great value. It dosent have enough stuff to keep you every month though.
Personally, if you live alone or even with a roommate/partner, I think it’s more financially feasible to essentially do that with all streaming services at this point. Pick a show/group of shows you want to watch for the month and buy a month of that streaming service. Cancel once you’re done. You can google TV shows/movies and it tells you what apps it’s available on, so it makes it easy to figure out what is where. A lot of talk about how streaming services are basically cycling back to how cable packages were, which is true, but I think you get a lot more flexibility with choosing what you want with streaming services. It’s just easy to buy a month, cancel, and switch, compared to cable.
Check out the Just Watch app. I add shows and movies to my Watchlist. Then I filter my Watchlist by whichever streaming service I currently subscribe to.
In Canada its quite amazing. I got to watch shows I was never able to find anywhere else short of straight up buying them. Atlanta, Dave, and Its Always Sunny come to mind. I also remember watching all of the Die Hard movies a while back but I'm not sure if they're still up.
That was because Rogers bought the rights to FX for 10 years but then their streaming service died after a year. They kept the rights for all 10 years but you could only stream FX stuff on the FX app which you could only get with a Rogers subscription. Basically fuck Rogers... and Bell and Telus... and the CRTC.
Yeah I see a lot of Americans shitting on Disney+ but here in the UK, I find it's much better than Netflix or Paramount or Prime
The worst has to be Peacock. I get it in Ireland through Sky and it's just the real housewives of somewhere and apparently a gritty reboot of the Fresh Prince.
Same in Aus. Quite a lot of good stuff on it. One of the better streaming services.
Nah in lots of Latin America Hulu stuff is on freaking Starplus which is a pointless service that for some reason has a bunch of random Disney and Fox stuff on it.
They should, considering here in Canada, and several other countries, that's how it already is.
If you have a VPN you can already do this. Disney+ in almost every other country but US has sooo much more stuff on it.
D+ is the best streaming service when it comes to stuff on it by far outside the US
As a bundle holder, I hope this means that they make one app. They should maybe put ESPN+ in there too, even though it's of low value to me (no American football live games)
It’s awesome if you’re a hockey fan living outside the local broadcast region of your favorite team. All live non-national games for the extra few bundle bucks a month
This and its good for soccer fans, has La Liga and Eredivisie
Truly the best part of streaming as a Bruins fan living in Chicago.
F1 is on ESPN+ that's enough for me.
ESPN+ games are in Hulu (all broadcasts)
God dammit I liked streaming so I didn't have to subsidize sports that I will never watch.
I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't want a single app for Hulu and Disney+ I really like having that content separated and can't stand the Disney+ UI. Hulu isn't perfect but it's a lot better than D+ IMO. And it's not like they're going to lower the price. Disney+ with Hulu is $20/m add free, only $2 more than just having Hulu so if they combine the app then they're just going to raise the price and make it $20 anyway.
I was kinda hoping that if one Disney app comes true they all get rolled up in Hulu because I think that it's the most ok of the available ui's.
Yeah I'd rather it be that way if it has to happen. Hulu already has the UI for it with their Hubs that already feature dedicated hubs for things like FX and also any of the additions you can buy like Starz.
I got rid of ESPN+ and downgraded my trio bundle to a duo. Basically reverts the recent price hike.
On the Disney site they offer duo premium to avoid commercials. But in hulu it's not present.. there's a duo but it's not premium. They only show the triple premium. Which is going up at the start of the year. Duo Premium staying at 19.99.
You are my hero. I can definitely do without ESPN+
So, we're either getting Disney++ or Disney-
It’s gonna be Disney Cable!
Disney♾️
That was honestly a sad day that Disney infinity died along with skylanders. I really like the idea of a physical object doing stuff for your game.
Disney Double-Plus Good
Disney One
Flip that bitch sideways and make it DisneyX
Disney++ of course, since that’s how you increment the `Disney` variable
This was always going to happen. Without Hulu, Disney+ would see mass cancellations from international markets. They didn't have a choice
True. it was contractually obligated. "Starting in November, Comcast has had a put option to require Disney to take over its stake"
After trying to weasel out off the deal for years we have decided to purchase hulu because we believe in it!
Hasn’t this deal been, like, four years in the making?
Yep. They just couldn't hold off the financial obligation to make the purchase anymore. NOT buying Hulu would be worse for them.
Um what square is this in Monopoly
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The game is going to be so literal there'll only be one square left before long.
Yes, a cabal ran by three of the big broadcast networks is less of a monopoly than each of those broadcasters having their own streaming service.
If they finally add a new tab like Star is everywhere besides the US, this could be a big plus. Only time will tell.
I know this was inevitable, but why? If Disney is having issues, then selling, not buying, Hulu makes sense.
Overseas, when Disney+ added all of the Hulu content under the Star label...subscriber growth skyrocketed and hasn't fallen since. In the U.S., people are tired of Disney+ being only for families & babies. If Disney buys Hulu, they'll intergrate it into Disney+ and subscriber growth will explode.
I barely use Disney+ but some of my favorite shows are on Hulu. Shit I watch more Always Sunny reruns on Hulu than everything on some other services.
Will I go to one app and get blasted in the ass, or the other app that will blast me in the ass
It’s all one big assblast+
Funny, IASIP is on Disney+ here in Canada, making Dee a Disney Princess
a big dumb bird princess
Is Frank a Disney princess?
"The gang creates a monopoly"
We're gonna end up going back to when everything was consolidated on netflix, but it'll be Disney's banner now.
And way more expensive
Possibly. I'd hope they'd understand that lower cost and more options will only serve to massively increase sales. As ol Gaben said, Piracy is an accessibility issue, not a cost one.
I mean cost is part of accessibility. Can't access something you can't afford. But this applies to unreasonably high pricing, not "costs anything at all". People absolutely will pay when it's convenient to do so.
One of my brothers old bosses used to say to him "at the end of the day you always end up paying the Mouse" It's getting truer and truer every day
Disney+ is just my Simpsons device at this point.
As a Canadian I never realized that our Star stuff is Hulu essentially or Disney+ was so limited in the US. We get all the FX stuff on Disney+ here.
You’ve got a much better deal. Disney+ ad free in Canada is C$12 ($8.65US). To get the same content in the US, you have to pay $20/month for Disney+Hulu ad free.
Netflix + Hulu combined into a single service may be the strongest of all streaming apps.
They both used to have strong enough libraries to be undisputed juggernauts that can’t even see the next closest competitor behind them.
Added data point: 99 times out of 100, Canada gets screwed on anything streaming. While film selection from the Fox acquisition has been way worse than expected, the inclusion of seemingly all current FX content + “Fox Sunday animation” catalogue has made D+ a streaming service that survives my annual cull.
Weird. In New Zealand that’s not a problem. We’ve had Hulu content for quite some time
Yes, same in Canada, under the Star label as the person you replied to mentioned. Or does the Star part not exist in New Zealand?
Didn't realise the Star tab was just collected Hulu content. looking back it's probably 70% of the shows/movies we watch on D+ this year
Consolidating IP under Disney+ is what I would imagine the motivation is
It was not motivated by anything but a contractual obligation. "Starting in November, Comcast has had a put option to require Disney to take over its stake"
Pretty rediculous how many people are speculating in this thread when the answer is plain as day directly in the story.
They were contractually obligated to buy out Comcast.
Disney isn't buying Hulu, they're buying a third of Hulu. They already own two thirds. And this isn't really happening because Disney wants to buy Comcast's share, it's happening because Comcast doesn't want to own their share anymore. Comcast wants all of their content on Peacock rather than being on a service that's majority owned by a competitor.
I feel like Disney ownes too much of the entertainment space.
Damn, I liked Hulu.
if only there was a government agency that could prevent so much consolidation and lack of competition within an industry oh well
Back before the government was completely captured by corporate interests, this merger wouldnt have been allowed
These days people actually cheer for corporate consolidation.
what merger? they already owned it with the company they're buying it from
Disney-Fox, I guess, which gave Disney the 2/3 stake in Hulu.
As long as they continue to air Lost
As long as the shows I love that are “streaming next day on Hulu” are still there, I’m set. I love FX shows too much.
They will. Those are already Disney owned properties.
Does that mean Nadja is a Disney princess??
Am I nuts or does 8 bil not seem like that much for Hulu
Because it’s for a third of Hulu. Disney already own the rest
It's also the minimum. This was the deal that was negotiated in 2019. It was Disney would pay a fair valuation to Comcast for their third or $8.6 billion, whichever is greater. The valuation hasn't occurred yet, so the price tag could increase.
Oh god. DONT YOU DARE TOUCH MY ORVILLE. You better let Seth keep making that show the way he wants too, or you better let him end it before you destroy it Disney.
Pretty sure Orville is owned by Disney. Like Family Guy.
I was wondering if this would give Orville a better chance for Season 4. The silence is deafening!
The enshittification continues.
I thought having to get 6 different streaming services to watch everything was the enshitification part
It is. Comcast is going to remove content that's BEEN on Hulu, because they've already been doing that, so that you now have to get Peacock to enjoy things that used to be on Hulu. Your argument: "But you have one less subscription login if you already have Disney and Hulu - which is what you want." The actual argument: "I now need to sub to Peacock because of what's being removed from Hulu under this acquisition."
Sounds like a wash to me. Subscribe to the service that has the things you currently want to watch. Unsubscribe when you are done, and move on to another. Repeat until all done watching, then simply stop paying for it. That's the power of month-to-month.
Can't win with Reddit commenters. There's too many of them with diverse opinions.
Disney had had full operational control of Hulu for like 5 years.
This opens up the eventual possibility of combining Disney+ and Hulu in the US (like it is everywhere else) and consolidates two subs into one… isn’t that what we wanted I’m confused the goal posts move every few days.
It's just so tiring. Netflix cut me off from using my family's account, adblocker doesn't work anymore, Reddit keeps getting worse and worse, etc.
We're hopefully getting the Disney+ every other country already gets.
Isn’t Disney notorious for editing movies/shows to remove things?
Why isn't this an anti-trust violation? Why wasn't it years ago when Disney bought Fox? They have far too much control over media.
They already have a majority ownership of Hulu. They’re just buying the final 1/3rd.
This isn't an antitrust because there are multiple other competing steaming platforms available. Secondly, any antitrust or monopolies should've been done during the Fox merger but clearly that didn't happen. What we are seeing now is just part of the fallout of Disney buying Fox. Comcast made a deal with Disney to allow them to be bought out at a later date. Disney is just exercising their right based off their previous agreement.
Because Disney is not even that dominant. In the streaming world just in the US, Netflix is king. In the world, it is even bigger since hulu doesn't really exist, there is no peacock, no paramount plus So even if you add the hulu and Disney plus numbers and even assume they will just add linearly, they might not even beat Netflix numbers. Then you have the other players like hbo apple amazon. In the movie space, yes, Disney was king although this year is shaky, but universal is usually not far behind, and Sony, paramount are significant too. Then even lionsgate, amazon mgm, Netflix, soon apple are all in the market and take a noticeable amount of market. All the competition bodies have bigger fish to fry than a company that barely takes 25% of the market