Disney Plans on Combining All of Their Streaming Services Into One App

HBO Max and Discovery+ have merged into one streaming platform called, simply, Max. This comes following the announcement in April that the two services would combine.“From the biggest superheroes to real-life champions; from culture-shaping dramas to taste-shaping entertainment; from fantastical realms to the realest of worlds, Max will offer an unrivaled range of choice,” said JB Perrette the President & CEO of Global Streaming & Games at Warner Bros.

Comcast has unveiled Now TV, a new streaming offering for $20 per month that will combine a live TV streaming service, free ad-supported streaming TV channels and a subscription video on-demand service. NOW TV will include more than 40 live channels, including A&E, AMC, Food Network, Great American Family, Hallmark Channel, The History Channel, IFC, Lifetime Movie Network, OWN, Sony Movies, Sundance TV, TLC, Travel Channel and the Weather Channel.

Aubrey Plaza dislikes streaming services so much that she still hasn’t seen her season of The White Lotus.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor On Tuesday, May 23, HBO Max is going away — when it will be reskinned as Max, stocked with more than twice the total amount of programming. Max’s expanded streaming menu includes the addition of hundreds of episodes of Discovery+ shows, and it’s set to get dozens of new TV shows and movies over the next month. The new Max will feature 35,000 hours of programming, more than double what has been available on HBO Max. According to Warner Bros. Discovery, the service will be continuously updated with fresh content, averaging more than 40 new movie titles and TV seasons per month. SEE ALSO: What Max Launch Means for Existing HBO Max Customers

Kino Lorber and First Look Media have formed a joint venture to operate their respective streaming services, MHz Choice and Topic.

Mediawan has been shaking the foundations of the film and TV world in France and Europe since it was launched in 2015 by producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, billionaire entrepreneur Xavier Niel and financier Matthieu Pigasse.

Catherine Bray What if you had to track down and have sex with everyone you’ve ever slept with, for the good of your current relationship? That’s the quirky premise of Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni’s new comedy, ‘The (Ex)perience of Love,’ the follow-up to their 2020 debut “Une vie démente.” When we meet them, the couple in question, Sandra (Lucie Debay) and Rémy (Lazare Gousseau), are hoping to have a child, and after having no luck conceiving naturally, they decide to see a doctor. Curveball: the doctor tells them that they are suffering from a recently identified condition, Past Love Syndrome. The cure is to go forth and finish all their unfinished business, by sleeping with everyone they’ve ever slept with, like a sort of sexy exorcism.

Mama Bear Mode activated! Demi Moore and ex Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, are supporting daughter Tallulah Willis after she opened up about dealing with body-shaming remarks.

This Morning are said to be planning a huge shakeup for the ITV show with Phillip Schofield reportedly facing the axe.

TelevisaUnivision has sealed a deal with CBS and the NFL to carry Spanish-language broadcasts of Super Bowl LVIII next February.

J. Kim Murphy Bob Chapek, the former Disney CEO who was abruptly ousted from the company last November, is among a group of executives facing a lawsuit claiming violations of securities law for allegedly providing misleading statements and omissions about Disney+ and its subscriber growth. The case, filed by Local 272 Labor Management Pension Fund on May 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, also names former Disney executive Kareem Daniel and current CFO Christine McCarthy, as well as the Walt Disney Co. itself, as defendants. The document states that the case seeks a lead plaintiff and judicial determination for a class action suit representing Disney shareholders from Dec. 10, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2022.

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The problem w the Trump Town Hall wasn't platforming…or a fragile siloed audience unable to be exposed to newsworthy opinions antithetical to their own…the problem was an event that was clearly negotiated to Trump's approval. An ode to access.I learned nothing from this town hall about Trump and his most ardent supporters I haven't known since 2016.

Matching moment. Allison Holker and her 14-year-old daughter, Weslie, twinned in black ensembles during their first red carpet appearance since the death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss.

What many saw as inevitable has finally come to pass. During the company’s annual earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that the Walt Disney Company will roll out a singular streaming app by the end of 2023.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney is pulling Hulu tighter into the Mouse House. On Disney’s earnings call Wednesday, CEO Bob Iger said the company will soon launch a “one-app experience” in the U.S. that incorporates Hulu content into Disney+. The new combined offering will launch by the end of 2023, he said. “While we will continue to offer Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ as standalone options, this is a logical progression of our [direct-to-consumer] offerings that will provide greater opportunities for advertisers while giving bundle subscribers access to more robust and streamlined content, resulting in greater audience engagement and ultimately leading to a more unified streaming experience,” Iger said.

Disney will roll out a single streaming app with programming from ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+ by the end of this year.

Disney will be yanking some content from streaming as it rethinks its costs and strategy, and is looking at a content impairment charge of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion as it does.

Long rumored but never confirmed, a new app that combines Disney+ and Hulu content is finally on the horizon. Bob Iger made the announcement during the company’s second-quarter earnings call, suggesting that the new app will be on the market by the end of 2023.“I’m pleased to announce that we will soon begin offering a one app experience domestically that incorporates our Hulu content via Disney+, while we continue to offer Disney plus Hulu and ESPN plus as standalone options.

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