NickC 661 Posted December 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 On the Star Wars front 10 new series coming to Disney+, two of those will be from Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, “The Rangers of the New Republic” and “Ahsoka”, both set in the timeline of the Mandalorian, they will be interconnected and will culminate in a climatic story event. The Obi-Wan show will take place 10 years after RotS and Hayden Christensen is returning as Darth Vader directed by Deborah Chow. Lando is returning for a series developed by Justin Simien. The Leslye headland show will be named "The Acolyte" and take place during the High Republic era. Marvel gets 10 series as well. Additionally an “opt-in to mature content” feature is being added so you can watch content like Logan, Modern Family, and Atlanta. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyN 1,276 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Disney plus going up a buck in the U.S. in March. I’m locked in for a few more years already, but NickC and dogbert 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 UK gets the £7.99month/£80 annual price bump in February, which should hopefully mean we are getting the Star integration here as it's happening on the same day Star is supposed to be added. I've not seen Disney's UK social media teams confirm or even promote it however, and since the price increases seem to be global and not based on who gets the Star expansion or not, I'm still not 100% confident. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Investor document does indeed seem to show that the UK is part of the Star rollout. Quote Disney+ will be updated to include the Star brand on February 23rd, 2021 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The streaming service will continue its global rollout, now with Star, in new markets beginning with Singapore on February 23rd, 2021, followed by Eastern Europe, South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong later in 2021. Pricing for Disney+ as of February 23, 2021: Canada: $11.99/month or $119.99/annual Australia: $11.99/month or $119.99/annual New Zealand: $12.99/month or $129.99/annual UK: £7.99/month or £79.90/annual Euro: 8.99/month or 89.90/annual Norway: 89.00kr/month or 890.00kr/annual Denmark: 79.00kr/month or 790.00kr/annual Sweden: 89.00 kr/month or 890.00 kr/annual Switzerland: CHF12.90/month or CHF129.00/annual Singapore: $11.98/month or $119.98/annual https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/twdc_investor_day_star_fact_sheet_bcaead9c.pdf Hook all those damn Fox and Touchstone 4k masters you're sitting on into my veins, Disney. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iainl 679 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 Not saying that’s bad value, particularly if we get a decent amount on Star, but a bit of a shock after year one being £49.99. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 35 minutes ago, iainl said: Not saying that’s bad value, particularly if we get a decent amount on Star, but a bit of a shock after year one being £49.99. That price was only for the earliest adopters though. It went up to £59.99 right after launch, but it's still a £20 bump again next February yes (by no means a small increase for a lot of people). At least the timing of annual subs from UK launch will allow us to access what's on Star before having to decide about whether to pay for another year again. I'm hoping 1yr on from D+ UK launch will finally be when we see their 4k content on iTunes here and hoping that will extend to all the 4k Fox and Touchstone stuff we might find on Star. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisBardon 459 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 I really hope that Star content means that all the stuff that's on Hulu in the US makes it up here (the Animaniacs reboot just went up on there, and you can't stream that in Canada). Somehow Bell is going to manage to mess it up though to try to get people onto Crave... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Animaniacs is a Warner series licensed to Hulu, right? If it doesn't show up on Star that might be the reason, unless Disney intends to offer third party produced content like that a home internationally in partnership with other producers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyN 1,276 Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 In the U.S yes. International may be with someone else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iainl 679 Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 I think they said there would be a bundle made available in the US of D+, Hulu and ESPN. Which would imply others’ Hulu entries would remain separate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Mmm. In which case I'd expect Bob's Burgers, Modern Family...etc on Star, but not stuff like Animaniacs or Handmaiden's Tale...etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeyN 1,276 Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Jim Henson’s Dinosaurs is moving from Hulu to D+ at the end of January. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Ducktales Treasure of the Lost Lamp is now 4k/Dolby Vision on Disney+. No change yet to the iTunes file as far as I know (at least in the UK. Can any of you check the US store?). It's definitely a new scan as I compared it to my iTunes HD copy and there's a lot of dirt in the print of the old release. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graeme 938 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 It looks like it is just HD in iTunes here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graeme 938 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Angry the Clown said: know (at least in the UK. Can any of you check the US store?) It looks like it is just HD in iTunes here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Graeme said: It looks like it is just HD in iTunes here. Thanks for checking. Since it's only just been upgraded on D+ it will probably randomly update on iTunes some day in the future. I'm really glad those initial D+ 4K exclusives like Muppet Christmas Carol, Roger Rabbit, Pirates of the Caribbean....etc that don't have discs did at least switch to 4k on iTunes as well. There's still an average of 10-12mbps extra in the bitrates on iTunes streams from what I've read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Disney UK have begun their marketing for the forthcoming addition of Star to Disney+ today. I received email about it too. It's interesting that they're clearly not offering separate (cheaper) subscriptions for people who do not want Star. I'll have about a month left on my D+ subscription to take a look at Star to evaluate whether there's enough there for me to justify renewing annually or not. So far the trailer isn't revealing much that instantly appeals but I'll have to see the full list of what's available once it actually launches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iainl 679 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Currently wondering about either dropping D+, or swapping with my parents so I pay for Netflix (and so can step up to 4K rather than HD) and let them pay for the D+. Will see what I think of Star. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 6 hours ago, iainl said: Currently wondering about either dropping D+, or swapping with my parents so I pay for Netflix (and so can step up to 4K rather than HD) and let them pay for the D+. Will see what I think of Star. Best make that decision soon as Netflix are raising the price of their 4k tier in the UK in February. Looking at my finances for the months ahead I'm actually going to drop thought of renewing Disney+ annually for the time being and just move to subscribing for a random month as and when it suits me like I do with Netflix. Wandavision will have finished before my current subscription ends so I will be able to see that and get a sense of what Star will have to offer in future. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Camp 284 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Quote Currently wondering about either dropping D+, or swapping with my parents I was going to post that I tell my wife I'm about to drop the D and that the + might be a fun twist. But the second part killed any enthusiasm in my 13 year old male brain. jubjub75 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisBardon 459 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Well, this was unexpected-all 5 seasons of the Muppet Show are going to be on Disney+ Feb 19: https://tv.avclub.com/disney-raises-the-curtain-on-the-muppet-show-in-februa-1846084157 Nothing in there about whether there's any missing content, or whether the extra UK bits will be in there like they were on the DVDs, but having good versions of the last couple seasons is great news, since those box sets never got released. Magness and Angry the Clown 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 I'm so happy about that. My thinking is they should be the UK broadcast versions (the Muppet Show was filmed over here, so the masters will actually be UK PAL based), but whether Disney have paid up for every single piece of licensing we'll have to wait and see. I hope they put Muppets Tonight on Disney+ at some stage too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angry the Clown 4,182 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 I follow Henson biographer Brian Jay Jones and had did have this to share: I would imagine they've treated the episodes to a high grade upscale similar to what Sony did with Fraggle Rock, so they won't simply be SD dumps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graeme 938 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Glad that The Muppet Show will be on Disney+. I would also like to see Muppets Tonight be added. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foogledricks 768 Posted Monday at 06:07 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:07 PM So I have Disney+ until December 2022. Already paid. I'm also paying for Hulu w/no ads separately. If I were to "upgrade" to the bundle, how the hell do they handle that? I'm guessing I'm SOL. There is no benefit to bundling Hulu given the promotion I already have. I also assume other's here are in the same situation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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