Any streaming platform raises fears that your favorite movie and TV show services will one day be down, but this does not appear to be the case with Disney Plus, the platform that will disrupt the streaming industry.
During an interview at the 2019 Vanity Fair New Properties Summit, Disney General Manager Bob Iger explained that when you download a Disney Plus movie, you will be able to watch this video in perpetuity, even if you are. cut from service.
You must still be an active Disney Plus subscriber to access your downloaded movies, which may encourage users to renew their annual subscription.
Disney Plus has already launched in the Netherlands, and will launch in the United States on November 12 and in Australia on November 19, priced at € 6.99 / € 8.99. At the moment, there is no information yet on a UK release date or an official price, but it is likely to correspond to the United States at € 6.99.
An image of a Mandalorian trailer.
(Image credit: Lucasfilm)
A concern for Netflix
Disney Plus is set to become a one-stop-shop for Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, and Marvel television and cartoon shows, with a multitude of existing movies and TV shows such as The Lion King, Moana, and The Simpsons, as well as loads of new content, including The Mandalorian, a Loki TV show, etc.
Disney recently released a massive three-hour trailer to give us a glimpse of animation through the centuries, thanks to the ever-popular streaming service. It doesn't include every launch title (video calls basically everything comes to Disney + in the US), but it illustrates the breadth of content that is being proposed.
With all of this exciting content to promise and the promise that your downloaded movies will be viable despite their status on the service, Disney Plus wants to be an even bigger rival to the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, which purge content from their platforms. shapes.
Even this will not be commonplace for Disney Plus; As Bob Iger explained at the Vanity Fair New Store Summit, "some (but very little) of the content will be removed from the platform from time to time, and that could just give the service the edge it needs compared to its bigger rivals. .
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