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Disney’s streaming service: all the news and updates on Netflix rival

7 points by sahin-boydas 8y ago

goeric 8y ago
There's literally no information here.
- sahin-boydas 8y ago
  There is a timeline in the bottom of the article which is linked to many articles
- donretag 8y ago
  I agree. Disney owns Movies Anywhere and even that little bit of information would be insightful in the context of the article.
mattlondon 8y ago
Erm, isn't it already released? It is being very very heavily advertised on Amazon and its called Disney Life. It offers what appears to be the entire back-catalogue of Disney - from Frozen right through to Steam Boat Willy and everything in between that we could think of. https://disneylife.com https://disneylife.com Its ok - not great, only ok: - Streaming is touchy. It will buffer or just hang from time to time and you have to seek back 1-second then replay to get it to start again. - Fast forward and reverse only go up to 5x, and the time on the time-bar does not update, so you have to guess/count-seconds to work out how far you are. - App will randomly hang or crash taking you back to the home screen. Apart from that, its good. One thing I really like is that it has the "behind the scenes" extras that are usually on DVDs but are missing from netflix et al. That is a great addition and value-add in my opinion.
- scarface74 8y ago
  The link from the website to the iOS App Store doesn’t work and I couldn’t find it on the App Store. It also doesn’t seem to be available on Roku or the AppleTV. If I had young kids, I would be interested.
aflinik 8y ago
Wouldn't it make more sense for them to just take over Hulu? They are going to have 60% equity quite soon anyway
- scarface74 8y ago
  The “Disney brand” is about content that is at most PG and family friendly. Hulu would be for there less kid friendly content.
mastrsushi 8y ago
Disney may be huge, but even with Marvel, Starwars, and Muppets i don't think they are well equipped to compete with Netflix and Hulu. I don't have children, but maybe they'll fill the gap of children's shows that the other services don't provide as well. This could make a successful underdog service in that demographic, a kids streaming service. If that's not their intention, it won't succeed.

7 points by sahin-boydas 8y ago

goeric 8y ago

There's literally no information here.

sahin-boydas 8y ago
There is a timeline in the bottom of the article which is linked to many articles
donretag 8y ago
I agree. Disney owns Movies Anywhere and even that little bit of information would be insightful in the context of the article.

mattlondon 8y ago

Erm, isn't it already released? It is being very very heavily advertised on Amazon and its called Disney Life. It offers what appears to be the entire back-catalogue of Disney - from Frozen right through to Steam Boat Willy and everything in between that we could think of. https://disneylife.com https://disneylife.com Its ok - not great, only ok: - Streaming is touchy. It will buffer or just hang from time to time and you have to seek back 1-second then replay to get it to start again. - Fast forward and reverse only go up to 5x, and the time on the time-bar does not update, so you have to guess/count-seconds to work out how far you are. - App will randomly hang or crash taking you back to the home screen. Apart from that, its good. One thing I really like is that it has the "behind the scenes" extras that are usually on DVDs but are missing from netflix et al. That is a great addition and value-add in my opinion.

scarface74 8y ago
The link from the website to the iOS App Store doesn’t work and I couldn’t find it on the App Store. It also doesn’t seem to be available on Roku or the AppleTV. If I had young kids, I would be interested.

aflinik 8y ago

Wouldn't it make more sense for them to just take over Hulu? They are going to have 60% equity quite soon anyway

scarface74 8y ago
The “Disney brand” is about content that is at most PG and family friendly. Hulu would be for there less kid friendly content.

mastrsushi 8y ago

Disney may be huge, but even with Marvel, Starwars, and Muppets i don't think they are well equipped to compete with Netflix and Hulu. I don't have children, but maybe they'll fill the gap of children's shows that the other services don't provide as well. This could make a successful underdog service in that demographic, a kids streaming service. If that's not their intention, it won't succeed.