Disney’s gamble on a launch of its own OTT service represents perhaps the biggest test in decades for Disney’s studio production.
I don’ t know why people are getting their panties in a bunch over this. You don’ t HAVE TO subscribe to anything, you could try getting out of the house and spending more time with family and friends, going on trips, interacting with people…you know, things we used to do before streaming and being glued to smartphones took over? And the best part, it’s free!
If this model is the future then distributors like AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Charter and even online rival Netflix ownine content providers is also the Future.
I’ m sure both services can co-exist well enough, but Netflix needs Disney more than Disney needs Netflix. And when it comes to children’s programming, Disney can’ t be touched. Huge swaths of their back catalogue — dating back DECADES — is still perfectly suitable for showing to young people from toddlers to teens, and a lot of it has been mothballed for years now. Not talking about the animated movies, but the decades worth of live-action movies, World of Disney TV series and movies and specials, animated shorts, documentaries from the 1940’s through to today. No need for Netflix, which will do just fine, but I can see a lot of people bitching about being forced to add another fee to get the Disney content, while others will be more than happy, especially if there’s a better chance of shows not getting yanked from availability because licenses expire.
Of course, when all the OTHER major studios with vast back catalogues and current releases end up doing the same thing, most users will probably be shelling out MORE than they ever did for a cable or satellite service back in the day.
I agree that this is a model that everyone will be moving toward.
