Disney Plus launches with millions of subscribers
The Walt Disney Company has removed all of its movies and television shows from popular streaming services like Netflix or Hulu.
Why? They’ve invented their own special service called Disney Plus. For the price of $7 a month, you could gain access to every movie, short film, and television show that Disney has produced. It also contains works from Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and National Geographic, all of which have become apart of Disney’s network in the past twenty years. So if you love Star Wars or Marvel comics, you might find yourself looking into a subscription to Disney Plus. The company has also talked about offering their new service in a bundle with Hulu and ESPN plus, giving you access to all three for just $13 a month.
Not everything in Disney’s history made it to Disney Plus. Some of the more outdated works, such as the 1946 musical “Song of the South”, isn’t available on any platform because of its racist implications, despite the fact that it was the birthplace of the Oscar-winning song “Zip a Dee Doo Dah.” The film, which blended live-action and animation film in a brand new way, was scrutinized by the N Double-A CP because it gave “the impression of an idyllic master-slave relationship”.
The absence of this film, as well as several others, has raised questions among critics and historians, who want those works to be available simply because of their role in Disney’s filmographic history.
On top of subject sensitivity that has changed with the times, other films were cut for different reasons. Certain Marvel films have been licensed to other platforms, but will transfer over to Disney Plus when those contracts expire.
The brand new service launched on November 12 in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands, and they managed to reach ten million subscribers in the first twenty-four hours. If you’re interested in signing up for the newest streaming program, visit Disney plus dot come to get started on your free trial.
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