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Sotiris wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:35 pm Let's hope Disney doesn't stoop to this.

The library content slim-down is probably not over yet; speculation is that Disney could be next. Just last week, CEO Bob Iger said Disney is targeting $5.5 billion in cost savings, including $3 billion in non-sports related content. It is unclear whether the $3 billion would involve removing library titles on Disney+ or Disney-controlled Hulu, but that’s considered a possibility.

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-stream ... 235256840/

Disney's Divinity wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:26 pm I think selling the FOX titles would be a supremely dumb decision. I mean, why else did they buy all these IPs except for their use in streaming? Now, if they want to sell hulu, who cares. It and Netflix can fade away together. Disney doesn't need two services when they can easily put all their IPs on Disney+, just bar the adult-oriented stuff via parenting controls and so on.

"ENDLESS SUMMER VACATION (BACKYARD SESSIONS) streaming on @DisneyPlus March 10th in celebration of my record release," Cyrus tweeted alongside a teaser video for the special. The show will be a performance of her newly recorded album, and it takes place in her backyard.

Farerb wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:27 pm Even Disney forgot about this movie so much that they don't even know who Izzy Hawthorne is:

https://twitter.com/DisneyPlus/status/1 ... vmp9Q&s=19

NeoSuperBlissey wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 2:54 pm Hulu-exclusive content will start to appear on Disney+ by year's end, although Disney+ and Hulu will continue to operate as separate services.

https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/d ... 235609003/

Sotiris wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 10:49 pm Well, this sucks.

Disney Pulling Some Content Off Streaming In Strategic Rethink
https://deadline.com/2023/05/disney-pul ... 235362374/

PatchofBlue wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 11:50 am I'd be happy for them to do better at curating their current range of content rather than just inhaling anything and everything (as I would for most streaming services), but I'm not here for them just dropping titles, particularly not Disney+ exclusives. Vanishing digital content is no joke. Would love some more transparency about what exactly they're losing.

blackcauldron85 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 6:52 pm I don't understand having to remove your own (unlicensed) content.

Also, Disney to Roll Out Combined App for Disney+ and Hulu This Year
https://wdwnt.com/?p=919401

Price Increase Coming to Ad-Free Disney+ Premium Tier Subscription, Basic Tier Coming to Europe This Year
https://wdwnt.com/?p=919403

UmbrellaFish wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 3:20 pm

PatchofBlue wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 11:50 am I'd be happy for them to do better at curating their current range of content rather than just inhaling anything and everything (as I would for most streaming services), but I'm not here for them just dropping titles, particularly not Disney+ exclusives. Vanishing digital content is no joke. Would love some more transparency about what exactly they're losing.

Ahh thats interesting you feel that way. For me, one of my pet peeves with HBO Max (soon to be just Max) is that company owns a huge collection of old films from Warner Bros, RKO, MGM, United Artists, etc. but they rotate films on and off the service. It’s so annoying to me when I go onto the app to watch a film I’ve seen in their library only to find it’s been removed.

many of the pieces of content they created were negatively impacting the company’s bottom line due to their marketing costs outweighing the subscription revenue.

[Iger] explained, “And one interesting example — I should throw marketing in too — where when you make a lot of content everything needs to be marketed. You’re spending a lot of money marketing things that are not going to have an impact on the bottom except negatively due to the marketing costs.”

...there was a number of pieces of programming that were not driving any subscriptions whatsoever

Disney is starting to pull content from streaming, with dozens of series and specials slated to leave Disney+ and Hulu on May 26, Deadline has learned. Here is a list of some of the titles that are being removed from Disney’s streaming services globally:

Big Shot [Disney+]
Turner & Hooch [Disney+]
The Mysterious Benedict Society [Disney+]
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers [Disney+]
Willow [Disney+]
The Making of Willow [Disney+]
Diary of a Future President [Disney+]
Just Beyond [Disney+]
The World According to Jeff Goldblum [Disney+]
Marvel’s Project Hero [Disney+]
Marvel’s MPower [Disney+]
Marvel’s Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever [Disney+]
Y: The Last Man [FX/Hulu]
Pistol [FX/Hulu]
Little Demon [FX/Hulu]
Maggie [Hulu]
Dollface [Hulu]
The Hot Zone [Nat Geo/Hulu]
The Premise [Hulu]
Love in the Time of Corona [Hulu]
Everything’s Trash [Hulu]
Best in Snow [Hulu]
Best in Dough [Hulu]
Darby and the Dead [Hulu]
The Quest [Hulu]
Rosaline [Disney+]
Cheaper by the Dozen [Disney+]
The One and Only Ivan [Disney+]
Stargirl [Disney+]
Artemis Fowl [Disney+]
The Princess [Disney+]
Encore! [Disney+]
A Spark Story [Disney+]
Black Beauty [Disney+]
Clouds [Disney+]
America the Beautiful [Disney+]
Better Nate Than Ever [Disney+]
Weird But True! [Disney+]
Timmy Failure [Disney+]
Be Our Chef [Disney+]
Magic Camp [Disney+]
Howard [Disney+]
Earth to Ned [Disney+]
Foodtastic [Disney+]
Stuntman [Disney+]
Disney Fairy Tale Weddings [Disney+]
Wolfgang [Disney+]
It’s a Dog’s Life with Bill Farmer [Disney+]
The Real Right Stuff [Disney+]
The Big Fib [Disney+]
Rogue Trip [Disney+]
More Than Robots [Disney+]
Shop Class [Disney+]
Pick of the Litter [Disney+]
Own the Room [Disney+]
Among the Stars [Disney+]
Harmonious Live! [Disney+]
Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays [Disney+]