Disney's Streaming Services: Disney+ (and Hulu, ESPN+, Star, & hotstar)

cosmicgirl

Well-Known Member
Can you set the language to English? Does it ask for anything like Bank details when you try and sign up?
Yes, you can set the language to English in your profile and all content is available in English with English subtitles from what I've seen. Where available they also offer Dutch audio (animation only AFAIK).

The signup process is as follows:
1. enter email adress;
2. create a password;
3. choose a monthly or an annual subscription;
4. select a payment method (bank, credit card, or Paypal).

I just checked with a dummy email address and a non-EU Paypal account and it's not rejecting that based on the country the Paypal account is registered in. However, I did not complete the process. In my experience with US websites and non-US Paypal accounts the geoblock usually happens before you can select a card in you PP account, so I do think it'll go through with a foreign PP account but I'm not 100% sure.
They do not ask for an address, or even a name other than the one on your credit card.

Other than that it's basically like an Amazon Prime trial: you sign up for an automatic renewal and you card will get charged on November 12, unless you cancel your subscription before that date.
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
Original Poster
What's available now in 'beta' can certainly be added to. Also, what's available in one country may not be available in another. And what's not available may still be held up with licensing to other outlets for a year or two more. That being said, looking at the video posted, I saw:
  • All of Pixar except Brave, Ratatouille, and Toy Story 4
  • All of the MCU except Captain Marvel, Endgame, Incredible Hulk, and the Spider-Mens
  • No Fox super hero movies (X-Men, F4, etc...)
  • All Star Wars Movies
  • No Fox/Blue Sky animated features (Ice Age, Rio, Anastasia, etc...)
  • All Disney Animated features except: Dumbo, Make Mine Music, Song of the South (as if ever), Tarzan (though Tarzan II is there), The Princess and the Frog, the two Rescuers, and Treasure Planet
  • Disney Studio Movies present:
    • 101 Dalmatians
    • 102 Dalmatians
    • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    • A Wrinkle in Time
    • Alexander & the Terrible, H, No G., V.B. Day
    • Alice in Wonderland
    • Alice Through the Looking Glass
    • Almost Angels
    • Babes in Toyland
    • Beauty and the Beast
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
    • Bedtime Stories
    • Benji the Hunted
    • Beverly Hills Chihuahua (& II & III)
    • Blackbeard's Ghost
    • Blank Check
    • Candleshoe
    • Cheetah
    • Christopher Robin
    • Cinderella
    • College Road Trip
    • Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
    • Cool Runnings
    • D2: The Mighty Ducks
    • D3: The Mighty Ducks
    • Darby O'Gill and the Little People
    • First Kid
    • Flight of the Navigator
    • Flubber
    • Frankenweenie
    • Freaky Friday
    • Freaky Friday
    • G-Force
    • Glory Road
    • Greyfriars Bobby
    • Heavyweights
    • Herbie Goes Bananas
    • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
    • Herbie Rides Again
    • Herbie: Fully Loaded
    • High School Musical 3: Senior Year
    • Hocus Pocus
    • Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
    • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
    • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
    • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
    • Ice Princess
    • I'll Be Home for Christmas
    • Inspector Gadget
    • Into the Woods
    • Invincible
    • Iron Will
    • James and the Giant Peach
    • John Carter
    • Maleficent
    • Mars Needs Moms
    • Mary Poppins
    • Mary Poppins Returns
    • Max Keeble's Big Move
    • Mighty Joe Young
    • Million Dollar Arm
    • Miracle
    • Mr. Magoo
    • Muppet Treasure Island
    • Muppets Most Wanted
    • My Favorite Martian
    • National Treasure
    • National Treasure: Book of Secrets
    • Newsies
    • Nutcracker and the Four Realms
    • Old Dogs
    • Old Yeller
    • Operation Dumbo Drop
    • Oz the Great and Powerful
    • Pete's Dragon
    • Pete's Dragon
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    • Pollyanna
    • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    • Prom
    • Queen of Katwe
    • Race to Witch Mountain
    • Remember the Titans
    • Return from Witch Mountain
    • Return to Oz
    • Saving Mr. Banks
    • Secretariat
    • Shipwrecked
    • Sky High
    • Snow Dogs
    • Snowball Express
    • Tall Tale
    • That Darn Cat
    • That Darn Cat!
    • The Absent-Minded Professor
    • The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
    • The Adventures of Huck Finn
    • The Apple Dumpling Gang
    • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
    • The Barefoot Executive
    • The Bears and I
    • The Big Green
    • The Biscuit Eater
    • The Black Hole
    • The Castaway Cowboy
    • The Cat from Outer Space
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
    • The Country Bears
    • The Finest Hours
    • The Greatest Game Ever Played
    • The Haunted Mansion
    • The Incredible Journey
    • The Journey of Natty Gann
    • The Jungle Book
    • The Jungle Book
    • The Lizzie McGuire Movie
    • The Mighty Ducks
    • The Muppet Christmas Carol
    • The Muppets
    • The Nightmare Before Christmas
    • The Odd Life of Timothy Green
    • The Pacifier
    • The Parent Trap
    • The Parent Trap
    • The Princess Diaries
    • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    • The Rocketeer TR
    • The Rookie
    • The Santa Clause
    • The Santa Clause 2
    • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
    • The gy D.A.
    • The gy Dog
    • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
    • The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
    • The Strongest Man in the World
    • The Three Musketeers
    • Those Calloways
    • Tom and Huck
    • Tomorrowland
    • Treasure Island
    • Treasure of Matecumbe
    • Tron
    • Tron: Legacy
    • Tuck Everlasting
    • Underdog
    • White Fang
    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    • Swiss Family Robinson
  • Disney Studio Movies absent:
    • A Christmas Carol
    • A Far Off Place
    • A Kid in King Arthur's Court
    • A Tiger Walks
    • ABCD 2
    • Air Bud
    • Air Bud: Golden Receiver
    • Aladdin
    • Angels in the Outfield
    • Around the World in 80 Days
    • Big Red
    • Bon Voyage!
    • Bridge to Terabithia
    • Charley and the Angel
    • Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
    • Condorman
    • Dragonslayer
    • Dumbo
    • Eight Below
    • Emil and the Detectives
    • Enchanted
    • Escape to Witch Mountain
    • Follow Me, Boys!
    • George of the Jungle
    • Gus
    • Hannah Montana: The Movie
    • Holes
    • Hot Lead and Cold Feet
    • In Search of the Castaways
    • Johnny Tremain
    • Jungle 2 Jungle
    • Kidnapped
    • King of the Grizzlies
    • Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
    • Man of the House
    • McFarland, USA
    • Meet the Deedles
    • Midnight Madness
    • Miracle of the White Stallions
    • Monkeys, Go Home!
    • Moon Pilot
    • Napoleon and Samantha
    • Never a Dull Moment
    • Never Cry Wolf
    • Night Crossing
    • Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
    • No Deposit, No Return
    • Now You See Him, Now You Don't
    • One Little Indian
    • One Magic Christmas
    • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
    • Popeye
    • Rascal
    • Return to Snowy River
    • Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue
    • RocketMan
    • Run, Cougar, Run
    • Savage Sam (Old Yeller 2)
    • Scandalous John
    • Smith!
    • Something Wicked This Way Comes
    • Son of Flubber (Absentminded 2)
    • Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
    • Summer Magic
    • Superdad
    • Ten Who Dared
    • Tex
    • The BFG
    • The Boatniks
    • The Devil and Max Devlin
    • The Fighting Prince of Donegal
    • The Game Plan
    • The Gnome-Mobile
    • The Great Locomotive Chase
    • The Happiest Millionaire
    • The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
    • The Island at the Top of the World
    • The Kid
    • The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
    • The Legend of Lobo
    • The Light in the Forest
    • The Lion King
    • The Littlest Horse Thieves
    • The Littlest Outlaw
    • The Love Bug
    • The Million Dollar Duck
    • The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
    • The Monkey's Uncle
    • The Moon-Spinners
    • The North Avenue Irregulars
    • The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
    • The gy Dog
    • The Straight Story
    • The Sword and the Rose
    • The Three Lives of Thomasina
    • The Ugly Dachshund
    • The Watcher in the Woods
    • The Wild
    • The Wild Country
    • The World's Greatest Athlete
    • Third Man on the Mountain
    • Toby Tyler
    • Tonka
    • Trenchcoat
    • Unidentified Flying Oddball
    • Westward Ho the Wagons!
    • White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
    • Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
  • Other notables from Disney Channel, DisneyToon, Fox, Touchstone
    • 10 Things I hate About You
    • 101 Dalmations II
    • 12 Dates of Christmas
    • Adventures in Babysitting
    • Aladdin II
    • Alley Cats Strike
    • America's Heart and Soul
    • Amy
    • Annie
    • Atlantis II
    • Bambi II
    • Beauty & the Beast II & iii
    • Big Business
    • The Boys
    • The Brave Little Toaster 2 & 3
    • Brink
    • Brother Bear 2
    • Buffalo Dreams
    • Cadet Kelly
    • Camp Nowhere
    • Can of Worms
    • Casebusters
    • Cheetah Girs 1 & 2
    • The Christmas Star
    • Cinderella 2 & 3
    • The Color of Friendship
    • Cow Belles
    • Davy Crockett 1 & 2
    • Avalon High
    • Bad Hair Day
    • Camp Rock 1 & 2
    • Cloud 9
    • Dadnapped
    • Den Brother
    • Descendants 1 & 2
    • Freaky Friday
    • Frenemies
    • Geek Charming
    • Girl v. Monster
    • Good Luck Charlie
    • High School Musical
    • Rapunzel Series
    • Olaf's Frozen Adventure
    • George of the Jungle 2
    • A Goofy Movie
    • The Great Muppet Caper
    • Halloweentown
    • Kronk's New Groove
    • The Reluctant Dragon
    • Sister Act 1 & 2
    • Splash
    • Strange Magic
    • Three Men and a Baby
    • Turner & Hooch
    • Willow
 

cosmicgirl

Well-Known Member
There are a few Disneyesque documentaries, as well as a couple of Parks specials:
- The Pixar Story;
- Walking Sleeping Beauty;
- The Boys - the Sherman brothers' story;
- Frank and Ollie;
- Decorating Disney Holiday Magic;
- the Disney's Fairty Tale Weddings season (6 episodes + 2 specials).

There may be more but that's what I've bumped into so far.

One very annoying thing is that you can't add something to your watch list from an overview page. You have to click on it to go to the details and then you can add it to your watch list. But if you then want to go back to the previous page with the overview you had, your filter is gone, so you have to start from scratch. So let's say I search for "Mickey" and the list of results pops up, then I have to click the item I want to add to my watch list to go to its dedicated page. But when I then want to go back to the search results for "Mickey" all my results have disappeared.

Something I do like is that they have "through the years" pages so you can look at the movies by decade (and if I'm not mistaken they're ordered by release date).
 

Indy_UK

Well-Known Member
Yes, you can set the language to English in your profile and all content is available in English with English subtitles from what I've seen. Where available they also offer Dutch audio (animation only AFAIK).

The signup process is as follows:
1. enter email adress;
2. create a password;
3. choose a monthly or an annual subscription;
4. select a payment method (bank, credit card, or Paypal).

I just checked with a dummy email address and a non-EU Paypal account and it's not rejecting that based on the country the Paypal account is registered in. However, I did not complete the process. In my experience with US websites and non-US Paypal accounts the geoblock usually happens before you can select a card in you PP account, so I do think it'll go through with a foreign PP account but I'm not 100% sure.
They do not ask for an address, or even a name other than the one on your credit card.

Other than that it's basically like an Amazon Prime trial: you sign up for an automatic renewal and you card will get charged on November 12, unless you cancel your subscription before that date.

I've managed to get the app on appletv using a smart dns but I can't get the website to allow me to sign up. Even though I'm using a VPN it defaults me to the US site
 

PB Watermelon

Well-Known Member
What's available now in 'beta' can certainly be added to. Also, what's available in one country may not be available in another. And what's not available may still be held up with licensing to other outlets for a year or two more. That being said, looking at the video posted, I saw:
  • All of Pixar except Brave, Ratatouille, and Toy Story 4
  • All of the MCU except Captain Marvel, Endgame, Incredible Hulk, and the Spider-Mens
  • No Fox super hero movies (X-Men, F4, etc...)
  • All Star Wars Movies
  • No Fox/Blue Sky animated features (Ice Age, Rio, Anastasia, etc...)
  • All Disney Animated features except: Dumbo, Make Mine Music, Song of the South (as if ever), Tarzan (though Tarzan II is there), The Princess and the Frog, the two Rescuers, and Treasure Planet
  • Disney Studio Movies present:
    • 101 Dalmatians
    • 102 Dalmatians
    • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    • A Wrinkle in Time
    • Alexander & the Terrible, H, No G., V.B. Day
    • Alice in Wonderland
    • Alice Through the Looking Glass
    • Almost Angels
    • Babes in Toyland
    • Beauty and the Beast
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
    • Bedtime Stories
    • Benji the Hunted
    • Beverly Hills Chihuahua (& II & III)
    • Blackbeard's Ghost
    • Blank Check
    • Candleshoe
    • Cheetah
    • Christopher Robin
    • Cinderella
    • College Road Trip
    • Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
    • Cool Runnings
    • D2: The Mighty Ducks
    • D3: The Mighty Ducks
    • Darby O'Gill and the Little People
    • First Kid
    • Flight of the Navigator
    • Flubber
    • Frankenweenie
    • Freaky Friday
    • Freaky Friday
    • G-Force
    • Glory Road
    • Greyfriars Bobby
    • Heavyweights
    • Herbie Goes Bananas
    • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
    • Herbie Rides Again
    • Herbie: Fully Loaded
    • High School Musical 3: Senior Year
    • Hocus Pocus
    • Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
    • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
    • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
    • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
    • Ice Princess
    • I'll Be Home for Christmas
    • Inspector Gadget
    • Into the Woods
    • Invincible
    • Iron Will
    • James and the Giant Peach
    • John Carter
    • Maleficent
    • Mars Needs Moms
    • Mary Poppins
    • Mary Poppins Returns
    • Max Keeble's Big Move
    • Mighty Joe Young
    • Million Dollar Arm
    • Miracle
    • Mr. Magoo
    • Muppet Treasure Island
    • Muppets Most Wanted
    • My Favorite Martian
    • National Treasure
    • National Treasure: Book of Secrets
    • Newsies
    • Nutcracker and the Four Realms
    • Old Dogs
    • Old Yeller
    • Operation Dumbo Drop
    • Oz the Great and Powerful
    • Pete's Dragon
    • Pete's Dragon
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    • Pollyanna
    • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    • Prom
    • Queen of Katwe
    • Race to Witch Mountain
    • Remember the Titans
    • Return from Witch Mountain
    • Return to Oz
    • Saving Mr. Banks
    • Secretariat
    • Shipwrecked
    • Sky High
    • Snow Dogs
    • Snowball Express
    • Tall Tale
    • That Darn Cat
    • That Darn Cat!
    • The Absent-Minded Professor
    • The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
    • The Adventures of Huck Finn
    • The Apple Dumpling Gang
    • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
    • The Barefoot Executive
    • The Bears and I
    • The Big Green
    • The Biscuit Eater
    • The Black Hole
    • The Castaway Cowboy
    • The Cat from Outer Space
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
    • The Country Bears
    • The Finest Hours
    • The Greatest Game Ever Played
    • The Haunted Mansion
    • The Incredible Journey
    • The Journey of Natty Gann
    • The Jungle Book
    • The Jungle Book
    • The Lizzie McGuire Movie
    • The Mighty Ducks
    • The Muppet Christmas Carol
    • The Muppets
    • The Nightmare Before Christmas
    • The Odd Life of Timothy Green
    • The Pacifier
    • The Parent Trap
    • The Parent Trap
    • The Princess Diaries
    • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    • The Rocketeer TR
    • The Rookie
    • The Santa Clause
    • The Santa Clause 2
    • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
    • The ****gy D.A.
    • The ****gy Dog
    • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
    • The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
    • The Strongest Man in the World
    • The Three Musketeers
    • Those Calloways
    • Tom and Huck
    • Tomorrowland
    • Treasure Island
    • Treasure of Matecumbe
    • Tron
    • Tron: Legacy
    • Tuck Everlasting
    • Underdog
    • White Fang
    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    • Swiss Family Robinson
  • Disney Studio Movies absent:
    • A Christmas Carol
    • A Far Off Place
    • A Kid in King Arthur's Court
    • A Tiger Walks
    • ABCD 2
    • Air Bud
    • Air Bud: Golden Receiver
    • Aladdin
    • Angels in the Outfield
    • Around the World in 80 Days
    • Big Red
    • Bon Voyage!
    • Bridge to Terabithia
    • Charley and the Angel
    • Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
    • Condorman
    • Dragonslayer
    • Dumbo
    • Eight Below
    • Emil and the Detectives
    • Enchanted
    • Escape to Witch Mountain
    • Follow Me, Boys!
    • George of the Jungle
    • Gus
    • Hannah Montana: The Movie
    • Holes
    • Hot Lead and Cold Feet
    • In Search of the Castaways
    • Johnny Tremain
    • Jungle 2 Jungle
    • Kidnapped
    • King of the Grizzlies
    • Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
    • Man of the House
    • McFarland, USA
    • Meet the Deedles
    • Midnight Madness
    • Miracle of the White Stallions
    • Monkeys, Go Home!
    • Moon Pilot
    • Napoleon and Samantha
    • Never a Dull Moment
    • Never Cry Wolf
    • Night Crossing
    • Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
    • No Deposit, No Return
    • Now You See Him, Now You Don't
    • One Little Indian
    • One Magic Christmas
    • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
    • Popeye
    • Rascal
    • Return to Snowy River
    • Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue
    • RocketMan
    • Run, Cougar, Run
    • Savage Sam (Old Yeller 2)
    • Scandalous John
    • Smith!
    • Something Wicked This Way Comes
    • Son of Flubber (Absentminded 2)
    • Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
    • Summer Magic
    • Superdad
    • Ten Who Dared
    • Tex
    • The BFG
    • The Boatniks
    • The Devil and Max Devlin
    • The Fighting Prince of Donegal
    • The Game Plan
    • The Gnome-Mobile
    • The Great Locomotive Chase
    • The Happiest Millionaire
    • The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
    • The Island at the Top of the World
    • The Kid
    • The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
    • The Legend of Lobo
    • The Light in the Forest
    • The Lion King
    • The Littlest Horse Thieves
    • The Littlest Outlaw
    • The Love Bug
    • The Million Dollar Duck
    • The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
    • The Monkey's Uncle
    • The Moon-Spinners
    • The North Avenue Irregulars
    • The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
    • The ****gy Dog
    • The Straight Story
    • The Sword and the Rose
    • The Three Lives of Thomasina
    • The Ugly Dachshund
    • The Watcher in the Woods
    • The Wild
    • The Wild Country
    • The World's Greatest Athlete
    • Third Man on the Mountain
    • Toby Tyler
    • Tonka
    • Trenchcoat
    • Unidentified Flying Oddball
    • Westward Ho the Wagons!
    • White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
    • Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
  • Other notables from Disney Channel, DisneyToon, Fox, Touchstone
    • 10 Things I hate About You
    • 101 Dalmations II
    • 12 Dates of Christmas
    • Adventures in Babysitting
    • Aladdin II
    • Alley Cats Strike
    • America's Heart and Soul
    • Amy
    • Annie
    • Atlantis II
    • Bambi II
    • Beauty & the Beast II & iii
    • Big Business
    • The Boys
    • The Brave Little Toaster 2 & 3
    • Brink
    • Brother Bear 2
    • Buffalo Dreams
    • Cadet Kelly
    • Camp Nowhere
    • Can of Worms
    • Casebusters
    • Cheetah Girs 1 & 2
    • The Christmas Star
    • Cinderella 2 & 3
    • The Color of Friendship
    • Cow Belles
    • Davy Crockett 1 & 2
    • Avalon High
    • Bad Hair Day
    • Camp Rock 1 & 2
    • Cloud 9
    • Dadnapped
    • Den Brother
    • Descendants 1 & 2
    • Freaky Friday
    • Frenemies
    • Geek Charming
    • Girl v. Monster
    • Good Luck Charlie
    • High School Musical
    • Rapunzel Series
    • Olaf's Frozen Adventure
    • George of the Jungle 2
    • A Goofy Movie
    • The Great Muppet Caper
    • Halloweentown
    • Kronk's New Groove
    • The Reluctant Dragon
    • Sister Act 1 & 2
    • Splash
    • Strange Magic
    • Three Men and a Baby
    • Turner & Hooch
    • Willow

Disney+ launched early in the Netherlands as a kind of Beta, it's free for two months. Dumbo is on there. The two Rescuers movies are missing, along with Tarzan, Princess and the Frog, Treasure Island and Make Mine Music. The Ugly Dachsund is there, Unidentified Flying Odball is there, Escape to Witch Mountain is there, and The Love Bug is there.
 
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mikejs78

Well-Known Member
Well that is a silly idea...the price point is making more sense.

They sold the Disney channel to a limited audience for decades...then they had to bundle it...now people are cutting cable.

They best make ALOT of new content. I had no idea they were being so shortsighted with this. People will pay monthly take stream Snow White and Ironman 2?

No...gonna have to add a lot. And to be honest: Hulu stinks.
Expect a lot of changes to Hulu now that Disney controls them completely. I expect that to become the home of most of the Touchstone and Fox content.

With the two services as a bundle, it makes a lot of sense.
 

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
Expect a lot of changes to Hulu now that Disney controls them completely. I expect that to become the home of most of the Touchstone and Fox content.

With the two services as a bundle, it makes a lot of sense.
Well that would be a start...but both would have limited appeal until the eventual “merger”
 

cosmicgirl

Well-Known Member
They sent out an email today related to geoblocks: apparently anyone who used Paypal to pay, or who signed up using the app needs to provide additional information to be able to get access when they're in other EU countries. If you paid by credit card they check the country the card was issued in.

I'm guessing this is related to an EU law which went into effect last year or so, and which states (as I understand it) that you should be able to access any streaming content you paid for even if you're in another EU country than the one the account is registered in.

So it looks like VPNs won't do anyone any good.
 

Indy_UK

Well-Known Member
Thanks for the update. Guess I'll wait till the 12th November and VPN with the US. Shame as I wanted all the Marvel films
 

DiscoveryTank

New Member
Disney+

Preview page:
https://preview.disneyplus.com/


Pricing
  • $7/mo ad free ($70 for the year, which is $5.83/mo)
  • will be "likely bundled" with a price discount with Hulu and/or ESPN+, but no pricing announced yet (contracts with Hulu's partners needs to be ironed out)

Service
  • It's been announced in the 4th Q 2018 conference call that the new OTT (over the top) streaming service is going to be called: Disney+
    • which should be no surprise since Disney throws the plus sign on many things internet and hi-tech connectedness (FastPass+) much like Apple uses the 'i-' prefix.
  • Disney bought a controlling interest in Bamtech to provide the technological capability to stream over the top (OTT)
    • Bamtech renamed to Disney Streaming Services
    • 60 fps at HD for ESPN+, and will be same for D+
  • Begins Nov 12, 20119 in North America (and Western Europe and Asia within the quarter). Latin America and Eastern Europe a year later.
  • 4K HDR when available for content with that resolution
  • all content downloadable as long as you have a subscription
  • separate interfaces for TV, tablet, and mobile
  • the app is ready to go on Roku and PS4… will be on more
  • after a Disney movie's theatrical release, the same windows of releases (PPV, planes, cable, TV, DVDs) will occur before coming to streamers -- those windows make Disney money
Content Sources
  • basically, any family-friendly content produced by any of the film or TV studios owned by Disney
    • Fox's general audience (i.e., not family friendly content) goes to Hulu
  • note that "LucasFilm" is not being promoted as a brand, but, instead, "Star Wars" is used... wonder how that will affect the Indiana Jones franchise resurrection?
  • Disney is touting big name actors, directors, and producers who will make Original Content for Hulu and D+. They seem to want to get the point that this is not just “TV” which is normally seen as an inferior medium to cinema. (But, that stereotype has already been broken by award winning series and movies made for HBO, Netflix, and Amazon Prime.)
  • It will take about four years for all of Disney and Fox licenses with other parties to expire and come home to roost on D+/Hulu. In the meantime, Disney has been buying out some licenses (probably the ones that had no expiration or automatic renewals).
  • Disney Animation, Disney Studios, Disney Channels, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars (LucasFilm)
  • Fox’s family-friendly content will be on D+
    • all Simpsons episodes
    • Malcolm in the Middle
    • Sound of Music / Hello Dolly
    • new Fox content
      • because of an existing contract with HBO, new family-friendly Fox fare goes through HBO first until 2022
  • Pixar:
    • 18 films immediately available, two will have their license with a third party expire later in the year (Coco leaves Netflix 11/29/2019 and Incredibles 2 leaves Netflix 07/20/2020), and the new one (TS4) will go to D++
    • all the Pixar shorts
    • new Pixar content for D+
      • Forky Asks a Question (ten shorts) - available at launch
      • Bo Peep short, Lamp Life
      • Monsters, Inc series: Monsters at Work
      • documentaries on Pixar
      • SparkShorts - available at launch
  • Marvel
    • on day one: Captain Marvel; Iron Man 1; Iron Man 3; Thor 2
    • in year one: Endgame (~Dec 2019); Iron Man 2; Captain America Winter Soldier; Guardians 1; Thor 3 (~1/6/20); Ant-Man & the Wasp (!7/29/20); Black Panther (~3/4/20); Avengers Infinity War (~6/5/20)
    • the rest of the MCU movies will have to wait until 3rd party licenses expire: GotG2 (~6/5/21)
    • no mention of the Netflix Marvel series (the Defenders) made at the Investors Meeting; may take a year or two for the Defenders' licensing contract to expire
    • New MCU series (all canon and related to Phase 4)
      • Wandavision (Wanda and the Vision)
      • Falcon and Winter Soldier
      • MCU animated "What If" ... Peggy Carter became the super soldier, and if Steve Rogers became Iron Man
      • Loki
      • recently announced Hawkeye series
      • Marvel 616 (unscripted)
      • Marvel's Hero Project (unscripted) - available at launch
  • Star Wars
    • in year 1, 8 films to start with, then 2 more in the first year when their 3rd party license expires (TLJ leaves Netflix 01/26/2020
      Solo leaves Netflix 07/9/2020), then the new Episode 9 [IOW, all of the films available in year one]
    • new Star Wars content for D+ (all canon)
      • The Mandalorian - available at launch
      • spy show based on Cassian Andor (Rogue One prequel)
      • last season of Clone Wars animated series
      • documentaries on SW
  • Disney Studios
    • many of the Disney live movies will be available, but no mention of how much if even all of them
      • Some shown available at Investors' Meeting: Mary Poppins, Treasure Island, 20,000 Leagues, Bednobs and Broomsticks; Parent Trap
    • new Live Action shows produced by Disney Studios for D+
      • Noelle (Santa's daughter saves Christmas!)
      • Timmy Failure (based on book)
      • Stargirl
      • Togo (true life Alaskan story)
      • Lady and the Tramp - available at launch
      • Magic Camp
      • The Imagineering Story - available at launch
      • Encore! - available at launch
  • Disney Animation
    • all the Disney movies (with a few notorious exceptions) are expected to be on D+, even the ones normally in "the vault"
    • no mention of all the old Mickey animated shorts, but, one would expect them to be there, especially since they've been in heavy rotation on the Disney channels, which are giving their library to D+
  • Disney Channel
    • current content
    • Massive library will be made available from day 1
    • 5,000 episodes of Disney Channel and Disney Jr.
    • 100 original movies "D-coms."
    • new content made for D+
      • Phineas & Ferb movie
      • High School Musical the Musical the Series (a musical within a musical within a musical) available at launch
  • NatGeo
    • “the best of our programming will be available on day one” – umm… so not all then?
    • new NatGeo shows made for D+
      • The World According to Jeff Goldblum - available at launch
      • "Magic of the Animal Kingdom" on care for animals and preservation at Epcot's Seabase and DAK
  • DisneyNature
    • nothing has been said or revealed about specific DisneyNature films and where they would wind up on the service, but, it's presumed they'll be there
The other streamers
  • ESPN+
    • $5/mo ($50 for the year, which is $4.15/mo)
    • has limited ads during sporting breaks
    • upcharge pay per views
    • will expand into Latin America
  • Hulu
    • Disney now owns 60%
    • Pricing
      • $6/mo with ads
      • $12/mo ad free
      • $45/mo for live TV (Digital Multichannel Video Programming Distributor, DMVPD)
    • will expand into Europe and worldwide
  • hotstar
    • serves India in 8 Indian languages
    • has one quarter of TV/video market
    • 250 days of live sports (cricket being the top draw)
    • 300M active users
    • available in India, US, & Canada
    • free service with ads or premium subscription

I do wonder if Disney will do something to Blue Sky,
Will Blue Sky make stuff for Disney+
There is a long list of films that they made that are family friendly that might be on Disney+ (Peanuts Movie, Ice Age, Rio, etc.)
There is a lot of questions but we are about two months out so, not to long.
Also will Fox possibly get their own named section for Fox? Most likely.
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You know what I mean, alongside Disney, Pixar, Marvel LucasFilm and National Geographic
 

CJR

Well-Known Member
I do wonder if Disney will do something to Blue Sky,
Will Blue Sky make stuff for Disney+

I think most Fox properties, including Blue Sky will be on Hulu. I was surprised when they said The Simpsons would be Disney+. That's all just speculation on my end though. Hulu sounds like it will be the home to most of "Old Fox's" shows and movies.
 

Janir

Well-Known Member
What's available now in 'beta' can certainly be added to. Also, what's available in one country may not be available in another. And what's not available may still be held up with licensing to other outlets for a year or two more. That being said, looking at the video posted, I saw:
  • All of Pixar except Brave, Ratatouille, and Toy Story 4
  • All of the MCU except Captain Marvel, Endgame, Incredible Hulk, and the Spider-Mens
  • No Fox super hero movies (X-Men, F4, etc...)
  • All Star Wars Movies
  • No Fox/Blue Sky animated features (Ice Age, Rio, Anastasia, etc...)
  • All Disney Animated features except: Dumbo, Make Mine Music, Song of the South (as if ever), Tarzan (though Tarzan II is there), The Princess and the Frog, the two Rescuers, and Treasure Planet
  • Disney Studio Movies present:
    • 101 Dalmatians
    • 102 Dalmatians
    • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    • A Wrinkle in Time
    • Alexander & the Terrible, H, No G., V.B. Day
    • Alice in Wonderland
    • Alice Through the Looking Glass
    • Almost Angels
    • Babes in Toyland
    • Beauty and the Beast
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
    • Bedtime Stories
    • Benji the Hunted
    • Beverly Hills Chihuahua (& II & III)
    • Blackbeard's Ghost
    • Blank Check
    • Candleshoe
    • Cheetah
    • Christopher Robin
    • Cinderella
    • College Road Trip
    • Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
    • Cool Runnings
    • D2: The Mighty Ducks
    • D3: The Mighty Ducks
    • Darby O'Gill and the Little People
    • First Kid
    • Flight of the Navigator
    • Flubber
    • Frankenweenie
    • Freaky Friday
    • Freaky Friday
    • G-Force
    • Glory Road
    • Greyfriars Bobby
    • Heavyweights
    • Herbie Goes Bananas
    • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
    • Herbie Rides Again
    • Herbie: Fully Loaded
    • High School Musical 3: Senior Year
    • Hocus Pocus
    • Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
    • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
    • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
    • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
    • Ice Princess
    • I'll Be Home for Christmas
    • Inspector Gadget
    • Into the Woods
    • Invincible
    • Iron Will
    • James and the Giant Peach
    • John Carter
    • Maleficent
    • Mars Needs Moms
    • Mary Poppins
    • Mary Poppins Returns
    • Max Keeble's Big Move
    • Mighty Joe Young
    • Million Dollar Arm
    • Miracle
    • Mr. Magoo
    • Muppet Treasure Island
    • Muppets Most Wanted
    • My Favorite Martian
    • National Treasure
    • National Treasure: Book of Secrets
    • Newsies
    • Nutcracker and the Four Realms
    • Old Dogs
    • Old Yeller
    • Operation Dumbo Drop
    • Oz the Great and Powerful
    • Pete's Dragon
    • Pete's Dragon
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    • Pollyanna
    • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
    • Prom
    • Queen of Katwe
    • Race to Witch Mountain
    • Remember the Titans
    • Return from Witch Mountain
    • Return to Oz
    • Saving Mr. Banks
    • Secretariat
    • Shipwrecked
    • Sky High
    • Snow Dogs
    • Snowball Express
    • Tall Tale
    • That Darn Cat
    • That Darn Cat!
    • The Absent-Minded Professor
    • The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
    • The Adventures of Huck Finn
    • The Apple Dumpling Gang
    • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
    • The Barefoot Executive
    • The Bears and I
    • The Big Green
    • The Biscuit Eater
    • The Black Hole
    • The Castaway Cowboy
    • The Cat from Outer Space
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
    • The Country Bears
    • The Finest Hours
    • The Greatest Game Ever Played
    • The Haunted Mansion
    • The Incredible Journey
    • The Journey of Natty Gann
    • The Jungle Book
    • The Jungle Book
    • The Lizzie McGuire Movie
    • The Mighty Ducks
    • The Muppet Christmas Carol
    • The Muppets
    • The Nightmare Before Christmas
    • The Odd Life of Timothy Green
    • The Pacifier
    • The Parent Trap
    • The Parent Trap
    • The Princess Diaries
    • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    • The Rocketeer TR
    • The Rookie
    • The Santa Clause
    • The Santa Clause 2
    • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
    • The ****gy D.A.
    • The ****gy Dog
    • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
    • The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
    • The Strongest Man in the World
    • The Three Musketeers
    • Those Calloways
    • Tom and Huck
    • Tomorrowland
    • Treasure Island
    • Treasure of Matecumbe
    • Tron
    • Tron: Legacy
    • Tuck Everlasting
    • Underdog
    • White Fang
    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    • Swiss Family Robinson
  • Disney Studio Movies absent:
    • A Christmas Carol
    • A Far Off Place
    • A Kid in King Arthur's Court
    • A Tiger Walks
    • ABCD 2
    • Air Bud
    • Air Bud: Golden Receiver
    • Aladdin
    • Angels in the Outfield
    • Around the World in 80 Days
    • Big Red
    • Bon Voyage!
    • Bridge to Terabithia
    • Charley and the Angel
    • Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
    • Condorman
    • Dragonslayer
    • Dumbo
    • Eight Below
    • Emil and the Detectives
    • Enchanted
    • Escape to Witch Mountain
    • Follow Me, Boys!
    • George of the Jungle
    • Gus
    • Hannah Montana: The Movie
    • Holes
    • Hot Lead and Cold Feet
    • In Search of the Castaways
    • Johnny Tremain
    • Jungle 2 Jungle
    • Kidnapped
    • King of the Grizzlies
    • Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
    • Man of the House
    • McFarland, USA
    • Meet the Deedles
    • Midnight Madness
    • Miracle of the White Stallions
    • Monkeys, Go Home!
    • Moon Pilot
    • Napoleon and Samantha
    • Never a Dull Moment
    • Never Cry Wolf
    • Night Crossing
    • Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
    • No Deposit, No Return
    • Now You See Him, Now You Don't
    • One Little Indian
    • One Magic Christmas
    • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
    • Popeye
    • Rascal
    • Return to Snowy River
    • Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue
    • RocketMan
    • Run, Cougar, Run
    • Savage Sam (Old Yeller 2)
    • Scandalous John
    • Smith!
    • Something Wicked This Way Comes
    • Son of Flubber (Absentminded 2)
    • Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
    • Summer Magic
    • Superdad
    • Ten Who Dared
    • Tex
    • The BFG
    • The Boatniks
    • The Devil and Max Devlin
    • The Fighting Prince of Donegal
    • The Game Plan
    • The Gnome-Mobile
    • The Great Locomotive Chase
    • The Happiest Millionaire
    • The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
    • The Island at the Top of the World
    • The Kid
    • The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
    • The Legend of Lobo
    • The Light in the Forest
    • The Lion King
    • The Littlest Horse Thieves
    • The Littlest Outlaw
    • The Love Bug
    • The Million Dollar Duck
    • The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
    • The Monkey's Uncle
    • The Moon-Spinners
    • The North Avenue Irregulars
    • The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
    • The ****gy Dog
    • The Straight Story
    • The Sword and the Rose
    • The Three Lives of Thomasina
    • The Ugly Dachshund
    • The Watcher in the Woods
    • The Wild
    • The Wild Country
    • The World's Greatest Athlete
    • Third Man on the Mountain
    • Toby Tyler
    • Tonka
    • Trenchcoat
    • Unidentified Flying Oddball
    • Westward Ho the Wagons!
    • White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
    • Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
  • Other notables from Disney Channel, DisneyToon, Fox, Touchstone
    • 10 Things I hate About You
    • 101 Dalmations II
    • 12 Dates of Christmas
    • Adventures in Babysitting
    • Aladdin II
    • Alley Cats Strike
    • America's Heart and Soul
    • Amy
    • Annie
    • Atlantis II
    • Bambi II
    • Beauty & the Beast II & iii
    • Big Business
    • The Boys
    • The Brave Little Toaster 2 & 3
    • Brink
    • Brother Bear 2
    • Buffalo Dreams
    • Cadet Kelly
    • Camp Nowhere
    • Can of Worms
    • Casebusters
    • Cheetah Girs 1 & 2
    • The Christmas Star
    • Cinderella 2 & 3
    • The Color of Friendship
    • Cow Belles
    • Davy Crockett 1 & 2
    • Avalon High
    • Bad Hair Day
    • Camp Rock 1 & 2
    • Cloud 9
    • Dadnapped
    • Den Brother
    • Descendants 1 & 2
    • Freaky Friday
    • Frenemies
    • Geek Charming
    • Girl v. Monster
    • Good Luck Charlie
    • High School Musical
    • Rapunzel Series
    • Olaf's Frozen Adventure
    • George of the Jungle 2
    • A Goofy Movie
    • The Great Muppet Caper
    • Halloweentown
    • Kronk's New Groove
    • The Reluctant Dragon
    • Sister Act 1 & 2
    • Splash
    • Strange Magic
    • Three Men and a Baby
    • Turner & Hooch
    • Willow
They are saying theses are avaialbe on D+ day 1 based on Netherland's test rollout going on now, which seems to include some of the not included from your Thursday post.

Can you give any further insight as to the origins of your list Mr Penguin? I'd be apt to trust your list if you had confidence in your sources.
 

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