Disney+ trivia: 97 amazing facts about the new streaming paltform!

Disney+ is a new streaming platform from Disney and it is here to bring original content with all the characters you love from the famous company!

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about this new streaming platform!

Disney+ is an upcoming American subscription video on-demand service owned
It is pronounced “Disney plus”
It will be operated by the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International
It is a division of The Walt Disney Company
It is set to launch in the United States, Canada and the Netherlands on November 12, 2019
The service will launch in Australia on November 19, 2019
It will be focused on film and television content from Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Television
Original films and television series based on new and existing properties are also planned
Including content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm,and National Geographic
The service will compete with other video streaming subscription services
Such as Netflix, HBO Max, CBS All Access and Amazon Prime Video
And will complement ESPN+ and Hulu
As part of Disney’s over-the-top strategy
In August 2016, Disney acquired a minority stake in BAMTech
A spin-out of MLB Advanced Media’s streaming technology business
For $1 billion
With an option to acquire a majority stake in the future
Following the purchase, ESPN announced plans for an “exploratory [over-the-top] project” based on its technology (ESPN+)
To supplant its existing linear television services
On August 8, 2017, Disney invoked its option to acquire a controlling stake in BAMTech for $1.58 billion
Increasing its stake to 75%
Alongside the acquisition, the company also announced plans for a second, Disney-branded direct-to-consumer service drawing from its entertainment content
Which would launch after the company ends its existing distribution agreement with Netflix in 2019
Soon there after, Agnes Chu, story and franchise development executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, was the first appointed executive, senior vice president of content, for the unit
In December 2017, Disney announced its intent to acquire key entertainment assets from 21st Century Fox
Intended to bolster Disney’s content portfolio for its streaming products
The acquisition closed on March 20, 2019
In January 2018, it was reported that former Apple and Samsung executive Kevin Swint had been appointed as the senior vice president and general manager reporting to BAMTech CEO Michael Paull
In March 2018, Disney’s top level segment division was reorganized with the formation of Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International
Which then included BAMTech, which contains “all consumer-facing tech and products”
In June 2018, longtime Disney studio marketing chief, Ricky Strauss, was named president of content and marketing
However reporting to chairman of Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International Kevin Mayer
In January 2019, Fox Television Group COO Joe Earley was named executive vice president of marketing and operations
In June 2019, Matt Brodlie was named as senior vice president of international content development
In August 2019, Luke Bradley-Jones was hired as senior vice president of direct to consumer and general manager of Disney+ for Europe and Africa
On November 8, 2018, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the service would be named Disney+
And that the company was targeting a launch in late 2019
A September launch was reportedly planned
But on April 11, 2019, Disney announced that Disney+ would launch on November 12, 2019 in the US
Disney stated that it planned to roll the service out worldwide over the next two years
Targeting Western Europe and Asia-Pacific countries by late 2019 and early 2020
And Eastern Europe and Latin America during 2020
The timing of international launches is subject to the acquisition or expiration of existing streaming rights deals for Disney content
On August 6, 2019, Iger announced that it will offer a streaming bundle of Disney+, ESPN+, and the ad-supported version of Hulu for $12.99 per month available at launch
On August 19, 2019, Disney announced that Disney+ will launch in Canada and the Netherlands on November 12, 2019
On the same day as the United States
It was also announced that Disney+ will launch in Australia and New Zealand on November 19, 2019
At the D23 Expo in August 2019, Disney opened up subscriptions to Disney+ at a discount rate for three years
At launch, Disney+ will be available for streaming via web browsers on PCs
As well as apps on Apple iOS devices and Apple TV, Android mobile devices and Android TV, Chromecast, Roku devices, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One
Content available on Disney+ will also be listed in the Apple TV app
Disney+ will allow seven user profiles per account
With the ability to stream on four devices concurrently
And unlimited downloads for offline viewing
Content will be able to be streamed in resolutions up to 4K Ultra HD in Dolby Vision and HDR10
With Dolby Atmos sound on supported devices
Legacy content will be available in English, Spanish, French, and Dutch
While Disney+ originals will feature additional language options
The service will be built around content from Disney’s main entertainment studios
Including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, and National Geographic
The service will operate alongside Hulu
Which Disney gained a controlling stake in following the 20th Century Fox purchase
Bob Iger stated that Disney+ would be focused specifically on family-oriented entertainment
Not carrying any R-rated or TV-MA rated content
And that Hulu would remain oriented towards general entertainment
Hulu will also host Disney+ as an add-on service
It is expected that Disney+ will have approximately 7,000 television episodes and 500 films
Including content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Fox, and National Geographic
New releases from 20th Century Fox will not immediately be available on either Disney+ or Hulu
As Fox has an output deal with HBO until 2022
Captain Marvel will be the first theatrically-released Disney film to stream exclusively on Disney+
Bob Iger said that Disney+ will eventually host the entire Disney film library
Including films currently in the “Disney Vault”
The service will also hold exclusive streaming rights to The Simpsons
With all thirty seasons of the series available on launch
It was initially unclear whether the first six films of the Star Wars franchise would be available at the service’s launch
As TBS held streaming rights through 2024 as part of its cable rights to the franchise
But on April 11, 2019, it was announced that the films would be available at launch along with The Force Awakens and Rogue One
Original series based on Marvel properties and Star Wars are being produced
With the former including eight new Marvel Cinematic Universe spin-off series
Involving the characters of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , Hawkeye, Loki, Scarlet Witch and Vision, She-Hulk, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, and a What If animated series
And the latter including The Mandalorian
A television series set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens
A spin-off series focused on Cassian Andor from Rogue One
A seventh season of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars
And a yet-untitled series starring Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, reprising his role from the prequel trilogy
The service’s initial original content goal was planned to include four to five original films
And five television shows with budgets from $25- 100 million
In January 2019, it was reported that Disney will spend up to $500 million in original content for the service
The Mandalorian alone is expected to cost $100 million
In January 2019, Disney+ ordered Diary of a Female President from CBS Television Studios
Its first series from an outside production company
A television series remake of the film High Fidelity was initially announced for Disney+
But in April 2019, it was revealed that the project had been shifted to Hulu
In August 2019, Iger announced that 20th Century Fox films such as Home Alone, Night at the Museum, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Cheaper by the Dozen will be “‘reimagined’ for ‘a new generation'” exclusively for Disney+ by Fox Family
Original episodic content is expected to be released weekly
Opposed to all at once