The bundle is back.<\/p>\n
Disney\u00a0and\u00a0Warner Bros. Discovery\u00a0are planning to offer their streaming services \u2014 Disney+, Hulu and Max \u2014 in a bundle mirroring the traditional cable TV package, the companies said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The latest iteration of the bundle, which will be available this summer, will be offered on both the ad-supported and commercial-free tiers. Pricing has yet to be disclosed, but the option will be offered at a discount, according to a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
Disney will essentially act as the distributor in this case, collecting subscription fees from subscribers and paying out Warner Bros. Discovery a percentage, the person added.<\/p>\n
This mash up of Max, Disney+ and Hulu will give streaming subscribers access to a wide breadth of content from the cable TV bundle. It\u2019ll include broadcast networks ABC and Fox (Fox, which doesn\u2019t have its own entertainment streaming subscription service, licenses it content on Hulu) as well as from cable networks including TNT, TBS, CNN, Discovery Channel, Food Network, Disney Channel and more.<\/p>\n
The offering, reminiscent of the traditional cable TV bundle that has been upended in recent years and continues to bleed customers at a fast clip, is the latest partnership between the two media giants in recent months.<\/p>\n
Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney\u2019s ESPN, along with\u00a0Fox Corp., have also joined forces to offer a\u00a0sports streaming service, which is expected to launch this fall.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Wednesday, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said on an earnings call he thought the sports streaming venture would likely be bundled with other entertainment streaming services.<\/p>\n
Disney has been offering its streaming services \u2014 Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ \u2014 as a bundle for sometime. ESPN+ will still coexist with the sports streaming venture, but is not included in the Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney bundle. Hulu content has also been recently\u00a0integrated\u00a0into the Disney+ platform, though they still require separate subscriptions.<\/p>\n
Max costs $9.99 a month with ads, or $15.99 without. Disney+\u2019s basic tier with ads costs $7.99 per month \u2014 or bundled with Hulu, $9.99 a month \u2014 while its premium plan is $13.99 per month, or $19.99 with Hulu. Meanwhile, Hulu on its own costs $7.99 with ads, or $17.99 ad-free.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The bundle is back. Disney\u00a0and\u00a0Warner Bros. Discovery\u00a0are planning to offer their streaming services \u2014 Disney+, Hulu and Max \u2014 in a bundle mirroring the traditional cable TV package, the companies said Wednesday. The latest iteration of the bundle, which will be available this summer, will be offered on both the ad-supported and commercial-free tiers. Pricing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}