Disney+ (pronounced "Disney Plus") is a global streaming service created and owned by the Walt Disney Company's Streaming and Entertainment units. It was launched on November 12, 2019.
Disney+ was launched as a domestic service in the US and Canada and then expanded internationally after November 2019. The service is the exclusive home of all Disney-owned original content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios (released under Star Hub in international markets), National Geographic channels and ESPN. Internationally, Star (known as "More Entertainment" in Greece and Turkey due to copyright issues) is available, primarily carrying content from Hulu, FX, Freeform, Touchstone Pictures, 20th Century Studios, and Hollywood Pictures, as well as projects from third-party companies that are licensed by Disney.
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Release date | Country/Territory | Brand(s) | Release partner(s) |
Late 2018-Early 2019 (as preview) | United States | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic | |
November 12, 2019 | Canada | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | Rogers Cable Shaw |
Netherlands | None |
United States | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Hulu ESPN | Verizon Xfinity |
November 19, 2019 | Australia | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | None |
New Zealand |
Puerto Rico | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Hulu |
March 24, 2020 | Austria | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star RTL |
Germany | Telekom |
Ireland | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | Sky |
Italy | TIM |
Spain | Movistar+ BBVA |
Switzerland | None |
United Kingdom | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star BBC | Sky O2 |
April 2, 2020 | Channel Islands | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | None |
Isle of Man |
April 3, 2020 | India | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star Star World ABC | Hotstar |
April 7, 2020 | France | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | None |
April 30, 2020 | Monaco |
Wallis and Futuna |
New Caledonia |
French West Indies |
French Guiana |
June 11, 2020 | Japan (former Disney Deluxe server) | Disney Theater Disney Pixar Star Wars Marvel | NTT Docomo |
September 5, 2020 | Indonesia | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | Hotstar Telkomsel Telkom Indonesia |
September 15, 2020 | Belgium | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | None |
Denmark |
Finland |
Greenland |
Iceland |
Luxembourg |
Norway |
Portugal |
Sweden |
October 2, 2020 | Réunion |
Mayotte |
Mauritius |
November 17, 2020 | Latin America and the Caribbean | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic ESPN Star | Cablevisión (Argentina) Personal (Argentina) Telecentro (Argentina) DirecTV (Latin America) Claro (Colombia) Movistar (Colombia) Colcable (Colombia) Izzi Telecom (Mexico) MercadoLibre (Mexico) Sky (Mexico) Sky (Latin America) Telmex (Mexico) Telcel (Mexico) Totalplay (Mexico) Flow (Paraguay) Cablevisión Flow (Uruguay) VISA |
Brazil | Globoplay Bradesco/next Mercado Livre Sky Vivo |
February 23, 2021 | Singapore | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | StarHub |
June 1, 2021 | Malaysia | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star A&E | Hotstar Astro unifi (unifi TV) |
June 30, 2021 | Thailand | Hotstar AIS |
October 27, 2021 | Japan (merged with Disney+ global server) | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | NTT Docomo |
November 12, 2021 | South Korea | LG Uplus KT Mobile |
Taiwan | Taiwan Mobile |
November 16, 2021 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Broadband Network |
May 18, 2022 | South Africa | DStv |
June 8, 2022 | Algeria | None |
Bahrain |
Egypt |
Iraq |
Jordan |
Kuwait |
Lebanon |
Libya |
Morocco |
Oman |
Palestine |
Qatar |
Saudi Arabia |
Tunisia |
United Arab Emirates |
Yemen |
June 14, 2022 | Åland Islands |
Albania |
Andorra |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
Bulgaria |
Croatia |
Czech Republic |
Estonia |
Faroe Islands |
French Polynesia |
Greece |
Hungary |
Kosovo |
Latvia |
Liechtenstein |
Lithuania |
Malta |
Montenegro |
North Macedonia |
Pitcairn Islands |
Poland | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star Polsat | Plus Polsat Box Netia Polsat Box Go |
Romania | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | None |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
San Marino |
Serbia |
Sint Maarten |
Slovakia |
Slovenia |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
Turkey |
Vatican City |
June 16, 2022 | Israel |
November 17, 2022 | Philippines | Disney Pixar Marvel Star Wars National Geographic Star | Globe Telecom GCash by Alipay |
Since August 2017, Disney started to develop a new streaming service. In November 2018, the streaming service's name was announced to be Disney+. On April 12, 2019, it was announced the official release date in November 12 with a countdown[1]. Disney+ was launched early in the Netherlands on September 12, 2019, as a free trial. It officially launched in the Netherlands, United States, and Canada on November 12, 2019, just before 3:00 a.m. EST (UTC–5). Disney+ launched in Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico on November 19, 2019, and launched in Austria, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland on March 24, 2020. In the UK and Ireland, Disney+ replaced DisneyLife. In Spain, a linear Disney+ television channel launched alongside the streaming service. The channel is available exclusively on Movistar+, which serves as Disney+'s launch partner in the region.
In December 2019, it was announced that Canal+ would be the exclusive distributor of Disney+ in France. The launch in France was delayed from March 24 to April 7, pursuant to a request from the French government to conserve network capacity due to the Coronavirus pandemic placing additional strain on communications networks.
In April 2020, it was announced that Disney+ original content would be licensed to pay TV and streaming operator OSN, starting on April 9, in 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region with Disney noting that they had no current "plan to launch Disney+ as a standalone service in the region in the near future".
The service launched in Japan on June 11, 2020, as part of Disney's existing partnership with NTT Docomo, and succeeded the existing Disney Deluxe service in the region.
Few months later, Disney+ service expanded in Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Greenland on September 15, 2020; and in Latin America and the Caribbean on November 17, 2020.
The service expanded to Singapore on February 23, 2021.
On August 12, 2021, Disney announced that it would launch in the Middle East and Africa in mid-2022. Following the announcement, all the Disney+ original content has been removed from OSN, which its platform were previously host Disney+ original content through licensing since April 2020.
It was announced that the service would also expand to Central and Eastern Europe, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, South Africa, and Turkey later in between 2021 and 2022. Among them, it has been confirmed that the service would launch on November 12, 2021, in South Korea and Taiwan, and on November 16, 2021, in Hong Kong. It will be available in more than 50 nations by 2022 and in more than 160 by the end of 2023.
On March 29, 2022, Disney announced that it would launch the service in South Africa on May 18, 2022, in the Middle East and North Africa (excluding Syria) on June 8, 2022, in most of the remaining European countries on June 14, 2022, and in Israel on June 16, 2022.
The launch date in the Philippines was set for November 17, 2022.
Alongside the launch of the standalone Disney+ service in the U.S., Disney also announced a bundle including its other U.S. streaming services Hulu (ad-supported version) and ESPN+, marketed as The Disney Bundle, initially for US$12.99 per month; the monthly price of this plan subsequently increased to $13.99. Additional variants of the bundle were later added including the ad-free and Live TV variants of Hulu; then, in late 2021, Disney+ and ESPN+ became non-removable parts of the Hulu + Live TV package.
In connection with the August 10, 2022, announcement of the ad-supported version of Disney+ launching on December 8, several new bundle options and increased prices were announced as taking effect the same day. Monthly prices for these plans range from $9.99 (for a new bundle with ad-supported versions of Disney+ and Hulu, but not ESPN+) to $82.99 (for Hulu + Live TV with ESPN+ and the ad-free versions of Disney+ and Hulu streaming content).
Bundled options are also offered in Latin America incorporating Disney+ and Star+, as well as Lionsgate's Starzplay service in some countries of Latin America. In Brazil, there is also a bundle of Disney+ and Globoplay offered on Globoplay's website.
- Main article: Disney+ Hotstar
In February 2020, Iger announced that it planned to launch Disney+ in India on March 29, 2020, by means of its existing service Hotstar, rebranding its paid tiers as a co-branded service. Hotstar was acquired by Disney during the Fox purchase, and has been the dominant streaming service in the country. However, it was postponed due to the Indian Premier League being rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was then launched on April 3, 2020. A few months later, Disney+ launched in Indonesia through Hotstar on September 5, 2020.
On February 25, 2021, it was reported that Disney+ was launched in Malaysia and Thailand through Hotstar within 2021. It was later confirmed that the launch would take place in Malaysia on June 1, 2021, and Thailand on June 30, 2021. Later on, there was a report stating the service is expected to launch in Vietnam in 2022, but due to numerous delays on the launch as most of its content is being added, the exact date remains unknown.
Whilst not branded under Hotstar, a variant of the Disney+ Hotstar app for non-PC devices was made available for the 17 MENA markets, including Israel, as the Disney+ service officially launched in June 2022 in said markets, which feature the same user interface and login system as Hotstar, and does not support the Disney ID SSO like the international version of the Disney+ app does. In fact, users in the MENA markets are met with an error message upon booting the international version of the Disney+ app, and MENA Disney+ subscribers cannot access their accounts outside the region, and vice versa.
Main article: Star (brand)
Star, Disney+'s brand for general entertainment content launched on February 23, 2021, in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. Star was added to Disney+ in Japan on October 27, 2021, and launched along with the service in South Korea and Taiwan on November 12 and Hong Kong on November 16.
On May 10, 2023, Disney announced that they would introduce an app in the U.S. which combines Disney+ and Hulu content by the end of the year.[2]
On May 18, it was announced that Disney+ and Hulu will remove nearly 60 original films and series on May 26 in order to "cut costs." The news sparked some backlash, mostly towards the initial decision to remove Howard, the documentary on the life of lyricist Howard Ashman, on the eve of Pride Month, and the release of the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. However, it was confirmed the next day that film will remain available on the service.[3][4] In early September, Comcast moved the date from which Disney can acquire Hulu to September 30.[5]
On March 27, 2024, Disney+ officially added Hulu to the service.[6] Previously, this was in beta testing for some subscribers of the Disney Bundle.[1]
- Main article: List of original programming on Disney+
- Main article: List of returning programming on Disney+
On the Hulu hub in the US, some films produced in 2.35:1 or 2.39:1, such as Hook, Paddington, and Chaos Walking, are reformatted to the 1.78:1 aspect ratio. On the Hulu hub in the US, the Rankin/Bass TV special The Little Drummer Boy is squeezed to the 16:9 ratio, despite being properly shown in the corrected 4:3 ratio on the separate app itself. Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (some Season 4 episodes only) and Pepper Ann (Season 1, select Season 3 episodes, and "The Finale" only) are presented in the high-pitched PAL format. Phil of the Future's episodes are in the airing order, and not in the chronological (production) order. The Roger Rabbit short "Roller Coaster Rabbit" is only available as an extra on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The other shorts "Tummy Trouble" and "Trail Mix-Up" are individually available on the service. Those two Roger Rabbit shorts are eventually removed from the service as of March 2023. Only the first season of The Replacements is available while the second season has yet to be added to this service. The Donald Duck cartoon Beach Picnic for some reason uses the incorrect 1941 "A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK" opening card from "Chef Donald", instead of it's original "A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK" opening card. This is despite the fact that the cartoon is not being reissued and therefore survives it's original RKO titles. Canine Caddy, originally released as a Mickey Mouse cartoon, even though it was officially a Pluto cartoon, has the opening and closing titles replace Mickey's head and name with Pluto's. Oddly, the music used in the opening is replaced by the post-1947 Pluto opening theme. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, certain films which were originally slated as theatrical premieres were instead launched on Disney+ or are slated to launch on Disney+. These include Artemis Fowl and The One and Only Ivan. Onward was released theatrically, but made available on Disney+ two weeks after its theatrical premiere due to closures because of the pandemic. Frozen II was also made available on the service far earlier than originally planned. The live-action version of Mulan has been announced as first film released under Premier Access on the service beginning on September 4, 2020 where the service is available, due to the continued closure of theaters in many markets (but banned from theaters). Soul was the first Pixar film to skip theaters due to the pandemic, followed by Luca and Turning Red. All the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse specials are split into two episodes, with one of the characters providing a recap of the first part at the beginning of the second part. All the Phineas and Ferb specials have been divided into two episodes, despite still being aired in their original hour-length forms on Disney XD. In addition, Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel and Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars are also available in their original combined release as separate titles. Some TV shows, such as Doc McStuffins, Sofia the First, and Big City Greens, have selected episodes listed out of release date order. In addition, Bluey also has selected episodes in their US air date order rather than their original Australian air date order. Deep Blue is currently the only Miramax film whose rights have been retained by Disney to stream on Disney+, despite Disney selling off the Miramax library in 2010. Disney+ is a paid service. There are two payments users can to subscribe: $7/month or $70/year (US). Not all the original Disney films are available on this service yet. A notable example of which is the live-action film with non-CG animation Song of the South. Other films that have yet to be added are Make Mine Music, Victory Through Air Power, Summer Magic, The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, In Search of the Castaways, The Legend of Lobo, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, The Monkey's Uncle, The Brave Little Toaster, Savage Sam, No Deposit, No Return, etc., several live-action films with non-CG animated elements, like So Dear to My Heart, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and The Watcher in the Woods, and also short films, such as Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, Hooked Bear, In the Bag, Moose Hunters, Mickey's Surprise Party, Woodland Café, Orphans' Picnic, A Cowboy Needs a Horse, The Little House, Cock o' the Walk, The Worm Turns, The Autograph Hound, Who Killed Cock Robin?, Merbabies, Paul Bunyan, Donald in Mathmagic Land, Melody, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, A Symposium on Popular Songs, The Prince and the Pauper, Runaway Brain, etc. However, there are several petitions requesting the streaming service to add these films. Some of Disney's original animated shows, like The Wuzzles, The Buzz on Maggie, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Dave the Barbarian, and Shorty McShorts' Shorts, have yet to appear on the service. Not all the Playhouse Disney/Disney Jr. series are available on this service yet. Some notable examples are Stanley, JoJo's Circus, The Koala Brothers, BunnyTown, Johnny and the Sprites, Jungle Junction, Welcome to Pooh Corner, and Dumbo's Circus. More films from 20th Century Studios and its subsidiaries that ended its Pay 1 window on HBO/HBO Max/Max will be added to this service. - In addition, Ron's Gone Wrong became the first 20th Century Studios film to be simultaneously released on Disney+ and HBO Max based on Disney and WarnerMedia's extension deal for Pay 1 window for 2022.
There are collections by a different category with films and shows under the search tab within the service. As part of the Asia-Pacific contents expansion, licensed content from East Asia and Southeast Asia are only available in Asia markets, and some anime hits are only available in Japan (except anime co-financed by Bilibili, one of Disney+ Asia contents partner from China). The Taiwanese feed of the service does not receive Simplified Chinese subtitles, due to that country's strict usage of Traditional Chinese. Mandarin dubs produced in China are also removed as well, but only if there are normally two Mandarin dubs for a specific movie or TV show. - However, on movies that only have a Chinese Mandarin dub, that dub is always labeled as "中文" (Standard Chinese) instead of "普通话" (Mandarin).
Snowdrop was the first series to be branded as both a Disney+ Original and a Star Original. The series is branded as a Disney+ Original in the US market, and as a Star Original in international markets. Originally, the United States and Latin America version of Disney+ only carried family-friendly contents, but it began to add general content since February 2022 starting with Grown-ish and Snowdrop. All Marvel Netflix series were added to the service along with parental controls on March 16, 2022. The 20th Century Studios film Kiss of the Dragon was originally set to become the first R-rated film to be added to the service on April 29, 2022 until the decision was dropped. However, the three 20th Century Studios/Marvel films Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan instead became the first three R-rated films to be added to the service in the US beginning July 22, 2022. As a result to decide to align with local censorship rules in the Middle East, it has confirmed that any content aimed at children that include LGBTQIA+ references, including Lightyear or Baymax!, will not be released in these territories.[12] Even though the credits are for the original 1990 dub, the German-language version of The Little Mermaid is actually the infamous redub from when it was re-released theatrically in Germany (and the rest of Europe) in 1998, which many have decried as the worst German dub of a Disney movie ever, with questionable translations and casting choices (the one exception being Beate Hasenau, who voiced Ursula in both dubs). In German television, The Little Mermaid was aired last time on Disney Channel in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria in 2021, but this Disney animated movie from 1989 will be returned to Disney Channel in German-language countries on August 25, 2023. Similarly, even though the credits are for the original 1953 dub, the Italian-language version of Peter Pan is actually the 1986 redub. Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse are the only original TV shows from the Mickey & Friends franchise from Disney's One Saturday Morning, that have yet to be available on Disney+ (alongside Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse and Mickey's House of Villains, which are currently available only in other VOD services). Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse are planned to be released on Disney+ in Q4 2024, but this decision was cancelled by Disney Television Animation. There are several petitions demanding the streaming service to add the missing films, television specials and shows, and shorts mentioned above. Starting on April 21, 2023, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy became the first three Sony Pictures films to be added to the service. From May 31, 2023 to October 1, 2024, the first four Indiana Jones films and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones series of television films were added to the service, despite distribution rights still being retained by Paramount Pictures. Starting on June 16, 2023, The Incredible Hulk was added to the service, due to the film rights being transferred from Universal Pictures. Starting on December 6, 2023, a beta version of Hulu became available to Disney bundle subscribers with a full version launching on March 27, 2024 for such subscribers, giving access to available content, including additional titles from 20th Century Studios, ABC, FX, Freeform, etc., as well as titles from other Hollywood and Burbank, California based studios, networks and channels within their media companies, such as Warner Bros., Universal, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, CBS, NBC, etc. As of March 2024, a new updated background has been revamped in the logo integrating blue representing Disney+ and green representing Hulu, making an aquamarine themed background in reference to the former taking full ownership of the latter. Acquired third party-Disney shows that were distributed by Jetix would be almost likely or least likely to be included for the foreseeable future, like Pucca, Kid vs. Kat, Captain Flamingo, Yin Yang Yo!, etc., due to a combination of license issues and general lack of interest. Disney+ Start Streaming November 12
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Pre-launch logo, currently used as an alternative
Original logo used from 2019 until 2024
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Disney Bundle (Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+) promotion
2020 promotional art piece
Disney+ logo with all content hubs (including Star) used before 2024
Disney+ logo with all content hubs (including Star) used since 2024
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United States and Latin America trailer logo before 2021
United States and Latin America trailer logo (with URL) before 2021
International trailer logo before 2021
On-Screen logo used from 2019 to 2021
On-Screen logo used from 2021 to 2024
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