Analyst: Disney Plus has 'edge' in crowded future streaming marketplace (1 Viewer)

[Martin Dew]

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Disney Plus has 'edge' in crowded future streaming marketplace

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[Sam Posten]

So says a random analyst... It must be true.

 

[Dave Upton]

So says a random analyst... It must be true.

It's based on polling consumers, so that's a relatively better statement than pure analyst opinion.
Now i'll let you get back to your previously scheduled curmudgeonry.

 

[Sam Posten]

I mean I believe it to be true. The way it is framed here is that this is the HTF stance. I'd have titled it "Morning Consult: "Disney has an edge", but whatever...

 

[Sam Posten]

Thanks for title change,

 

[Dave Upton]

Thanks for title change,

Yep, no problem.

 

[John*Wells]

I would think they do have a huge edge due to their deep pockets and massive content Library. Do I necessarily like Disney as a company? No but will I subscribe out of a sense of nostalgia. Yes

 

[Sam Posten]

Same. But note everyone is not on board:
https://lifehacker.com/disney-isnt-much-bang-for-your-buck-right-now-1839354029

 

[Chris Will]

Apple TV+ launches Friday and will have only a handful of shows so, it’s clearly the worst value but, that article doesn’t even mention them.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Remember how, in the VHS era, most people didn’t own many or any prerecorded movies, but just about every house with a kid owned at least one Disney movie?

Disney+ will have the streaming generation’s equivalent audience and that would be enough if that’s all they got. For new generations of people that are giving up or never bought into physical media, who do nothing but stream and download, this will be to parenting now what owning a Disney VHS tape was to parents in the 80s and 90s.

Disney+ has Frozen, Moana and others to be rewatched a million times with no vaulting. That’ll be worth $7 a month to lots of parents for lots of years.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Same. But note everyone is not on board:
https://lifehacker.com/disney-isnt-much-bang-for-your-buck-right-now-1839354029

Why should that be any different than anything else in life? There is never a 100% agreement on anything.

 

[Sam Posten]

Why should that be any different than anything else in life? There is never a 100% agreement on anything.

Because the OP made it seem like a sure thing.

 

[Chris Will]

Remember how, in the VHS era, most people didn’t own many or any prerecorded movies, but just about every house with a kid owned at least one Disney movie?

Disney+ will have the streaming generation’s equivalent audience and that would be enough if that’s all they got. For new generations of people that are giving up or never bought into physical media, who do nothing but stream and download, this will be to parenting now what owning a Disney VHS tape was to parents in the 80s and 90s.

Disney+ has Frozen, Moana and others to be rewatched a million times with no vaulting. That’ll be worth $7 a month to lots of parents for lots of years.

Yep, and with Star Wars and Marvel, it will appeal to older kids as well. Shoot, my kids are 12, 9 and 9 and they are super excited for Disney+. It was a no brainier for our Family. In fact, we have not purchased any Disney movies since they announced the service, except for Mary Poppins Returns and Endgame. We are just waiting for Disney+ now.

I grew up on Disney and my parents would have loved a $7 service that gave you unlimited access to Disney movies.

 

[Martin Dew]

Because the OP made it seem like a sure thing.

Sam, it's perfectly normal for a news publication, whether in print or online, not to reveal the source of an article's content in a headline, particularly if it is clear that it is a news story. My items are not opinion pieces, but rather straight news stories, and I made the data source clear in the opening paragraph of the text. There is no inference in, say, a headline on the front page of The New York Times or LA Times that the information is the opinion of the newspaper.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Why should that be any different than anything else in life? There is never a 100% agreement on anything.

I disagree.

 

[Sam Posten]

Sam, it's perfectly normal for a news publication, whether in print or online, not to reveal the source of an article's content in a headline, particularly if it is clear that it is a news story. My items are not opinion pieces, but rather straight news stories, and I made the data source clear in the opening paragraph of the text. There is no inference in, say, a headline on the front page of The New York Times or LA Times that the information is the opinion of the newspaper.

That would be fine if it didn't go on Facebook looking like it's HTF's position.

 

[Carlo_M]

I've come to the realization that my tastes and inclinations do not reflect "majority of America", at least in terms of home entertainment delivery vehicles. While I personally have no inclination to purchase Disney+ (mostly because I own all of the animation titles I want from them, as well as all of the MCU in 4K...and okay I have as of now zero interest in seeing Bucky and the Bird Man), I have no problem believing that they'll quickly attain a prominent position, if not an outright lead in a few years time, in the Streaming Wars to Come (read that in the movie trailer guy's voice).

 

[Robert Crawford]

Because the OP made it seem like a sure thing.

Well, you never stated an opinion or posted an article as so.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Since Disney+ is set to launch in just a few weeks I figured I would download the app for my 4K Apple TV so I would be ready. But it seems as if the Disney+ app is not yet available on Apple TV.

 

[Mark-P]

Since Disney+ is set to launch in just a few weeks I figured I would download the app for my 4K Apple TV so I would be ready. But it seems as if the Disney+ app is not yet available on Apple TV.

Somebody posted a rumor that the app would be available on the 11th. I have a feeling that the rollout of D+ is going to be a lot like the Disneyland opening in 1955 when practically all the rides broke down...