Here’s a take from the business side of things. The short version is that we are leaving the first era of streaming, where platforms would share libraries and new services would take losses by charging a little bit of money for lots and lots of content in order to build a subscriber base. In the phase we are entering, each platform will stake out their own territory and be less willing to incur losses.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/disney-plus-hulu-netflix-streaming-wars.html On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM Chris Neuman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hulu has never been available in Canada, but for the most part anything on > Hulu (esp those shows that weren't picked up for air by Canadian networks > and gobbled into their standalone streaming) showed up here on Disney. The > Bear, What We Do In the Shadows, etc. Hopefully this continues and it > doesn't become impossible to (legally) obtain those shows. > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> And Hulu will become a worldwide trademark--Currently, the Hulu originals >> are branded as "Star" everywhere else on Disney+. That will change, >> although I suspect sooner or later Landgraf will want FX's originals to be >> recognized worldwide as much as HBO and will ask for the Hulu branding to >> be taken off. Remember that most FX originals are streaming first and may >> not air on the FX linear channels at all (only the first season of "The >> Bear" has been seen on FX, as a marathon before season 3 dropped on Hulu). >> >> Mark Jeffries >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The Hulu *app* is going away, not the service itself. You'll just only >>> access it through a button on the Disney+, which is current today. And >>> you'll still have to pay for it at an additional level. >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2025, 22:35 Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hulu to merge with Disney next year >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/hulu-app-phased-out-disney-plus-fully-integrating-1236480450/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BvRpey%2BACPBf5ASCkD0%3DcbiX-W1Kh4AOfb27McNkQtgw%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BvRpey%2BACPBf5ASCkD0%3DcbiX-W1Kh4AOfb27McNkQtgw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcPJn2%2BNFc%2B9H7ZSzARUH39HeH2sk0dYHuLthFm_ZKc_A%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcPJn2%2BNFc%2B9H7ZSzARUH39HeH2sk0dYHuLthFm_ZKc_A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_PTVu%3DBsVpC23OE6vdHWvHhneZa1UEWrFMniVNyH1RRw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_PTVu%3DBsVpC23OE6vdHWvHhneZa1UEWrFMniVNyH1RRw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAGU22uzWxrQp1LG5k5G1VCcbRLjL%3DQwXwR4pAHx_ott8UZK0RA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAGU22uzWxrQp1LG5k5G1VCcbRLjL%3DQwXwR4pAHx_ott8UZK0RA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFrXfn4U0MxP7QbBgA73jpTdurSWahwJGn7uvwsykTG6A%40mail.gmail.com.
