Subj : Hulu just landed on Disney Plus  heres what it looks like
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Dec 07 2023 15:15:05

Hulu just landed on Disney Plus  heres what it looks like

Date:
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:06:08 +0000

Description:
Get a glimpse of the streaming future with the latest beta of Disney Plus' 
app, now with added Hulu.

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It's here: a new combined Disney Plus and Hulu app is now available as a beta 
version for you to try. The unpredictably named Hulu on Disney Plus app is 
rolling out as a bundle to subscribers now, and it'll launch more widely in 
early 2024. If you subscribe to both of the best streaming services 
separately using the same email address you should be able to use the 
integrated version too. 

The new Disney Plus bundle doesn't deliver 100% of the features of Hulu, 
however. For Hulu plus Live TV and Premium add-ons you're still going to need 
to use the Hulu app. And because of rights issues the full Hulu video on 
demand catalog isn't there yet, so you may well encounter the odd missing 
favorite such as Modern Family . 

Overall, though, it's a pretty good indication of where the Disney streaming 
ship is sailing. The new beta app is now available to try, so if you've been 
wondering whether you should get both streamers then you don't have to choose 
between the two. How Hulu works in the Disney Plus app 

Everything works just as you'd expect. When you open the Disney Plus app 
you'll see that Hulu now has its own tile at the top alongside Disney, 
Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars and National Geographic. That tile takes you to the 
Hulu hub, which gives you the usual thumbnails for featured shows and movies, 
recently added content and then shows and movies by category. However, 
there's not yet a sidebar to for fast access to particular kinds of content, 
and The Verge reports that there's no Continue Watching synchronsation 
between the new app and the existing Hulu app. 

If you're a parent or look after young children and you don't already have 
user profiles set up, this would be a good time to do it. Hulu's content is 
generally for more mature audiences than Disney Plus' core content. Disney 
says that one of the reasons for launching now in beta is to give "Disney 
Plus subscribers time to adjust parental controls and establish profiles for 
the entire family, if they dont already exist". 

According to Disney, one of the key reasons for bringing the two services 
together is to make it easier to find content. Instead of needing to know 
what shows are on Hulu and what ones are on Disney Plus, you'll be able to 
find them in the same app. One of the things that Hulu on Disney Plus is 
going to achieve is its going to increase engagement, which reduces churn, 
says Joe Earley, Disney Entertainments president of direct-to-consumer. "I 
think that people are going to discover content they never even realized was 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/hulu-just-landed-on-disney-plus-heres-what
-it-looks-like


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