Problem 2: Paying the price

People quit cable because they can’t justify a $100-and-always-climbing monthly payment, especially with so much good stuff on cheaper services. But the cost of multiple streaming services adds up, too.

A $30 TV antenna gets you local channels — CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, Univision — for free, though you have to watch whatever’s on at the moment unless you have a DVR. If you want to see the edgy shows everyone talks about, then Netflix is, for most, $10 a month; Amazon is $8.25 a month if you sign up for a year. Hulu starts at $8. HBO Now, $15.

Tickled by ads for a specific network show? “The Sinner,” an eerie-looking new Jessica Biel vehicle on USA, costs $20 on Amazon for the season. All that together is already more than $60 a month. It’s even worse if you’re a sports fan. MLB.TV is $113 for the year, and you won’t get hometeam games .

Berkowitz says he’s curious about the Disney service, especially since he expects to save money by cutting cable. “For us, if it’s $5 a month it’ll almost be like that impulse buy, go to a store and pick up a candy bar,” he says.

Disney hasn’t settled on prices yet, saying only it wants an affordable service that’s broadly appealing. Its DisneyLife streaming video app in the U.K. launched at 10 pounds a month in November 2015 and now costs half that — about $6.50.

Of course, Disney might still bundle Marvel movies and the Star Wars franchise into its service, which would help it appeal to a wider demographic. For kid’s programming, there’s already a lot out there. Much of it is free.

Darcy Hansen, a communications consultant and stay-at-home mom in the Dallas suburbs, has two kids under age 5 whose favorite show — “Sheriff Callie’s Wild West” — is a Disney series on Hulu. But a Disney app isn’t a must-have for her.

Her kids already watch “all sorts of things” on YouTube and on the free PBS Kids app, and they have Netflix too, Hansen says. “I don’t think Disney has a monopoly on children’s programming, in our house at least.”