Disney+ set for November launch in Australia

Disney’s push into a dedicated streaming subscription model is set for a firm launch date of November 12 in the United States, with Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Netherlands on a promise for the service to begin before the end of that month. It will be priced here at $8.99 a month, so undercutting several existing services, including Netflix.

It will also operate across multiple platforms from launch, including AppleTV and iOS iPhones and iPads, on Android TV and Android devices, also PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and desktop browsers. But what will it offer? Well of course Disney and Pixar movies and TV shows, but Disney also owns the Star Wars franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, National Geographic and now 21st Century Fox, which includes The Simpsons. And its biggest strength may come from denying much of this content to competing streaming platforms.