Category: Hulu

Disney to Combine Hulu, Disney+ Content Into ‘One-App Experience’: Bob Iger

Disney plans to combine content from Hulu with Disney+ to form a single streaming app available across the United States by the end of the year, Disney CEO Bob Iger said on May 10. Iger announced the plans during Disney’s second-quarter earnings call, describing it as a “significant step toward creating a growth business,” and…


Disney Tops Netflix on Streaming Subscribers, Sets Higher Prices

LOS ANGELES—Walt Disney Co. edged past Netflix Inc. with a total of 221 million streaming customers and announced it will increase prices for customers who want to watch Disney+ or Hulu without commercials. The media giant will raise the monthly cost of Disney+ without advertising by 38 percent to $10.99 in December, when it begins…


Amazon Restores Cloud Services After Power Outage Hits Data Center

Several apps and websites, including those of streaming service Hulu, office messaging app Slack and Epic Games, were up and running after being hit by a brief power outage at one of Amazon.com Inc’s data servers on the U.S. East Coast. “The issue has been resolved and the service is operating normally,” AWS said. Amazon…