Disney Acquires Full Control of Hulu

[neoz]

Disney Acquires Full Control of Hulu

The Walt Disney Company's takeover of Hollywood continues. Months after completing the purchase of 21st Century Fox, which came with a major stake in Hulu, Disney has made a move to acquire the streaming service outright. As of Tuesday morning, Disney completely controls Hulu.

Disney and Comcast announced a new deal on Tuesday, giving Disney full operational control of Hulu going forward. This takes effect immediately, though Comcast still owns 33% of the streaming company.

The two companies have entered what is called a "put/call" agreement, which means that there is a five-year tentative contract in place. As early as 2024, Comcast can require Disney to purchase NBCUniversal's 33% ownership stake. Likewise, at that time, Disney could require NBCUniversal to sell that stake at fair market value.

Another big piece of this puzzle is the streaming rights to all of NBCUniversal's content. In addition to the put/call agreement, Comcast has agreed to stream all of NBCUniversal's content on Hulu until that 2024 time period.

Since the purchase of Fox earlier this year, and the big chunk of Hulu that came with it, Disney has made plenty of progress getting new Marvel content on the streaming service. After the success of Runaways, which is about to enter production on its third season, the sides reached deals to make five individual animated series, including a show based on Howard the Duck. Marvel is also producing a couple more live-action shows on Hulu, the most talked-about being a series centered around Ghost Rider.

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[noirjunkie]

Disney's ever-increasing monopolization of the media industry is unsettling.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Disney's ever-increasing monopolization of the media industry is unsettling.

And the sad decline of ‘adult’ films at the cinema.

[neoz]

I made this awhile ago. It is all coming true lol.

[BluBonnet]

Some day we'll be able to tell our children about the good ol' days before Disney owned all media throughout the Western world.

[erixon20]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Disney's ever-increasing monopolization of the media industry is unsettling.

That is just the way they want it and no one is doing anything to stop it.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by erixon20

That is just the way they want it and no one is doing anything to stop it.

Not even the Avengers could stop Disney, because Disney owns Marvel

[erixon20]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Not even the Avengers could stop Disney, because Disney owns Marvel

Disney owns everything-just about.

[kevin87]

What's the point in having Hulu though, eventually they won't want to have anything except Fox/Disney content on it, it'll just be a more mature outlet for things they don't want on Disney+ but all they had to do is do some sort of section where little kids can't just happen upon stuff on the app. The whole point of Hulu, I thought, was for all the studios... I guess now every studio wants their own, but there's no reason for Disney to have TWO.

[AnemicOak]

New Hulu logo

[JEDGAR1000]

Originally Posted by kevin87

What's the point in having Hulu though, eventually they won't want to have anything except Fox/Disney content on it, it'll just be a more mature outlet for things they don't want on Disney+ but all they had to do is do some sort of section where little kids can't just happen upon stuff on the app. The whole point of Hulu, I thought, was for all the studios... I guess now every studio wants their own, but there's no reason for Disney to have TWO.

Get people to pay the cost of 2 streaming services instead of 1.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by erixon20

Disney owns everything-just about.

I wish they owned WB; maybe then we'd get a much better DCU.

[erixon20]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

I wish they owned WB; maybe then we'd get a much better DCU.

In due time...in due time.....moo hoo ha ha (evil laughter from them)-lol

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by erixon20

In due time...in due time.....moo hoo ha ha (evil laughter from them)-lol

[Poya]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

I wish they owned WB; maybe then we'd get a much better DCU.

Wonder Woman was the closest to a superhero movie getting a Best Picture nom before Black Panther.

[Ryan1973]

So I'm assuming that all Hulu content will be in the new Disney+ app when it's released? There should be no need to have both apps anymore. I just hope that I will still be able to watch all the shows from FOX, NBC, and ABC the next morning like I can now on Hulu.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by Ryan1973

So I'm assuming that all Hulu content will be in the new Disney+ app when it's released? There should be no need to have both apps anymore. I just hope that I will still be able to watch all the shows from FOX, NBC, and ABC the next morning like I can now on Hulu.

No.

Disney+ will not have R or TV-MA rated content.

Hulu will.

Disney also announced plans for discounted bundles featuring Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+.

[Ryan1973]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

No.

Disney+ will not have R or TV-MA rated content.

Hulu will.

Disney also announced plans for discounted bundles featuring Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+.

But will you be able to purchase Hulu in the Disney+ app as an added channel like how Amazon Prime has CBS All Access now?

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by Ryan1973

But will you be able to purchase Hulu in the Disney+ app as an added channel like how Amazon Prime has CBS All Access now?

Considering Disney wants Hulu to be separate from Disney+ due to content, no. All screens for Disney+ are just Disney+ content only. It’ll more than likely be similar to how CBS All-Access offers Showtime as part of a bundle: you subscribe to the bundle in one website/app and use two separate apps to access the bundled content.

[Ryan1973]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

Considering Disney wants Hulu to be separate from Disney+ due to content, no. All screens for Disney+ are just Disney+ content only. It’ll more than likely be similar to how CBS All-Access offers Showtime as part of a bundle: you subscribe to the bundle in one website/app and use two separate apps to access the bundled content.

But hopefully Disney doesn't cut off any off the networks that Hulu currently has like being able to watch shows from NBC, FOX, and ABC the next morning. I hope that doesn't change now that Disney has full control.