Hulu included in Disney+ annual plan next year?

[BostonEd]

I think this is more an item for the Rumors board than the Disney+ board.

Disney has stated that they plan to fully incorporate Hulu into Disney+ sometime next year. What I wonder is: if I buy a Disney+ annual subscription, does anyone have any educated guesses if Hulu will just be included in my annual plan at no extra cost if it happens before my plan runs out?

For example, say I subscribe to D+ on 10/10 for a full year. The premium, no ads package.
Hulu fully merges into D+ on say 6/01.
Do you think I would get Hulu for "free" for 5 months?

I'm going to guess "Yes!". But that is based on nothing more than that it is probably easier technologically for them just to add it in. Also, on Oct 21, the annual plan is going up A LOT: from $159 to $189. This price increase may indicate that they know will be including more in the premium annual plan in the future.

Thoughts?

 

[eticketplease]

I think this is more an item for the Rumors board than the Disney+ board.

Disney has stated that they plan to fully incorporate Hulu into Disney+ sometime next year. What I wonder is: if I buy a Disney+ annual subscription, does anyone have any educated guesses if Hulu will just be included in my annual plan at no extra cost if it happens before my plan runs out?

For example, say I subscribe to D+ on 10/10 for a full year. The premium, no ads package.
Hulu fully merges into D+ on say 6/01.
Do you think I would get Hulu for "free" for 5 months?

I'm going to guess "Yes!". But that is based on nothing more than that it is probably easier technologically for them just to add it in. Also, on Oct 21, the annual plan is going up A LOT: from $159 to $189. This price increase may indicate that they know will be including more in the premium annual plan in the future.

Thoughts?

I wonder if the price increase is more about driving people to the ad version of Disney+. They can possibly make more $$ by the ad revenue they would generate. They also will get a lot more of the $$ upfront from a company as opposed to the individual families who renew for $40 more.

It certainly is getting ridiculous in price considering when at launch I went in with the D23 offer for I believe somewhere around $5 a month.

 

[eticketplease]

Also to add if you do get Hulu included it might be the ad supported version. I made that mistake when they were offering a deal around black friday or christmas one year and it was just unwatchable for our family with the amount of ads for a 30 minute show.

 

[BostonEd]

driving people to the ad version of Disney+

Good point. I recall Iger saying at one point that the ad model was better than the fee-only model.

 

[PaladinButters]

I think this is more an item for the Rumors board than the Disney+ board.

Disney has stated that they plan to fully incorporate Hulu into Disney+ sometime next year. What I wonder is: if I buy a Disney+ annual subscription, does anyone have any educated guesses if Hulu will just be included in my annual plan at no extra cost if it happens before my plan runs out?

For example, say I subscribe to D+ on 10/10 for a full year. The premium, no ads package.
Hulu fully merges into D+ on say 6/01.
Do you think I would get Hulu for "free" for 5 months?

I'm going to guess "Yes!". But that is based on nothing more than that it is probably easier technologically for them just to add it in. Also, on Oct 21, the annual plan is going up A LOT: from $159 to $189. This price increase may indicate that they know will be including more in the premium annual plan in the future.

Thoughts?

No. You can currently watch Hulu on the D+ app but only if you pay for Hulu. I don't see why that would change.

 

[BrianL]

No. You can currently watch Hulu on the D+ app but only if you pay for Hulu. I don't see why that would change.

I think the question is if Disney+ and Hulu indeed become one offering, and the price would go up, would those who have paid for an annual plan get Hulu for the remainder of their year that is already paid for. We can't really know how they will handle such a thing though. Regardless, when the renewal comes up, you would have to pay the new rates to get the combined product.