{"id":4073,"date":"2025-08-06T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/entertainment\/hulu-and-disney-will-be-combined-into-one-app-starting-next-year-disney-says\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:47:00","slug":"hulu-and-disney-will-be-combined-into-one-app-starting-next-year-disney-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/entertainment\/hulu-and-disney-will-be-combined-into-one-app-starting-next-year-disney-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulu and Disney+ will be combined into one app starting next year, Disney says"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Walt Disney Co. is integrating Hulu and Disney+ into one app, the entertainment company announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

During an earnings call, CEO Bob Iger said Disney would combine the two streaming services to create a “unified app experience” that will feature entertainment, news and sports.<\/p>\n

“This will create an impressive package of entertainment, pairing the highest caliber brands and franchises, great general entertainment kids, programming news and industry leading live sports content all in a single app,” Iger said on the call. The new “unified Disney Plus and Hulu streaming app” will be available to consumers in 2026, the Disney CEO added.<\/p>\n

Disney did not immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment.<\/p>\n

Iger said the move would generate a “better consumer experience” and lead to “greater advertising revenue potential” by allowing the company to package ad sales together more efficiently.<\/p>\n

“I imagine down the road it may give us some price elasticity as well that we haven’t had before,” Iger noted.<\/p>\n

Disney also announced<\/a> Wednesday the Aug. 21 debut of an “enhanced ESPN App” that can be bundled with Disney+ and Hulu for $29.99\/month.<\/p>\n

The news came amid Disney’s latest earnings report<\/a><\/span>, which showed a boost in the entertainment company’s profit thanks to new streaming subscribers and strong sales at its domestic theme parks.<\/p>\n

Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions totaled 183 million, up 2.6 million from the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Disney has run Hulu since 2019<\/a><\/span>. Last month, the media powerhouse\u00a0paid<\/a>\u00a0Comcast’s NBCUniversal nearly $439 million to finalize its purchase of the streaming service.<\/p>\n

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