Despite Brexit, we also are still very much IN the Council of Europe so Brexiteers haven't seen the last of the blue flag with golden stars just yet
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Disney+ Launches Adult-Friendly 'Star' Channel for International Subscribers
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I really wish they would somehow integrate this in the US. I understand that Hulu has all of the content that was integrated into this, however if you were not paying for commercial free do you still have commercials on Hulu for this content, where is on Disney+ the content is commercial free. I would even settle for the specific content on Disney+ star Bing commercial free on Hulu
I guess they got you to... stick around... ?
Maybe you can kick back and... let off some steam... ?
I think you need to weigh context in this. It’s plain to see he wasn’t speaking about the continent but rather the political/trade entity... I’m sure they’re well aware what the difference is.
Pin protection is not implemented correctly on most streaming services. Forcing adults to enter a pin to use the app on their own private devices in order to enable protection on the kids devices is coming at the issue backward.
They need to offer a kids version of the app, so that the kids content is controlled by pin but the grown up profiles aren’t even accessible from the app.
They need to offer a kids version of the app, so that the kids content is controlled by pin but the grown up profiles aren’t even accessible from the app.
No, 'Europe' is a continent. That's just a fact.
And the UK will remain part of Europe, unless we somehow shift our landmass hundreds of thousands of miles.
It's important that we use these terms correctly.
I have a real beef with poltiicians who deliberately muddy the waters and imply that the UK is somehow 'leaving Europe' - especially when multiple European countries (like Norway and Switzerland) are very much part of European culture, trade, and history, yet not members of a specfic supranational entity (the EU).
But international customers don't have Hulu right? So it wouldn't be confusing to them.
PLus Netflix doesn't offer every show in every market. Yet its still called Netflix everywhere.
SEems more confusing to create a 3/4th Hulu service and call it something else.
My guess is the Hulu name doesn't travel well abroad - trademark issues, pronunciation issues, and/or means or sounds like something else (undesirable) in some other languages.
The problem for me is that previously Amazon and Netflix had enough content to justify the price alongside my Sky subscription but now with a plethora of providers none of them do enough to justify my outlay to them as a standalone service. One of them is going to need to step up and consolidate content
Continents are defined by tectonic plates, so Europe isn’t a continent, for one - it’s landmass is shared with Asia. So if we’re being pedantic, we can stop right there.
And the posters intent was clear, for two. The term was used correctly in the context of the discussion at hand. At no point was anyone discussing geology and plate tectonics, they were discussing availability of a service based onregion and international law... only a confused pedant would have tripped in this discussion... or some Brexiteer desperately trying to echo Boris Johnson’s statements to hide the colossal failure the exit was. The terms are used interchangeably when referencing the EU, even when directly referencing Johnson’s own statements of “we’ve left the EU, not Europe” when discussing the former trade partners and market he abandoned.
Not everything on Star is available on Hulu like Castle which is a US show it cost $1.99 SD, $2.99 HD per episode. Hulu actually has much less content than Star and if you don't pay more there are ads. Actually since Disney owns most of Hulu why not merge it, so Star can be available in the US.
USA has many advantages in regards to the streaming world. Europeans are left in the dark. Most european contries don't even have a TV series section in the Apple iTunes Store. Also, US has many agreements with all the TV channels, that is US only.
Many Europeans uses VPN to access what US have, as many won't settle for a watered down solution. If you ask me, Netflix could as easily be named something else outside of US 😉. Europe (Denmark) have about 50% of US content but at 3 times the price. Only Netflix made material is the same.
And that's actually both sad and funny at the same time. As in Denmark, where I live, many of us (including me) have a 1Gbit up and down internet connection, with latency below 2ms...
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Yeah, I’d never heard the term adult unfriendly until Mac Rumours used it!
Obviously there are elements of kids programmes that are offensive to our impressionable adult minds.
Too bad the US doesn't get this. I know the content is on Hulu but from what I find Hulu has one of the crappiest interfaces and has Ads. So basically people in the US pay more and have Ads when they don't pay even more for ad-less Hulu. For comparison Disney+ and stars costs $9.53 USD in Canada and in the US it costs $12.99 for the Disney+ bundle with Hulu + ads or $18.99 for Hulu without ads.
Disney+ today launched its adult-friendly Star channel for existing subscribers in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The Star brand includes content from Disney Television Studios, FX, 20th Century Studios, and 20th Television that's aimed more at grown-ups, as opposed to the all-ages content that's currently available on Disney+.
Star is the sixth brand to launch on Disney+, alongside Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, National Geographic, and Disney. Star corrals titles from the back catalogs of Disney, ABC, and 20th Century Fox, as well as originals from Hulu that up until now weren't available outside the U.S.
Star in Europe features over 75 TV series and more than 280 movies, including four "Star Originals." To kick off the launch, Disney is highlighting series like "Modern Family," "Lost," "24," "Family Guy" and "Grey's Anatomy." Meanwhile, titles like "Deadpool 2," "Bachelor Party," "Commando," "Crimson Tide," "Con Air," and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" are amongst the movie offerings.
Movies including "Can You Ever Forgive Me," Danny Boyle's "The Beach," "Gone in 60 Seconds," and "Taken" will appear on the Star service in March, and every season of "The Golden Girls" is coming to Disney+ this summer. Disney is also set to bring more Marvel movies to subscribers in Europe within a year.
The first time users open Disney+ and select Star, they'll be asked if they want to manage parental controls. Different age ratings can be set for different profiles, with the ability to select content suitable for 6, 9, 12, 14, 16 and 18-year-olds. For an extra layer of security, each profile can also be PIN-protected, and a special kid-safe mode can be activated for the Under 7s.
In Europe, the Star channel is available in the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland.
The additional channel arrives alongside a price hike in Europe. In the U.K., the monthly subscription rate is set to increase from £5.99 to £7.99, or £59.99 to £79.90 per year, with an equivalent increase in the EU in euros. Current subscribers however will enjoy a pay freeze until August 23.
The increased cost is in line with a $1 price hike for subscribers in the United States that will come into effect on March 26.
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Parental ratings appear to be goosed. A coming of age film on IMDB with a 12 rating being offered to a 9+ (i.e age ranges 9-11) & a PG rating being offered to a 6+ (6-9) kid on Disney+, not very family friendly or am i just getting old?🤔
