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Disney+ is a streaming service owned and operated by Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. It launched in the United States on November 12, 2019.

The service streams Disney-owned original content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios and National Geographic.

The service competes with other video streaming subscription services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, and complements ESPN+ and Hulu as part of Disney's over-the-top strategy.

On April 17‚ 2025‚ Netflix and Disney+ turns into BBC iPlayer‚ Netflix iPlayer but Audio or Subtitles then All Collections and Disney iPlayer but Original or Junior next Audio or Subtitles then All Collections.

Launch[]

Disney+ was launched early in the Netherlands on September 12, 2019 as a free trial. It officially launched in the Netherlands, United States and Canada on November 12, 2019 just before 3:00 a.m. EST UTC-5. Disney+ launched in Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico on November 19, 2019, and launched in Austria, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland on March 24, 2020. Disney+ is expected to launch in Eastern Europe, over the course of a year, starting in late 2020. In Spain, a linear Disney+ TV channel launched alongside the streaming service, which broadcasts programming from Disney+. It's available exclusively on Movistar+, their release partner in the region.

In December 2019, it was announced that Canal+ would be the exclusive distributor of Disney+ in France. Three days before the launch, Kevin Mayer, chairman of the Direct-to-Consumer & International division, announced that Disney+ is delaying its launch in France until April 7, instead of the original March 24 date, because of a request from the French government to prevent internet gridlock as the response to the COVID-19 pandemic placing additional strain on communications networks.

In February 2020, Iger announced that it planned to launch Disney+ in India on March 29, 2020 by means of its existing service Hotstar, rebranding its paid tiers as a co-branded service. Hotstar was acquired by Disney during the Fox purchase, and has been the dominant streaming service in the country for Disney+ content only.

In April 2020, it was announced that Disney+ original content will be licensed to pay TV and streaming operator OSN, starting on April 9, in the MENA region with Disney noting that they had no current "plan to launch Disney+ as a standalone service in the region in the near future".

The service launched in Japan on June 11, 2020 as part of Disney's existing partnership with NTT Docomo, and succeeded their existing Disney Deluxe service in the region for the Disney+ Originals.

Disney+ launched in in Indonesia through Hotstar on September 5, 2020, in Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and Denmark on September 15, 2020, and Latin America on November 17, 2020.

Launch rollout[]

Streaming Services[]

Release date Country/Territory other countries Formerly Release partner
November 12, 2019 Canada
United States Puerto Rico Disney Family Movies
FX+
Simpsons World 		Verizon
November 19, 2019 Australia New Zealand
March 24, 2020 Germany Austria, Switzerland Disney XD App Telekom
Italy Switzerland Disney Channel App
Disney Junior App 		TIMvision
United Kingdom Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man Disney Channel App
Disney XD App
Disney Junior App
DisneyLife 		Sky
O2 (United Kingdom only)
April 3, 2020 India Hotstar
June 11, 2020 Japan Disney Deluxe NTT Docomo
September 5, 2020 Indonesia Hotstar
Telkomsel
September 15, 2020 Scandinavia Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden Disney Movies on Demand
November 17, 2020 Latin America Latin America and the Caribbean Visa (Caribbean, Central America & South America only)
Cablevisión (Argentina only)
Bradesco, Globoplay, Mercado Livre, Vivo (Brazil only)
Mercado Libre, Telcel, Televisa, Telmex (Mexico only)
February 23, 2021 Singapore StarHub
June 1, 2021 Malaysia Hotstar

Astro

June 30, 2021 Thailand Hotstar

AIS

November 12, 2021 Asia South Korea and Taiwan Hotstar
November 16, 2021 Asia Hong Kong
May 18, 2022 Africa South Africa
June 8, 2022 Africa and Asia Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
June 14, 2022 Europe and Oceania Åland, Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, British Indian Ocean Territory, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,

Faroe Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Romania, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, San Marino, Serbia, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Turkey, Vatican City

June 16, 2022 Asia Israel
November 17, 2022 Philippines
Early 2023 Asia Vietnam

Channels[]

Release date Country/Territory other countries Formerly
March 24, 2020 Spain Disney XD
Movistar Disney
Disney Movies on Demand

Other channels[]

Release date Country/Territory Name other countries Formerly
March 24, 2020 Germany Disney+ Select National Disney XD

Video-on-Demand Services[]

Release date Country/Territory other countries Formerly Release partner
November 12, 2019 Netherlands Belgium Disney on Demand
Disney Junior (Netherlands only) 		Proximus (Flanders only)
April 7, 2020 France Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland, Overseas France, Africa Disney XD
Disney Movies on Demand 		Canal+
Canal+ Calédonie
Canal+ Caraïbes
Canal+ Réunion
Canal+ Mayotte
Canal+ Maurice
Proximus (Brussels & Wallonia only)
September 15, 2020 Portugal Disney on Demand


Films

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Current[]

Upcoming[]

Acquired[]

Television

Original[]

Current[]

Upcoming[]

Acquired[]

  • See Here.
Shorts

Trivia[]

  • Aladdin and The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show are currently the only shows from the Disney Afternoon that have not been made available on Disney+.
  • Jungle Cubs, Pepper Ann, The Weekenders, House of Mouse, Lloyd in Space, The Legend of * Tarzan, and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command are the only shows from Disney's One Saturday Morning that have not been made available on Disney+ until 2021.
  • For unknown reasons, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Timon and Pumbaa, Gargoyles, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Goof Troop ( of which use the HD prints from the digital releases) are presented in cropped widescreen.
  • The live-action telefilm Sammy, the Way-Out Seal is heavily edited down to 43 minutes on Disney+.
  • Darby O'Gill and the Little People uses a theatrical re-release version with a cropped widescreen aspect ratio and re-dubbed voices that lose the more authentic Irish accents.
  • Due to the Disney/21CF buyout, select films from 20th Century Studios and its subsidiaries can be watched on Disney+.
  • Canine Caddy, originally released as a Mickey Mouse cartoon, even though it was officially a Pluto cartoon, has the opening and closing titles replace Mickey's head and name with Pluto's. Oddly, the music used in the opening is replaced by the post-1947 Pluto opening theme.
  • The Taiwanese feed of the service does not receive Simplified Chinese subtitles, due to that country's strict usage of Traditional Chinese. Mandarin dubs produced in China are also removed as well.
    • However, on movies that only have a Chinese Mandarin dub available, that dub is always labeled as "中文" (Standard Chinese) instead of "普通话" (Mandarin).

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