What We Know About Star, Disney s Adult-Oriented Streaming Channel msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Itâs nearly a year since Disney+ made its way to the UK in what must surely rank as one of the most fortuitously timed launches in media history. Just as Britain went into its first Covid-19 lockdown, harried parents were suddenly presented with approximately a zillion hours of Disney and Disney-adjacent streaming content, from classic animation to National Geographic to
The Mandalorian.
Child-free adults with little interest in family fare, however, could safely give it a miss. Cue the arrival of Star, a separate hub of grown-up programming within the service, where Disneyâs takeover of 20th Century Studios, Touchstone Pictures and the ABC television network, among others, comes into play. Star launches on Tuesday with more than 270 films and 70 series, largely pulled from the recent archives: a thousand more titles are promised within the first year. You canât have Star without the rest of Disney+, or vice versa: that me
Streaming: Star is Disney+ for grownups – but is it any good? msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Disney+ will get a massive content boost in certain markets via the new Star service that will feature TV shows and movies from various Disney-owned brands. Announced in mid-December, Star comes as an upgrade to international Disney+ users except for Latin America. The Star brand would also bring a price hike to Disney+ in all regions where the streaming service is available. When Disney+ launched in late 2019, it was the best streaming deal in.