Hulu may not be long for this world

Hulu and movies were available to broadcast on Disney+ for a while now, but Disney announced today that they are finally planning to completely integrate the two into one application.

Bob Egger, CEO of Disney and Financial Director Hugh Johnston, dropped the news in the company’s profits report in the third quarter this morning.

In a statement, the two said that the work is already underway to introduce new improvements in the Disney+ application in the coming months, including a more customized main page. They added that all this work will culminate “Disney and Hulu and Hulu to broadcast” next year.

“This will create an impressive collection of entertainment, link the highest brands and privileges, great public entertainment, family programming, news, and direct direct sporting content in the industry in one application,” said Earger and Johnston.

On the side of the work, Disney bets that one application means more ophthalmology, a lower number of cancellation, and the larger payment day than advertisers. Merging applications may also help reduce operating costs.

Some media have reported that Disney would also take place Gradually get rid of the Hulu application Next year; However, independent subscriptions for each service will remain available. Disney+ immediately did not respond to the Gizmodo request for comment.

This step comes just weeks after Disney subscription to Holo’s remaining share. The service was launched in 2007 as a joint project between News Corp and NBCUNIVERSAL. Disney dominated in 2019 when she got 21st Century Fox, and later got the remaining arrows from AT & T and Comcast.

In 2023, Disney began broadcasting the Holo series like The story of maids, bear, and Homosexuality On Disney+, but only for users subscribed to both systems. From today, the Bundle Plan of Disney+ and Hulu begins from $ 10.99 a month, just more than a dollar more than an independent Hulu subscription.

The news also comes because Disney gives priority to her flowing work and tried to catch Netflix. Disney said that she ended the third quarter of 183 million Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions. Netflix, who stopped reporting the numbers of subscribers regularly, said that by the end of last year, she had more than 300 million subscribers.

Disney also announced that her students are long awaited Espn flow service It will be finally launched on August 21. The unlimited SPORTS Streamer plan will cost $ 29.99 per month and includes full access to direct TV networks from ESPN and exclusive broadcasting.

Starting in 2026, Espn Streamer will also be the exclusive home of the United States for all WWE Premium Live eventsIncluding wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, and Summerslam.