Efforts are underway to simplify streaming for users. The recent trend of media companies wanting to combine their assets under one app may soon include The Walt Disney Company.
Candle Media founder Kevin Mayer assesses the state of streaming after David Zaslav issued a warning on profitability on 'The Claman Countdown.'
Chapek said that "there’s a little bit of consumer friction" for streaming customers who want to shift between Disney’s family-focused and franchise content in Disney+ and the general entertainment content of Hulu or sports content on the ESPN+ app. The company has already experimented with such a model in Europe, where the Star streaming brand, which includes many shows that also air on Hulu, is already part of Disney+.Toy figures of people are seen in front of the displayed Hulu logo in this illustration.
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