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Disney+ streaming service to offer entire Disney movie catalog,
including 'Disney Vault' titles
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Disney CEO Bob Iger at the company's annual shareholders meeting
on Thursday confirmed that the forthcoming Disney+ streaming
service will incorporate Disney's entire movie library, including
classic films that often remain out of circulation.

Speaking to shareholders at the Stifel Theatre in St. Louis, Mo.,
Iger said Disney+ will incorporate new films alongside classics
typically siloed in the so-called "Disney Vault," reports Polygon.
Disney's entire movie library will land on the service "fairly
soon after launch."

"It's going to combine both the old and the new," Iger said. "All
of the films that we're releasing this year, [starting] with
Captain Marvel, will also be on the service."

Traditionally, Disney has maintained demand for older films by
keeping them out of circulation for long stretches before making
them available as limited releases. That system, dubbed the
"Disney Vault," will apparently be succeeded by Disney+ once the
service launches later this year.

"The service, which I mentioned earlier is going to launch later
in the year, is going to combine what we call library product,
movies, and television, with a lot of original product as well,
movies and television," Iger said. "And at some point fairly soon
after launch it will house the entire Disney motion picture
library, so the movies that you speak of that traditionally have
been kept in a 'vault' and brought out basically every few years
will be on the service."

Turnaround times for recent releases could be relatively slow,
however, as Iger said new movies are planned to reach the service
within a year of their theatrical debut.

Disney is also producing straight-to-streaming original series in
a bid to compete with industry stalwarts Netflix and Amazon. The
studio previously announced plans to build on its Marvel and Star
Wars properties as part of the push into streaming content,
including a "Rogue One" prequel centered around character Cassian
Andor.

Disney announced plans to launch its own streaming product last
year in what was effectively a death knell for third-party
availability.

Apple is also working on a streaming product rumored for unveiling
in March. The tech giant is slowly building out a slate of original
content from big-name Hollywood production companies, as well as
smaller studios with industry cachet.

With Disney and Apple primed to enter the streaming market as
competitors, some question whether Iger can continue as a member of
Apple's board of directors. A report this week theorized Apple
might ask Iger to vacate his seat citing a potential conflict of
interest.


<https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/03/07/disney-streaming-service-to-offer-entire-disney-movie-catalog-including-disney-vault-titles>





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