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Here are four to keep in mind as Disney+ debuts.
Will Disney+ appeal to casual fans and people who dont have kids?
Theres clearly a huge potential audience for what Disney+isoffering.
It couldve kept collecting hundreds of millions of dollars by licensing its content to Netflix and other platforms.
But Disney+ will let the Mouse House understand and reach its best customers like never before.
Watch a lot of Marvel programming?
The Disney+ library is overflowing with hits, but will its originals click?
The prelaunch buzz surrounding Disney+ has been decidedly upbeat.
On the positive tip, Disneys Hulu has liked Marvel-producedRunawaysenough to keep it going through three seasons.
(Longtime Marvel TV boss Jeph Loebleft the companylast month, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.)
Similarly, the decision to keepMandalorianfrom critics doesnt mean itll be a disaster.
Disney+ is not a prestige play like HBO Max or even Apple TV+.
How does Hulu figure into Disneys streaming ambitions?
Its even marketing a bundle of the two for $12.99, throwing in ESPN+ for free.
Four shows originally targeted for FX (Devs,Mrs.
FX chief John Landgraf and his team will also start developing shows specifically for Hulu.
Whats the future of Disneys old-school broadcast and cable entertainment networks?
All the money FX spent to develop and makethe buzzy Cate Blanchett miniseriesMrs.
Americawill instead be used to get folks to sign up for Hulu.
You dont do that if you think FXs best days as a cable internet are ahead of it.
In addition to FX, Disney has several major linear networks with cloudy outlooks over the next decade.
The same goes for Disney Channel, which now seems somewhat redundant in the age of Disney+.
Theres a reasonthe latest chapter in theHigh School Musicalfranchiseis being made for Disney+, not the cable channel.
And ABC execs can only dream of the programming and marketing budgets now in place at Disney+.
But the combination of Disney+ and Hulu might actually be a good thing for ABC.
