Disney Streaming Service

Disney Star won the deal following a single round sealed bid process and will be the home of all ICC cricket in India for the next four years

Bharti Airtel on Thursday hiked prices of mobile prepaid and home broadband plans that come bundled with Disney+Hotstar subscription due to changes in pricing made by entertainment app

It has hired a gaming executive, Mike Verdu, formerly of Electronic Arts and Facebook, to oversee its development of new games

Disney's public explanation for choosing Star over Hulu overseas focused on a marketing issue

On Monday, he ascended to a top job at the dominant force in comic-book lore -- and many other forms of entertainment -- Walt Disney Co

The company is putting its TV networks, film studio and direct-to-consumer divisions inside one big group called Media and Entertainment, Disney said on Monday

Mayer led the successful launch of the Disney+ streaming service in November but in February was passed over as Disney's new chief executive

The announcement was made by Disney CEO Robert Iger during the company's quarterly earnings call on Tuesday

Disney said its system hasn't been hacked and that it's working to quickly address the issue

In May Netflix made a rare acquisition, of the children's media brand StoryBots, for an undisclosed sum. In July it announced seven new series targeting preschoolers.

Disney+ will launch on November 12 in the US

The ad-free Disney streaming service will include movies and TV series from Disney and will feature programming from the Marvel superhero universe, Star Wars galaxy, Toy Story

To get it in front of more people, Disney said it has struck deals with Roku Inc and Sony Corp to distribute Disney+ on streaming devices

It'll offer live sports and animated films

Though it will face initial pain, their content is expected to pull them through in the long run

The 2 still-unnamed streaming services will be powered by direct-to-consumer video firma BamTech