The entertainment giant Disney is bringing its own Video-streaming service in the United States with a competitive price. Disney+ should cost 6.99 dollars a month and is cheaper than the cheapest subscription of the rival Netflix.

After the U.S. launch on may 12. November, the service should be within two years in most major regions of the world, such as Disney boss Robert Iger has announced. The group expects to have 60 million to 90 million customers by 2024.

Disney relies on its large content offering to attract customers. The group draws its movies and TV competitors such as Netflix and wants to stream only on the own platform. To belong to Disney, the “Star Wars”Studio Lucasfilm, and Marvel Studios superhero movies like “Avengers”. Disney+ it should be exclusive, among other things, the series with the Avengers characters from the “Star Wars”universe. Want to benefit the group from the recent Acquisition of Fox-TV channel. So to be at Disney+ all the seasons of the animation series “The Simpsons” available.

a few weeks Ago, Apple had announced for the autumn launch of a video streaming offer with exclusive content. The iPhone group is committed to Hollywood greats such as Steven Spielberg and J. J. Abrams, and Stars such as Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. Apple has made so far, however, no information on the price and the cheap subscription to Disney+ is likely to limit the scope of the group’s pricing significantly. In the US, Netflix is a 60 million customers, it is particularly strong in the business.

dpa