Type of site | OTT video streaming platform |
---|---|
Available in | List |
Area served | Ibero-America (except Cuba, [1] see full list of countries) |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
Parent | Disney Streaming |
URL |
starplus |
Registration | Required |
Launched | August 31, 2021 |
Current status | Active |
Star+ (Star Plus; stylized as ST★R+) is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service available in almost all Ibero-American states. The service is owned by The Walt Disney Company through the Disney Entertainment division and business segment. [2]
The service features television and film content from the libraries of Disney subsidiaries, including Star Originals, 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, Searchlight Television, 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation (films only), ABC Signature, Freeform, FX Networks, Hollywood Pictures, Hotstar, Hulu, National Geographic, Searchlight Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and many more, as well as live sports from ESPN. [3]
Star+ content will be merged into Disney+ on June 26, 2024 [4] and the separate streaming platform will be discontinued on July 24, 2024. [5]
The "Star" brand originated as a Hong Kong-based satellite broadcaster, which operated under that name as an acronym of "Satellite Television Asian Region", it was founded by Hutchison Whampoa in 1990, and had been acquired by News Corporation in 1993. [6] After 2009, the Star brand was mainly restricted to the now separately owned Star China Media, as well as Star India, which operates primarily in India but also distributes Indian vernacular TV programming worldwide and the remaining Asia Pacific rebranded from Star to then Fox International Channels' regional unit. [7] Star India (as well as all of the now Fox Networks Group's Asia Pacific operations [a]) was then acquired by Walt Disney as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019.
During an earnings call on August 5, 2020, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced that Disney planned to launch a new international, general entertainment service under the "Star" brand name in 2021.[ citation needed] The plan superseded a previously announced international expansion of the majority-controlled American streaming service, Hulu, which has only expanded outside the United States to Japan. [8] Chapek argued that the Hulu brand is not well known outside of the US, while Star being a much more recognizable brand outside of the United States. [9]
In April 2021, Disney faced a trademark dispute in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico with Lionsgate's Starz Entertainment over the use of the Star brand in Ibero-America. [10] The Wrap reported that Disney had five days to respond to the Brazil lawsuit. [11] As a result, on May 13, 2021, it would be announced that the launch of Star+ in Ibero-America would be delayed to August 31. [12] [13]
While Disney eventually won the dispute, in July, they would lose an appeal in court in Brazil to the name dispute with Lionsgate. [14] In August 2021, Disney and Starz reached a settlement over the brand name issue allowing Star+ to launch in Ibero-America on August 31 as scheduled. The lawsuit was dropped after the deal was reached. [15] [16]
In June 2022, Disney and Lionsgate announced a streaming bundle offer in select Ibero-American countries, consisting of Disney+, Star+ and Lionsgate's Starzplay service. [17]
On September 28, 2022, Lionsgate announced that its Starzplay service would rename to Lionsgate+ worldwide on the next day, including Ibero-America but excluding United States and Canada (where it is still known as Starz in those regions), as well as Cuba which completely ended the name conflict with Disney's Star+ service. [18] [19] [20]
All Star+ content will be integrated into the Star hub on Disney+ starting June 26, 2024, [21] while the standalone app Star+ will be discontinued on July 24, 2024. [5]
Star+ serves the same purpose as the Star content hub that was integrated into the Disney+ service in several other countries on February 23, 2021. [22] [23] [24] The services hosts a variety of content from Disney's studios, primarily general entertainment content carried on Disney+, as well as live sports from ESPN.
In addition to acquired content, Star+ will produce original, local content in almost all Ibero-American states to be exclusively released on the platform. [25]
Asia
Europe
Belgium
England
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Scotland
Spain
Turkey
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Uruguay
North America
Mexico
United States
United States
Mexico
United States
Africa
Europe
Star+ is available for streaming via web browsers on PC and Mac, as well as apps on iOS and Apple TV, Android and Android TV, Fire TV and Fire HD, Chromecast, Roku, WebOS and Tizen OS devices among another digital media player and gaming consoles, such as PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, as well as PC running Windows 10 and Windows 11. [27] [28]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Launch date | Region | Country / Territory |
---|---|---|
August 31, 2021 [1] [29] | North America | Costa Rica |
Dominican Republic | ||
El Salvador | ||
Guatemala | ||
Honduras | ||
Mexico | ||
Nicaragua | ||
Panama | ||
South America | Argentina | |
Bolivia | ||
Brazil | ||
Chile | ||
Colombia | ||
Ecuador | ||
Paraguay | ||
Peru | ||
Uruguay | ||
Venezuela |
Type of site | OTT video streaming platform |
---|---|
Available in | List |
Area served | Ibero-America (except Cuba, [1] see full list of countries) |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
Parent | Disney Streaming |
URL |
starplus |
Registration | Required |
Launched | August 31, 2021 |
Current status | Active |
Star+ (Star Plus; stylized as ST★R+) is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service available in almost all Ibero-American states. The service is owned by The Walt Disney Company through the Disney Entertainment division and business segment. [2]
The service features television and film content from the libraries of Disney subsidiaries, including Star Originals, 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, Searchlight Television, 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation (films only), ABC Signature, Freeform, FX Networks, Hollywood Pictures, Hotstar, Hulu, National Geographic, Searchlight Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and many more, as well as live sports from ESPN. [3]
Star+ content will be merged into Disney+ on June 26, 2024 [4] and the separate streaming platform will be discontinued on July 24, 2024. [5]
The "Star" brand originated as a Hong Kong-based satellite broadcaster, which operated under that name as an acronym of "Satellite Television Asian Region", it was founded by Hutchison Whampoa in 1990, and had been acquired by News Corporation in 1993. [6] After 2009, the Star brand was mainly restricted to the now separately owned Star China Media, as well as Star India, which operates primarily in India but also distributes Indian vernacular TV programming worldwide and the remaining Asia Pacific rebranded from Star to then Fox International Channels' regional unit. [7] Star India (as well as all of the now Fox Networks Group's Asia Pacific operations [a]) was then acquired by Walt Disney as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019.
During an earnings call on August 5, 2020, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced that Disney planned to launch a new international, general entertainment service under the "Star" brand name in 2021.[ citation needed] The plan superseded a previously announced international expansion of the majority-controlled American streaming service, Hulu, which has only expanded outside the United States to Japan. [8] Chapek argued that the Hulu brand is not well known outside of the US, while Star being a much more recognizable brand outside of the United States. [9]
In April 2021, Disney faced a trademark dispute in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico with Lionsgate's Starz Entertainment over the use of the Star brand in Ibero-America. [10] The Wrap reported that Disney had five days to respond to the Brazil lawsuit. [11] As a result, on May 13, 2021, it would be announced that the launch of Star+ in Ibero-America would be delayed to August 31. [12] [13]
While Disney eventually won the dispute, in July, they would lose an appeal in court in Brazil to the name dispute with Lionsgate. [14] In August 2021, Disney and Starz reached a settlement over the brand name issue allowing Star+ to launch in Ibero-America on August 31 as scheduled. The lawsuit was dropped after the deal was reached. [15] [16]
In June 2022, Disney and Lionsgate announced a streaming bundle offer in select Ibero-American countries, consisting of Disney+, Star+ and Lionsgate's Starzplay service. [17]
On September 28, 2022, Lionsgate announced that its Starzplay service would rename to Lionsgate+ worldwide on the next day, including Ibero-America but excluding United States and Canada (where it is still known as Starz in those regions), as well as Cuba which completely ended the name conflict with Disney's Star+ service. [18] [19] [20]
All Star+ content will be integrated into the Star hub on Disney+ starting June 26, 2024, [21] while the standalone app Star+ will be discontinued on July 24, 2024. [5]
Star+ serves the same purpose as the Star content hub that was integrated into the Disney+ service in several other countries on February 23, 2021. [22] [23] [24] The services hosts a variety of content from Disney's studios, primarily general entertainment content carried on Disney+, as well as live sports from ESPN.
In addition to acquired content, Star+ will produce original, local content in almost all Ibero-American states to be exclusively released on the platform. [25]
Asia
Europe
Belgium
England
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Scotland
Spain
Turkey
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
Uruguay
North America
Mexico
United States
United States
Mexico
United States
Africa
Europe
Star+ is available for streaming via web browsers on PC and Mac, as well as apps on iOS and Apple TV, Android and Android TV, Fire TV and Fire HD, Chromecast, Roku, WebOS and Tizen OS devices among another digital media player and gaming consoles, such as PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, as well as PC running Windows 10 and Windows 11. [27] [28]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Launch date | Region | Country / Territory |
---|---|---|
August 31, 2021 [1] [29] | North America | Costa Rica |
Dominican Republic | ||
El Salvador | ||
Guatemala | ||
Honduras | ||
Mexico | ||
Nicaragua | ||
Panama | ||
South America | Argentina | |
Bolivia | ||
Brazil | ||
Chile | ||
Colombia | ||
Ecuador | ||
Paraguay | ||
Peru | ||
Uruguay | ||
Venezuela |