Disney + plans to expand its streaming service offering next week with the rollout of its more adult-focused Star brand to existing subscribers in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
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According to CNET, the Star brand will include content from Disney Television Studios, FX, 20th Century Studios and 20th Television that is more adult-appropriate than the all-ages content currently available on Disney +.
Disney is also reportedly adding parental controls to the Star content to prevent children from accessing unapproved access.
In addition to a long list of well-known movies and shows, Star will feature some original content currently only available on Hulu and ABC in the US, including ‘Victor’, teen drama ‘Love’, ‘detective series’ Big Sky’, animated series “Solar Opposites “, and Marvel show” Helstrom. “
Movies like ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me’, Danny Boyle’s ‘The Beach’, ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ and ‘Taken’ will hit the Star service in March and every season of The Golden Girls is coming to Disney + this summer. Disney will also bring more Marvel movies to subscribers in Europe within a year.
February 23 is the date the app will be added to Disney + for existing subscribers in the above regions. The European countries that will receive the Star content include the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.
However, the Star brand and additional content comes at a cost as Disney + gets a price hike in these regions. In the UK, the monthly subscription rate will increase from £ 5.99 to £ 7.99, or £ 59.99 to £ 79.90 per year, with an equivalent increase in the EU in euros. Current subscribers, however, enjoy a pay freeze until August 23.
The higher cost is in line with a $ 1 price increase for subscribers in the United States taking effect on March 26.