This time, it's really off: announced at the end of March, then advanced to the 24th, and finally postponed by two weeks, the Disney + platform will be available this Tuesday. If it has been postponed, it is at the request of the government: in a period of confinement, during which the French use - because of telework, home lessons and leisure - more than ever the Internet, asked other players in streaming (Netflix, Amazon, MyCanal, etc.) to reduce their broadcast quality and Disney + to launch later, also with a lighter format, to reduce bandwidth and avoid saturation.
When it arrived last fall in the United States, the platform attracted 24 million subscribers in a few months. A goal that Disney had set for ... two years. Why such a success ? First, because Disney + has a branding effect. The studio, renowned as much for its family films as for its license buyouts which are a hit with the general public and more particularly young people (Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm…), offers insurance to its future subscribers an incredible wealth of catalog : 500 films and 300 series, just for the launch day!
Mickey and Iron Man for 6.99 euros per month
Thousands of hours of programs are theirs: the great classics (“Snow White”, “the Little Mermaid”, “the Aristocats”, “the World of Nemo”, “Cars”), the heavyweight licenses (eight components from "Star Wars", many "Avengers", "Avatar", "Mary Poppins"), series for everyone like Mickey or "Violetta". But also long-awaited original films and series: "High School Musical", "The Mandalorian" or the adaptation in real images of "Beauty and the tramp".
The other argument of Disney + is its price: this huge catalog will be available for € 6.99 per month on four screens per subscriber. A very light price compared to the competition and which becomes even more attractive in periods of confinement, where many French people, locked up with their children, could fall for the platform.
The fact remains that we will have to wait to find out if Disney +, whose weakness is not to offer as many original programs as Netflix or Amazon Prime, will be able to be installed over time. But if we trust the American example, or the rest of Europe where the platform was launched on March 24, Mickey, Han Solo and Iron Man have little to worry about ...
Disney +, instructions for use
How to subscribe? Two solutions. For all comers, just go to Disneyplus.com and follow the online procedures. Once subscribed, you can watch the content on your computer or on your phone using the dedicated application. The other way concerns subscribers to Canal +: those who have signed up for certain packs (full offer, Cinema Series Pack, etc.) will have access to Disney + in their subscription.
At what price? Unlike other platforms, such as Netflix or OCS, Disney chose simplicity: only one type of subscription possible, for 6.99 euros per month or 69.99 euros per year, which turns out to be hypercompetitive.
How it works ? For this price, the Disney + subscriber can watch content on 4 screens simultaneously, create up to 7 profiles, and download as many programs as many times as he wishes on 10 different devices.