Disney has decided to terminate it’s 2012 streaming deal with Netflix and to launch their own service starting in 2019. You may remember that the 2012 deal was heralded as a major thing for Netflix with the inclusion of such valuable IP’s as Marvel and Pixar (and now of course the Star Wars universe).
This is a logical extension of the investments Disney has made in BAMTech (the US MLB Streaming company) and falls in line with the plans of launching a global streaming service for it’s sports service ESPN. For the Star Wars nuts: this means the next 2 films will be on Netflix, but not the last in the new trilogy.
Disney leaves Netflix to go solo
