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Disney Plus is expanding its content portfolio with the channel Star to include hundreds of series, films and originals that are primarily aimed at adults. From February 23, it starts in Germany, among other places. This also increases the price.
About a year after the official start of Disney Plus in Germany and other parts of Europe, the media giant announced Star* new content for its streaming service. According to Disney, Star will be found in an additional area next to the Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic categories and will be closed to children if requested.
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Disney Plus gets more expensive with Star – for everyone
With the launch of Star, Disney is also increasing prices in Europe after the USA: Instead of 6.99 euros per month, 8.99 euros per month and 89.99 euros per year will be charged in future. This means that the service costs one euro more than the cheapest Netflix tariff. Disney Plus already offers 4K content, which Netflix only starts at 15.99 euros to be provided. In addition, Disney Plus can be streamed on four devices at the same time, which is only possible with Netflix with the most expensive tariff.
For existing customers, according to Disney Plus, the price increase will not occur until August 23 in force. This means you can stream for half a year longer at the old price. New customers before February 23rd get the subscription *, can still use the service for one year at the previous price.
With the upcoming expansion of the content, Disney Plus is likely to become more interesting for a wider audience, who have previously viewed the service as a contact point for families and fans of the Marvel and Star Wars worlds.
Disney Plus Star: New Channel brings over 300 new content
According to Disney, the amount of content is to be doubled with the new offer from Star. Among others, series and films from Disney’s Television Studios, FX, 20th Century Studios and 20th Television are used. Towards the end of January Disney published an extensive overview of content for Germany, including two star originals in the form of the drama “Big Sky” by David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”) and “Love, Victor”, the one in the world of the original film “Love, Simon” from 2018 belongs to.
But the originals are only the tip of the iceberg: the list of star content is long with over 300 new films and series and includes the hit series “24”, “Lost”, “Desperate Housewives” and “How I Met Your Mother” “,” Prison Break “,” The X-Files – The FBI’s Creepy Cases (The X-Files) “,” Atlanta “,” Black-ish “and some of the films in the Die Hard franchise. In addition, film highlights such as “Deadpool”, “The Martian”, The Grand Budapest Hotel “,” Logan “and” Ed Wood “and many more are part of the party. The complete overview of the content available at the start of the Star can be found in the photo gallery.
Disney Plus Star receives parental controls
To prevent children from accidentally tampering with adult content, Disney Plus will also introduce “easy-to-use parental controls and pin-protected profiles” on February 23rd. In addition to the PIN lock, the new function includes a filter with which content can be assigned to individual profiles according to different age ratings.
Disney Plus: The new pin lock and age rating. (Image: Disney)
Further new streaming services planned
Star is also not the only streaming service that has been announced for Germany: In cooperation with Vodafone, the media company Discovery wants to offer the Discovery Plus service in Germany as well. The “roll-out is scheduled for the next two years”, reports Meedia – Vodafone customers would be given the opportunity to test the offer free of charge.
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Article updated February 22, 2021.
