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this
photo
illustration
the
Disney+
logo
seen
displayed
on
a
smartphone
screen.
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The
bundle
is
back.
Disney
and
Warner
Bros.
Discovery
are
planning
to
offer
their
streaming
services
—
Disney+,
Hulu
and
Max
—
in
a
bundle
mirroring
the
traditional
cable
TV
package,
the
companies
said
Wednesday.
The
latest
iteration
of
the
bundle,
which
will
be
available
this
summer,
will
be
offered
on
both
the
ad-supported
and
commercial-free
tiers.
Pricing
has
yet
to
be
disclosed,
but
the
option
will
be
offered
at
a
discount,
according
to
a
person
familiar
with
the
matter.
Disney
will
essentially
act
as
the
distributor
in
this
case,
collecting
subscription
fees
from
subscribers
and
paying
out
Warner
Bros.
Discovery
a
percentage,
the
person
added.
This
mashup
of
Max,
Disney+
and
Hulu
will
give
streaming
subscribers
access
to
a
wide
breadth
of
content
from
broadcast
networks
ABC
and
Fox,
as
well
as
cable
networks
including
TNT,
TBS,
CNN,
Discovery
Channel,
Food
Network,
Disney
Channel
and
more.
Fox,
which
doesn’t
have
its
own
entertainment
streaming
subscription
service,
licenses
its
content
on
Hulu.
The
offering,
which
is
reminiscent
of
the
cable
TV
bundle
that
has
been
upended
in
recent
years
and
continues
to
bleed
customers
at
a
fast
clip,
is
the
latest
partnership
between
the
two
media
giants
in
recent
months.
Warner
Bros.
Discovery
and
Disney’s
ESPN,
along
with
Fox
Corp.,
have
also
joined
forces
to
offer
a
sports-streaming
service,
which
is
expected
to
launch
this
fall.
Earlier
on
Wednesday,
Fox
CEO
Lachlan
Murdoch
said
on
an
earnings
call
he
thought
the
sports-streaming
venture
would
likely
be
bundled
with
other
entertainment
streaming
services.
Disney
has
been
offering
its
streaming
services
—
Disney+,
Hulu
and
ESPN+
—
as
a
bundle
for
some
time.
ESPN+
will
still
coexist
with
the
sports-streaming
venture,
but
is
not
included
in
the
Warner
Bros.
Discovery
and
Disney
bundle.
Hulu
content
has
also
been
recently
integrated
into
the
Disney+
platform,
though
the
two
still
require
separate
subscriptions.
Max
costs
$9.99
a
month
with
ads,
or
$15.99
without.
Disney+’s
basic
tier
with
ads
costs
$7.99
per
month
—
or
bundled
with
Hulu,
$9.99
a
month
—
while
its
premium
plan
is
$13.99
per
month,
or
$19.99
with
Hulu.
Meanwhile,
Hulu
on
its
own
costs
$7.99
with
ads,
or
$17.99
ad-free.
