Disney takes over Hulu, plans to launch streamer globally

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The Walt Disney company has taken over operational control of the Hulu subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in the United States with immediate effect.

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and Mozart in the Jungle from Amazon Prime Video before they launched their services in South Africa.

Speaking about the traditional pay-TV operator bundled services and TV channels that Disney provides and sells content to, Bob Iger said that"is still an important part of our business" but that Disney is pivoting towards streaming where consumers pay for what they want to watch.

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