History Creator / DisneyPlus

* Creator/EntertainmentOne/Creator/{{Hasbro}}: ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' (also airs on the Disney Channels globally)

* Creator/{{Sunrise}}: ''Anime/LoveLiveSuperstar'', Japan only

In May 2023, similar to what was done at Max, the service (and Hulu) began a massive purge of much of its lower-performing original content (including most library content), removing many movies and shows from legal public availability. In the same month, it was announced the service in the US would be merged with Hulu's content, though Hulu would continue to exist as a standalone service as well. That same year, Disney+ announced that it would gradually add a number of restored WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts in the remaining months of 2023 as part of a restoration project which coincides with the company-wide [=Disney100=] celebration as well as a ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' [=4K=] restoration[[note]]The same restoration used on [=4K=] Ultra HD prints of the film, also to coincide with [=Disney100=][[/note]] on August 27 of that year, as part of World Princess Day. On December of that year, [=Disney+=] began its integration with Hulu with via a beta launch that combined most of the stuff on Hulu to their platform, meaning you can watch kid-friendly stuff like ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'' and hardcore gore filled shows like ''Anime/AttackOnTitan'' and ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, seriously]]. For reference, Creator/IanJonesQuartey[[note]]whose show, ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' was on there, [[FauxHorrific to everybody's horror]][[/note]] [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/1732436944561545331?t=QLHGuaILoiu642HVcM8H9g&s=19 noted this and said it was weird]]. On March 27, 2024, Disney+ officially launched its integration with Hulu, which coincided with a redesigned brand identity for the service moving forward, complete with a new color scheme that unifies both services together

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** If you think Singapore got it bad in the waiting game, the rest of South-East Asia had it worse, with over a four month gap between Singapore and the next Asian country. Couple with the fact that only Singapore will be receiving the real Disney+ will the rest of Asia will be receiving the inferior Disney+ Hotstar... (The Philippines only got nearly lucky as their Disney+ is the same as the [=MENA=] version.) And then, there's Far East Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and (if that happens) the former Soviet countries (outside of Russia and Belarus)...

** India's, Indonesia's, Thailand's and Malaysia's version of Disney+ is done through a partnership with Disney-owned Hotstar, a separate streaming service. The only exception is Singapore who got the real Disney+, and the Philippines, who gets the same version of Disney+ as the [=MENA=] region, Israel and South Africa. This means most South-East Asians will need to sign up for Hotstar to get Disney+ content and there is no way for them to get it otherwise. Also, because the account server is technically Hotstar's and not Disney's, your international Disney+ account will not work on it, but so will the Disney+ Hotstar one will also not work outside the region. And due to it being a separate app from the real Disney+, it will not work with the button on the Platform/PlayStation5's media remote. And then there's the fact that you need a cellphone number to sign up for the service- unlike the real Disney+ which uses your e-mail address, Hotstar's system instead uses the brain-dead notion of your cellphone number being your account ID- don't own a cellphone? No Disney+ for you. Lastly, Hotstar's version of the service is more prone to censorship as compared to regular Disney+ (for example, India's services blocked one episode of ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' just because it was critical towards the Indian Prime Minister). And speaking of Disney+ Hotstar...

** The South African, Israeli, Arab and Philippine versions also use the Hotstar system for various reasons, probably due to the service there being a version of Disney+ Hotstar but with the standard Disney+ branding and catalog with some few enhancements such as [=4K=] support. But like [=Disney+=] Hotstar regions, they would sometimes have the same problems mentioned above, most heard in Israel and the Philippines, like not being able to use outside the region, some features missing, etc.

** ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld'' was supposed to receive a theatrical release in France, until Disney moved the film to Disney+ this caused an uproar against French cinema operators due to the country's release window strategies which requires films to be shown in theatres, then later on [=Canal+=] and at 17 months and they move to streaming until 22 months later when they are later shown on television.

Outside of the United States, Disney, which acquired the [[Creator/{{Star|DisneyPlus}} STAR]] brand in its purchase of 21st Century Fox, is utilizing that label to introduce more adult-oriented content, including programming from [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]] and Creator/{{Hulu}}, into Disney+. In India, where the Hotstar brand is well-established, Disney+ was launched as the merged platform Disney+ Hotstar -- currently the only version of the service to carry significant third-party content, as Hotstar carried Indian distribution rights for programming from Creator/{{HBO}} (until May 2023), Creator/{{Showtime}} and more.[[note]]Hotstar existed in the United States and other territories as an Indian-content-focused service. It went dark in November 2021, with its sports content moving to ESPN and the rest shifting to Hulu.[[/note]] The Disney+ Hotstar brand and platform was also used to launch the service in Indonesia in 2020, and in Malaysia and Thailand in 2021, and will be used possibly in Vietnam later in 2022/2023, with local content from those regions as well. In Canada, Europe, Singapore, East Asia, and Oceania, Star launched as a hub within Disney+ in 2021, alongside a price increase in four of these regions.[[note]]Possibly due to preexisting licensing agreements with 21CF content in that region before Disney purchased them, Latin America receives STAR as a separate service, STAR+ with sports from ESPN.[[/note]] In Arab countries, Disney+ content was available through a partnership with OSN (Orbit Showtime Network) until 2022. A Hotstar-based Disney+ platform known as simply "Disney+" was later used to launch the service in South Africa, Arab countries and Israel in mid-2022 and in the Philippines in November 2022.

** India's, Indonesia's, Thailand's and Malaysia's version of Disney+ is done through a partnership with Disney-owned Hotstar, a separate streaming service. The only exception is Singapore who got the real Disney+, and the Philippines, who gets the same version of Disney+ as the [=MENA=] region. This means most South-East Asians will need to sign up for Hotstar to get Disney+ content and there is no way for them to get it otherwise. Also, because the account server is technically Hotstar's and not Disney's, your international Disney+ account will not work on it, but so will the Disney+ Hotstar one will also not work outside the region. And due to it being a separate app from the real Disney+, it will not work with the button on the Platform/PlayStation5's media remote. And then there's the fact that you need a cellphone number to sign up for the service- unlike the real Disney+ which uses your e-mail address, Hotstar's system instead uses the brain-dead notion of your cellphone number being your account ID- don't own a cellphone? No Disney+ for you. Lastly, Hotstar's version of the service is more prone to censorship as compared to regular Disney+ (for example, India's services blocked one episode of ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' just because it was critical towards the Indian Prime Minister). And speaking of Disney+ Hotstar...

** Physical releases of Disney+ original shows take a few months longer to reach the UK than they do America.

** ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' and ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'' are the only theatrical Muppet films to be missing, as both are currently under Creator/SonyPictures' ownership; the former was distributed by Creator/TriStarPictures rather than ITC, which was in serious financial straits at the time, and thus wasn't included in Disney's acquisition of the Muppet license (though the Jim Henson Company does retain co-ownership). The latter was produced by Jim Henson Pictures, both the short-lived film division of Henson and a joint venture between them and distributor Creator/ColumbiaPictures' parent company, Sony. The direct-to-video ''Film/KermitsSwampYears'' is also owned by Sony, since it was distributed by Columbia-[=TriStar=] Home Entertainment.

** On the American version of Disney+, ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'' may also suffer this as most of the episodes are out of order.

*** Disney even has rights to ''The Incredible Hulk'' in Spain and was added to the Spanish version of the service in 2021. Disney and Universal eventually reached a deal to allow it to be streamed in the U.S. in 2023.
** Some Disney-owned content [[NoExportForYou may also be barred from appearing in a certain country's Disney+ library]] if Disney doesn't own the rights to the content in that specific region. For example, ''Film/{{Dragonslayer}}'', ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', ''Film/{{Popeye}}'', and ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' are available on all international versions of Disney+ (assuming that Disney+ in Latin America, the UK, Europe, South Africa, MENA countries, Israel, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Korea and Disney+ Hotstar in India, Malaysia & Thailand is willing to carry said titles), but not on the North American versions of the service as [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] holds the rights to all four films in that territory. On the flip side, ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' is on Creator/{{Max}} in Brazil, because Creator/WarnerBros still holds some international rights.

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