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Because they are cutting ties with Netflix streaming [0], so people who rely on Netflix for that service will have to fork out additional $$$ for anything Disney.

[0] https://www.geekwire.com/2017/disney-cut-ties-netflix-launch...

I had no idea this existed. Yeah, this is what I think most people thought they would do next. Maybe expand the scope of it to include Marvel properties?

Didn't know this existed. It doesn't appear to include Disney properties like Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, ABC, etc. which I imagine the new service will.

It already has Star Wars and Marvel sections.

Is this restricted to the UK? From the US i get warnings this isn't allowed in my country.

That's very strange - I don't know why the UK would get a US company's streaming service years before the US.

> I don't know why the UK would get a US company's streaming service years before the US.

One reason might be because the US company has an exclusive streaming contract in the US with a different provider. (In Disney's case, Netflix.)