Can we see equivalent of this from Disney https://medium.com/netflix-techblog
Or, it is that Disney just uploads their existing content on web with some kind of delayed release logic along with a payment gateway.
ESPN is a Disney company, Movies Anywhere (is/was) a Disney project, the Disney+ service they are talking about is actually public v2.0 (They rolled out something similar in Europe a few years back, called Disney Life).
Disney has a universal "login" system, that shares your profile/preferences everywhere from parks to cable, its got everything favorite sports teams/players and can serve up custom content and more.
There is a lot going on at the house of mouse. (Do a job search on the Disney website and set your region to tech hub outside of LA/Orlando...)
Also check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAMTech for more info on the team behind the scenes.
On the streaming side they've got multiple tech houses under their umbrella with oodles of experience on all fronts.
Naw, Disney has gathered multiple cultural touchstones and is putting them all onto their managed platform. This is a stunning play for a generation of content consumers, and arguably puts everyone else in a race for second place.
Speaking of which: an HBO/NetFlix merger has never made more sense...