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(Reuters) – The crowded video streaming market, currently dominated by Netflix Inc, is expected to heat up as Walt Disney Co launches its Disney + service on November 12 in the US, Canada and the Netherlands.
PHOTO FILE: A screen displays the logo and a symbol representing the Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA, on December 14, 2017. REUTERS / Brendan McDermid / File Photo
While Disney + will focus on family friendly programs; Hulu, now controlled by the media company, will broadcast adult programming.
Here is a list of the best video streaming services, including those under development:
NETFLIX
* Owned by: Netflix Inc
* Launch date: September 1999
* Price: between $ 9 and $ 16 per month
* Top shows: "Orange is the new Black", "Stranger Things", "Black Mirror", "13 reasons why", "Bodyguard", "Money Heist"
DISNEY +
* Property of: Walt Disney Co
* Launch date: November 12, 2019
* Price: $ 7 per month or $ 70 for 12 months
* Top shows expected: the universe of Marvel superheroes, the galaxy "Star Wars", the animation of the creator of "Toy Story", Pixar and National Geographic channel
APPLE TV +
* Owned by: Apple Inc
* Launch date: not specified (autumn 2019)
* Price: not specified
* Best shows expected: "Amazing Stories", "The Morning Show", "Are you sleeping?", "Little America", "Central Park", "Dickinson", "Time Bandits", "For All Mankind ", The glory I had such friends", "See", "Foundation", "House", "Little voice", "The band of peanuts", "On the rocks"
HBO MAX
* Owned by: AT & T Inc
* Launch date: Spring 2020
* Price: between $ 16 and $ 17 per month
* Top shows expected: "Game of Thrones", "The Remains", "The Sopranos", "Friends", "Love Life", "Gossip Girl", "Doctor Who", "Pretty Little Liars", "The New Prince from Bel-Air "
NBCUniversal
* Owned by: Comcast Corp
* Launch date: Not specified (early 2020)
* Price: $ 10 per month
* The best shows expected: "The Office", "Queer as Folk", "One of us lie", "A.P. Organic "
AMAZON PRIME
* Owned by: Amazon.Com Inc.
* Launch date: December 2016
* Price: $ 13 per month
* Top Shows: "The Grand Tour", "Hanna", "The Wonderful Mrs. Maisel", "Transparent", "Downton Abbey", "Homecoming", "Lore"
HULU
* Property of: Walt Disney Co
* Launch date: March 2008
* Price: between $ 6 and $ 12 per month
* The best shows: "The Tale of Haindmaid", "Castle Rock", "Veronica Mars", "The Mindy Project"
SLING TV
* Owned by: Dish Network Corp
* Launch date: February 2015
* Price: between $ 25 and $ 40 per month
* The best shows: "Fix Upper", "Special Unit for Victims of the Law and Order", "American Pickers", "The Big Bang Theory", "The Walking Dead", House Hunters, Property Brothers
iqiyi
* Owned by: Baidu Inc
* Launch date: April 2010
* Price: $ 5 per month or $ 14.88 for 3 months or $ 50 for 12 months
* Top shows: "The Rap of China", "Tientsin Mystic", "The Lost Tomb", "The Legend of Haolan", "Yu Zui"
YOUTUBE TV / YOUTUBE PREMIUM
* Property of: Alphabet Inc
* Launch date: February 2017
* Price: YouTube TV: $ 50 per month, YouTube Premium: $ 12 per month ($ 5 additional for Youtube TV via iOS or tvOS apps)
* Top shows: "Greenlight Project", "The Invaders", "The Green Hornet", "Do you want to see a corpse?", "Cobra Kai"
STUDIOS OF DISCOVERY INC AND BBC:
* Launch date: Not specified
* Price: unspecified
* Shows expected: "Planet Earth", "Blue Planet", "Life", "Dynasties"
FLIPKART: Walmart Inc.'s Indian unit, Flipkart, will launch a free video service in August. No other details have been specified yet.
VIDEO TENCENT: Tencent Holdings Ltd recently launched its first overseas video streaming service in Thailand in June, reinforcing its presence outside of China.
Report by Sayanti Chakraborty and Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Edited by Anil D & # 39; Silva
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