On Thursday, Disney+ launched its first-ever ad-supported plan, “Disney+ Basic,” within the U.S. at $7.99 per 30 days, which is identical worth because the earlier ad-free plan earlier than Disney raised the value to $10.99/month. Nevertheless, Roku customers wanting to change to the brand new plan are out of luck — at the very least for now.
In line with Disney Plus’s support website, the ad-supported tier is “not presently out there on Roku gadgets.” It’s additionally not out there on the Microsoft Home windows desktop app, the location informs. So, in the mean time, U.S. subscribers with Disney+ Primary or Disney Bundles like Disney Bundle Duo Primary (Disney+ Primary and Hulu’s advert plan) or Trio Primary (Disney+ Primary, Hulu’s advert plan and ESPN+) are unable to stream on Roku or Home windows.
Disney informed TechCrunch that it’s nonetheless in talks with Roku about reaching an settlement that fits each events. It’s our guess that the dispute is over an ad-share settlement as, by default, channels must enter an ad revenue split with Roku. Disney, nonetheless, declined to supply specifics. Roku additionally declined to touch upon the negotiations.
Roku has cemented itself as the highest good TV platform in america. So, it’s a significant drawback for Disney+ to not have its new ad-supported tier out there on Roku gadgets at launch.
Netflix bumped into an identical drawback when it launched its ad-supported plan a month in the past.
On the time, Netflix informed TechCrunch that, at launch, help for its “Primary with Adverts” plan wasn’t out there on tvOS gadgets however could be coming quickly. In line with Netflix’s support website, it’s nonetheless unavailable on Apple TV in addition to PlayStation 3 consoles.
