Disney owns more than Mickey Mouse and family oriented content these days. The catalogue is expansive to say the least.

Star Wars
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pixar 
Disney Channel etc.

Disney's decision to go it alone, as a free standing streaming service, is not surprising.

More concerming is more and more of these large content providers are going their own way. Sony, CBS, HBO, Netflix, Crave, Hulu on and on. We will quickly be purchasing  our content by providers. At $10-$20.00 each we will be spending more for content for sure. 

Cable and Telcos aren't worried, they will start offering up these individual premium services over their boxes as streaming apps and charging accordingly. Already happening with Movie Central, HBO, Crave TV and soon Netflix all over Blue Sky and TELUS Pik. 

Doubt we will see bundling of these premium services.

Alternatively I do like picking my shows by title rather than time slot. This is where streaming content works well 


Don't pirate...we all pay!