Star, on the other hand, will only feature first-party content that Disney has the rights to from its own studios (which include ABC, Hulu, FX, Freeform, 20th Television, 20th Century Studios, and Touchstone Pictures). While Star and Hulu will have a fair amount of overlap - including Hulu originals like Love, Victor - Hulu in the US still features a far bigger library, including shows and movies licensed from third-party studios such as MGM and Paramount.

This is because of a complex matrix of rights deals and revenue streams. The library that Disney is offering on Star includes TV shows like Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, Firefly, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Bones, along with movies like Deadpool 2, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Borat, and Braveheart - films and shows that Disney already owns the rights to but requires that customers pay up for an extra Hulu subscription to watch in the US. If you’re an international Disney Plus customer who lives in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada - the regions that will get access to Star starting today - that’s great news.Ĭonversely, if you’re a US customer, you may feel a bit cheated. Those shows and movies will instead continue to live on Hulu as part of the separate service instead. What that means is that international users are about to get a massive influx of movies and shows available on Disney Plus, through Star, that won’t be available for US customers - or rather, won’t be available to US customers through Disney Plus. It marks a way for the company to expand on the value proposition of Disney Plus to international customers with the most crucial currency any streaming service has to offer: a bigger library of content.

Star is effectively Disney’s solution to the fact that Hulu doesn’t exist in international markets. It’s a new section of Disney Plus for international audiences that will offer more mature R-rated films, TV shows from FX, and other shows and movies that Disney owns the rights to but don’t fit into Disney Plus’ family-friendly image.

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