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The Walt Disney Company is all set to launch Disney+ streaming service in Hong Kong on November 16, 2021.
According to Variety, the platform will be offered at HK$73 ($8.97) per month or as an annual package costing HK$738 ($95.6).
At launch, it will offer access to over 1,200 films and 16,000 episodes from the Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic stables.
The package will also include the Star button, a general entertainment brand lineup that ranges from comedies to dramas and thrillers, with content sourced from Disney Television Studios (ABC Signature and 20th Television), FX Productions, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures.
Star will also be the venue for new originals and Asian content.
Disney+ has been launched in other parts of the Asia Pacific with slightly modified formats. In India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, it is operated in conjunction with local cable or telco partners as the low cost Disney+Hotstar brand.
In wealthier markets, including Australia, Singapore, and Japan, it operates as Disney+. November will also see Disney+ launch in Taiwan and South Korea.
