Microsoft will now sync movies bought on Xbox or Windows 10 with your iTunes Movies library
If you bought movies and TV shows through your Xbox console or Windows 10 system, you can now synchronize and access them on your Apple devices via iTunes.
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With Comcast dropping out, Disney to acquire 21st Century Fox entertainment assets
Disney will soon acquire key parts of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox empire now that Comcast has decided to no longer pursue the businesses on the block.
Play Disney Parks app makes standing in line for rides more bearable
With the all-new Play Disney Parks app, Disney is trying to make the least attractive part of your stay more bearable. All you need is your iPhone.
Disney debuts ESPN+ video streaming service at a price of $4.99 per month
Disney’s first ever direct-to-consumer video streaming service launched today with 10,000 live sporting events, 180+ MLB and NHL games, thousands of college sports events, built-in DVR functionality and other perks, all in exchange for five bucks per month.
Disney to pull all content from Netflix and launch its own streaming services
The Mickey Mouse house has announced that its Netflix distribution deal is officially ending as it’s prepping a pair of video-streaming services for launch in the next two years.
Disney creates prototype living room with ubiquitous wireless power delivery
While speculation keeps mounting that iPhone 8 might come outfitted with some kind of wireless charging technology, a research arm of the entertainment conglomerate Disney has engineered and shown off a prototype living room capable of ubiquitous power delivery over-the-air without requiring any cables, wires or charging pads.
The solution is based on aluminum panels, which cover the walls, ceiling and floor, a single generator located just outside the room and a copper pipe containing more than a dozen capacitors which are capable of setting the electromagnetic frequency of the structure and finding the electric fields.
Hulu gains 50+ Disney films in exclusive streaming deal
Subscription video on demand service Hulu just announced an exclusive multi-year deal with the entertainment conglomerate Disney that gives it rights to stream a collection of hit movies and family favorites from the rich library of blockbuster films from The Walt Disney Studios. This means that Disney movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mulan, Pocahontas, Hercules, Sister Act and Air Bud are all now available to stream exclusively via Hulu.
21 pay TV apps and 10 providers now support Apple’s new Single Sign-On feature
Single Sign-On, Apple’s new feature that permits compatible video-streaming apps to unlock additional content by using your saved cable credentials, became officially available yesterday. Just a day after launch, apps from ABC and Disney have now gained support for Single Sign-On on the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, as well as Freeform, FXNOW and a few other apps, The Verge reported Thursday.
Disney Infinity drops support for the new Apple TV
Less than five months after Apple started selling Disney’s Infinity 3.0 starter kit, the interactive division of the Mickey Mouse house has decided to stop supporting the Apple TV edition of Infinity.
According to a message posted on the official Disney Infinity boards by its moderator, “the team is currently focusing on the traditional gaming platforms” and there are “no plans for further updates to the Apple TV version of the game”.
Disney launches new GIF keyboard app for iOS
Disney this week launched a new keyboard app for iOS called “Disney Gif.” As the name suggests, the app allows you to browse through, and quickly share from, a library of animated GIF images and emoji icons featuring Disney content.
For its launch, the keyboard features hundreds of images pulled from Disney’s expansive TV and movie collection, including Star Wars, Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Inside Out, The Lion King and various hit television shows from ABC.
Lead the Rebel Alliance to victory in Star Wars – Heroes Path, now available in App Store
Based on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the original Star Wars film, Disney’s just-released Star Wars – Heroes Path for the iPhone and iPad challenges players to lead the Rebel Alliance to victory in a series of movie-based puzzles.
The game revisits the original storyline of the Rebel Alliance’s quest to blow the Death Star to pieces and beat the Galactic Empire. In Star Wars – Heroes Path, you’ll enjoy cartoonish renditions of the movie’s iconic characters such as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, RS-D2 and many more.
Disney World confirms accepting Apple Pay beginning December 24
Disney World confirmed this morning that it will be accepting Apple Pay starting Wednesday, Dec. 24.
Supporting Apple’s mobile payment solution by Disney’s theme park empire in time for the holidays will allow visitors who own an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus to use it to make contactless payments.
Apple Pay will be accepted in most Disney World stores, quick service restaurants, bars and to purchase tickets.