The mouse is out of the bag and will be coming to your streaming console—Netflix announced that it will offer Disney content in Canada starting in 2015.
Besides the fact that you will now likely have to give up even more of your own time screening Orange is the New Black to spend quality time with Anna, Elsa, and Olaf, this feels like a definitive move from an entertainment giant that says streaming is winning the home entertainment evolution. (Still waiting for the wall that's a TV, but I'm sure it's coming.) Disney's theatrical releases will get to Netflix eight months after their release dates, which will still be slower than On Demand programming, but fairly speedy in terms of content on Canada's version of the streaming service. The content will also include everything in the Disney stable, from Marvel to Lucasfilm and Pixar.
This may just be the last generation of kids to get a few kicks from pulling out all the DVDs from the entertainment unit. Has anyone else noticed the shrinking area devoted to hard format media in their favourite big box stores? The bargain bins are beginning to be piled high with DVDs and even blu-Ray discs (remember caring about that?) as more and more people turn to the cables and wireless to bring them their entertainment.
I'm old-school enough that I've already replaced my all-time faves once in the great death of VHS. Now I suspect that my lovingly collected pile of digital video discs will look a lot like garage sale fodder in the next few years. Or I may just hang on to them—after all, vinyl came back, right?
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