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The Disney bundle has never been cheaper
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The Disney bundle has never been cheaper

Perhaps the most popular gift this holiday season is the Disney Duo Bundle, especially for the budget skaters in your life.

Disney’s Black Friday streaming deal this year is 99 cents per month for Hulu with ad support for a year, a savings of over $100. But wait, there’s more! Fans can now get the Disney Duo Basic subscription – ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu – for the low price of $2.99/month for one year. It’s the lowest price ever for the package deal. This combination will save you just under $100 per year.

And that’s not all! New and eligible existing Hulu subscribers can add Starz (on Hulu) for an additional 99 cents per month for 12 months. Hulu’s annual Black Friday deal is now in its seventh year.

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Hulu is home to the FX series “The Bear” and “Shōgun,” as well as originals like “Only Murders in the Building” and “Tell Me Lies.” As IndieWire reported last week, Hulu’s biggest hits have consistently been Fox’s animated comedies like “Bob’s Burgers” and “Family Guy.” Under the terms of a new deal, Fox shows will continue to stream on Hulu the next day through 2029.

In time for this year’s holidays, Hulu will have “Elf,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” and “The Polar Express,” among other holiday classics.

Disney+ is home to Marvel series and films – now including ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ – as well as the Star Wars universe and Pixar films. There, users can stream “Home Alone,” “The Santa Clause,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and other holiday movies.

Disney now fully owns Hulu, but that wasn’t the original plan. Hulu launched in 2008 as a general entertainment competitor to Netflix, which began streaming a year earlier. Hulu was a joint venture between NBC, Fox and ABC; CBS decided to postpone it. Disney bought Fox’s share of Hulu (and most of Fox’s everything) in 2019, gaining a majority stake. That nullified the Hulu value proposition for NBCUniversal, which last year exercised a clause forcing Disney to buy out are Hulu bet. NBCU hasn’t exactly given Disney a Black Friday deal for its one-third share: the last piece of the Hulu pie has cost Disney $8 billion so far… and counting.