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Disney+ to introduce a cheaper ad-enabled plan later this year

In an attempt to make its streaming service more attractive to non-subscribers, Disney has announced that it will introduce a cheaper ad-enabled tier to Disney+.

The new tier, which as of right now doesn’t have a price, will be introduced in the United States in late 2022, and expand to international markets in 2023.

A regular Disney+ subscription costs $11.99/month in Canada. With this in mind, the ad-enabled tier could cost anywhere between $6-$10.

It’s likely Disney-owned Hulu’s success with introducing an ad-free tier played into the decision to launch a similar offering for Disney+. Hulu already offers a $6.99 USD/month (roughly $8.79/month CAD) ad-enabled plan, along with a $12.99/month (about $16.54/month CAD) regular plan. That is a 46 percent difference in price, and is sure to attract those that want to subscribe to the service only to watch a specific series or movie, and not the service’s whole catalogue.

“Expanding access to Disney+ to a broader audience at a lower price point is a win for everyone—consumers, advertisers, and our storytellers,” said Kareem Daniel, chairman of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution. “More consumers will be able to access our amazing content. Advertisers will be able to reach a wider audience, and our storytellers will be able to share their incredible work with more fans and families.”

The company didn’t specify when in ‘late 2022’ the new tier will be released, and which countries constitute ‘international markets’ for the delayed 2023 release. MobileSyrup has reached out to Disney but hasn’t received a response confirming Canadian availability.

Disney’s goal is to reach 230 million to 260 million subscribers by the financial year 2024. As of Q1 2022, the company reported 129.8 million subscribers, up 11.7 million from Q4 2021.

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Source: Disney

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Disney’s Turning Red Panda Mei is touring Canada

Walt Disney Studios Canada has announced a new Canadian tour for the company’s upcoming movie Turning Red. A life-size replica of Panda Mei is touring Canada.

If you’re in Canada here are some of the cities that will have the large Panda Mei. It’s currently unclear exactly where in these large cities the panda will be. MobileSyrup has reached out to Disney Canada for more details.

Turning Red is based in Toronto’s Chinatown and is coming to Disney+ on March 11th.

The film stars Canadian stars like Sandra Oh and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.

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Here’s what’s leaving Netflix Canada, Crave and Prime in March 2022

As is the case every month, several shows and movies are leaving Netflix, Crave and Prime in March.

It’s worth noting that the streaming services may only be removing certain shows and movies for a specific amount of time.

Series like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Gossip Girl and movies like Mean Girls have all left Netflix and then returned to the service months or years later. If you’re more interested in what’s coming to Crave and Netflix, check out our respective ‘what’s coming to’ posts.

Below are all the shows and movies leaving Netflix and Crave in March.

Leaving Netflix

  • Broadchurch: Seasons 1-3 (March 4th)
  • T2 Transpotting (March 11th)
  • Scream Queens: Seasons 1-2 (March 19th)
  • Twilight (March 29th)
  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon (March 29th)
  • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (March 29th)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 (March 29th)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 (March 29th)

Prime Video

  • Burn Your Maps (March 1st)
  • Rock On 2 (March 8th)
  • Speed Kills (March 16th)
  • The Wedding Year (March 16th)
  • Lone Survivor (March 31st)
  • Reprisal (March 31st)
  • A Walk Among the Tombstones (March 31st)
  • Like A Boss (March 31st)

Leaving Crave

  • Shameless: Season 11 (March 5th)
  • The Case Against Adnan Syed (March 9th)
  • Ash (March 14th)
  • Carrie Fisher & Friends (March 14th)
  • Grace Helbig & Marmrie Heart & Friends (March 14th)
  • Jay Pharoah & Friends (March 14th)
  • Jimmy Carr & Friends (March 14th)
  • Joe Mande & Friends (March 14th)
  • K Trevor Wilson & Friends (March 14th)
  • K Trevor Wilson: Bigger in Person (March 14th)
  • Katherine Ryan & Friends (March 14th)
  • Nikki Glaser & Friends (March 14th)
  • Pat Thorton: Different Times (March 14th)
  • Russel Peters & Friends (March 14th)
  • Sebastian Maniscalco & Friends (March 14th)
  • Con Man (March 18th)
  • Invisible Man (March 18th)
  • Inside the Disappearance: Season 1 (March 19th)
  • Burden (March 20th)
  • Hope Gap (March 20th)
  • The Show (March 23rd)
  • Greed (March 23rd)
  • Shameless, Hall of Shame: Season 1 (March 26th)
  • Monster High: The Adventures of the Ghoul Squad: Season 1 (March 28th)
  • Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights (March 29th)
  • As Good As It Gets (March 29th)
  • Big Daddy (March 29th)
  • Click (March 29th)
  • Closer (March 29th)
  • Ghostbusters (March 29th)
  • Ghostbusters II (March 29th)
  • Groundhog Day (March 29th)
  • S.W.A.T (March 29th)
  • Stuart Little (March 29th)
  • Stuart Little 2 (March 29th)
  • The Devil’s Own (March 29th)
  • The Fifth Element (March 29th)
  • The Fisher King (March 29th)
  • The Pursuit of Happyness (March 29th)
  • You Don’t Mess With A Zohan (March 29th)
  • A Good Woman (March 31st)
  • All The President’s Men (March 31st)
  • Black Christmas (2019) (March 31st)
  • Buried (March 31st)
  • Cats (March 31st)
  • Contagion (March 31st)
  • Critical Care (March 31st)
  • Dark Waters (March 31st)
  • Daybreakers (March 31st)
  • Dial M For Murder (March 31st)
  • Django Unchained (March 31st)
  • Dreamland (March 31st)
  • Emma (March 31st)
  • For Glowing Hearts: Season 1, Episode 2 (March 31st)
  • Gretel & Hansel (March 31st)
  • House of 1000 Corpses (March 31st)
  • Jackie Brown (March 31st)
  • Kick-Ass (March 31st)
  • Martin Morning: Season 1 (March 31st)
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always (March 31st)
  • North By Northwest (March 31st)
  • Numb Chucks: Season 2 (March 31st)
  • Ollie & Moon: Season 1 (March 31st)
  • Peg + Cat (March 31st)
  • Raw (March 31st)
  • Requiem for a Dream (March 31st)
  • Reservoir Dogs (March 31st)
  • Seven Psychopaths (March 31st)
  • Slap Shot (March 31st)
  • South Park: Seasons 1-23 (March 31st)
  • Strangers on a Train (March 31st)
  • The Expendables (March 31st)
  • The Rules of Attraction (March 31st)

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Here’s what’s coming to Hayu in March 2022

Everyone knows about Netflix, Crave and Amazon Prime Video, but there are also other video streaming platforms in Canada for fans of niche content.

For example, NBC Universal’s Hayu is a reality TV subscription streaming service that gets new series monthly and continuing series weekly.

Below is everything coming to Hayu in March:

  • Top Chef Season 19 (Friday, March 4th)
  • Kandi & The Gang Season 1 (Monday, March 7th)
  • Glow Up Ireland Season 1 (Saturday, March 26th)
  • The Circus Season 1 & Season 2 (Wednesday, March 30th)

Continuing Series

  • The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 2 (Mondays)
  • The Bachelor Australia Season 9 (Mondays)
  • The Cabins Season 2 (Mondays)
  • Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins Season 1 (Mondays)
  • Snapped Season 30 (Mondays)
  • The Real Murders of Atlanta Season 1 (Mondays)
  • Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 3 (Tuesdays)
  • Summer House Season 6 (Tuesdays)
  • Watch What Happens Live Season 18 (Tuesday – Saturday)
  • Botched Season 7 (Wednesdays)
  • The Real Housewives of Miami Season 4 (Wednesdays)
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 12 (Wednesdays)
  • The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 16 (Thursdays)
  • Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules Season 1 (Thursdays)
  • Twisted Killers Season 1 (Fridays)
  • The Real Housewives of Jersey Season 2 (Sundays)
  • New York Homicide Season 1 (Sundays)
  • The Greatest Dancer Season 1 & Season 2 (Boxset)

Hayu is available on web at hayu.com and on mobile via iOS App or Android App and via a wide range of TV platforms.

Image credit: Hayu

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Here’s what’s coming to Crave in March 2022

Bell has announced all of the content coming to its Crave video streaming platform in March.

Series and movies like Star Trek: Picard, Dune, Letterkenny: International Women’s Day, F9: The Fast Saga and many more are set to hit the service.

Below is all the content coming to Crave in March 2021:

March 1st

  • The Larry David Story: part I: American Jewboy @9pm PT — HBO + Movies 
  • The Larry David Story: part II: The Jewish Fountainhead @9pm — HBO + Movies
  • Percy’s Tiger Tales: season 2, episodes 1-26

March 3rd

  • Star Trek: Picard: season 2, episode 1
  • Our Flag Means Death: season 1, episodes 1-3 — HBO + Movies 

March 4th

  • F9: The Fast Saga — HBO + Movies
  • Catwoman — HBO + Movies
  • Die in a Gunfight — HBO + Movies 
  • Good Will Hunting — HBO + Movies
  • Life of Pi — HBO + Movies
  • Playmobil: The Movie — HBO + Movies
  • The Exchange — HBO + Movies
  • Teen Mom: Family Reunion: season 1
  • Underground Railroad: The Secret History
  • Air America — Starz 
  • Bad Turn Worse — Starz 
  • Catwoman — Starz 
  • Steve Jobs — Starz 

March 5th

  • Alvin!!! And the Chipmunks: season 1, episodes 1-52
  • Alvin!!! And the Chipmunks: season 2, episodes 1-20
  • Denver the Last Dinosaur: season 1, episodes 41-52
  • Handico: season 2
  • Rainbow Ruby: season 1, episodes 14-26
  • Team Dronix: season 1, episodes 1-13
  • The Jungle Bunch: season 1, episodes 41-52
  • The Legendaries: season 1
  • Zak Storm: season 1, episodes 1-10

March 6th

  • Shining Vale: season 1, episodes 1-2 — Starz 
  • Winning Time: The Rise of Lakers Dynasty: season 1, episode 1 — HBO + Movies
  • The Circus: season 7, episode 1 @8pm

March 8th

  • Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall: part 1 @9pm — HBO + Movies
  • Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall: part 2 @9pm — HBO + Movies
  • Letterkenny: International Women’s Day

March 11th

  • The French Connection — Starz 
  • The Man Who Fell to Earth — Starz 
  • Best Sellers — HBO + Movies
  • Gone Mom — HBO + Movies
  • Million Dollar Baby — HBO + Movies
  • Scent of a Woman — HBO + Movies
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — HBO + Movies
  • The Gateway — HBO + Movies
  • The Year of Spectacular Men — HBO + Movies

March 12th

  • Polly Pocket: season 2
  • Robin Hood: season 2, episodes 1-6
  • Moominvalley: seasons 1-2
  • Pac-Man nd the Ghostly Adventures: season 3
  • Monchhichi Tribe: season 2, episodes 27-52

March 15th

  • Phoenix Rising: part I  @9pm — HBO + Movies
  • Phoenix Rising: part II @9pm — HBO + Movies 

March 17th

  • Minx: season 1, episodes 1-2  — HBO + Movies
  • DMZ: season 1 — HBO + Movies

March 18th

  • Folklore: season 2 — HBO + Movies
  • Dune (2021) — HBO + Movies
  • 2001: Space Odyssey — HBO + Movies
  • A Beautiful Mind —  HBO + Movies
  • Apollo 13 — HBO + Movies
  • Arrival — HBO + Movies
  • Beans — HBO + Movies
  • Blade Runner — HBO + Movies
  • Enemy — HBO + Movies
  • Imperfect High — HBO + Movies
  • Incendies — HBO + Movies
  • Prisoners — HBO + Movies
  • Water Walker — HBO + Movies 
  • Catfish: The TV Show: season 8E
  • Teen Mom: Girl’s Night In: season 1
  • True Life Crime UK: season 2
  • Wicker Man (1973) — Starz
  • The Means War — Starz
  • I Love You, Beth Cooper — Starz

March 19th

  • Flashback — HBO + Movies
  • Sesame Street: season 51
  • Sesame Street: Classic Episodes

March 23rd

  • A Criminal Affair: season 1, episodes 1-4

March 25th

  • Law & Order: seasons 6-10
  • Inception — HBO + Movies
  • Midway — HBO + Movies
  • The Hurt Locker — HBO + Movies
  • Dawn, Her Dad, And the Tractor — HBO + Movies
  • Holmes Family Rescue
  • Jersey Shore: Family Vacation: season 5a
  • Living the Dream: season 2B
  • Barton Fink — Starz

March 29th

  • Transplant: season 2
  • How to Survive a Pandemic @9pm ET — HBO + Movie

March 31st

  • Julia: season 1, episodes 1-3 — HBO + Movies

Leaving Crave

  • Shameless: season 11 (March 5th)
  • The Case Against Adnan Syed (March 9th)
  • Ash (March 14th)
  • Carrie Fisher & Friends (March 14th)
  • Grace Helbig & Marmrie Heart & Friends (March 14th)
  • Jay Pharoah & Friends (March 14th)
  • Jimmy Carr & Friends (March 14th)
  • Joe Mande & Friends (March 14th)
  • K Trevor Wilson & Friends (March 14th)
  • K Trevor Wilson: Bigger in Person (March 14th)
  • Katherine Ryan & Friends (March 14th)
  • Nikki Glaser & Friends (March 14th)
  • Pat Thorton: Different Times (March 14th)
  • Russel Peters & Friends (March 14th)
  • Sebastian Maniscalco & Friends (March 14th)
  • Con Man (March 18th)
  • Invisible Man (March 18th)
  • Inside the Disappearance: season 1 (March 19th)
  • Burden (March 20th)
  • Hope Gap (March 20th)
  • The Show (March 23rd)
  • Greed (March 23rd)
  • Shameless, Hall of Shame: season 1 (March 26th)
  • Monster High: The Adventures of the Ghoul Squad: season 1 (March 28th)
  • Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights (March 29th)
  • As Good As It Gets (March 29th)
  • Big Daddy (March 29th)
  • Click (March 29th)
  • Closer (March 29th)
  • Ghostbusters (March 29th)
  • Ghostbusters II (March 29th)
  • Groundhog Day (March 29th)
  • S.W.A.T (March 29th)
  • Stuart Little (March 29th)
  • Stuart Little 2 (March 29th)
  • The Devil’s Own (March 29th)
  • The Fifth Element (March 29th)
  • The Fisher King (March 29th)
  • The Pursuit of Happyness (March 29th)
  • You Don’t Mess With A Zohan (March 29th)
  • A Good Woman (March 31st)
  • All The President’s Men (March 31st)
  • Black Christmas (2019) (March 31st)
  • Buried (March 31st)
  • Cats (March 31st)
  • Contagion (March 31st)
  • Critical Care (March 31st)
  • Dark Waters (March 31st)
  • Daybreakers (March 31st)
  • Dial M For Murder (March 31st)
  • Django Unchained (March 31st)
  • Dreamland (March 31st)
  • Emma (March 31st)
  • For Glowing Hearts: season 1, episode 2 (March 31st)
  • Gretel & Hansel (March 31st)
  • House of 1000 Corpses (March 31st)
  • Jackie Brown (March 31st)
  • Kick-Ass (March 31st)
  • Martin Morning: season 1 (March 31st)
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always (March 31st)
  • North By Northwest (March 31st)
  • Numb ChucksL season 2 (March 31st)
  • Ollie & Moon: season 1 (March 31st)
  • Peg + Cat (March 31st)
  • Raw (March 31st)
  • Requiem for a Dream (March 31st)
  • Reservoir Dogs (March 31st)
  • Seven Psychopaths (March 31st)
  • Slap Shot (March 31st)
  • South Park: seasons 1-23 (March 31st)
  • Strangers on a Train (March 31st)
  • The Expendables (March 31st)
  • The Rules of Attraction (March 31st)

We’ve separated the different shows and movies by which tier of Crave they fall within. Crave has three tiers: Crave Mobile for $9.99 (only mobile devices), a basic Crave for all devices (includes HBO content) and a $5.99 Starz add-on for both.

Further, Crave is available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4/5 and more.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home coming to digital on March 22

Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have confirmed that Spider-Man: No Way Home will officially hit digital services on March 22nd.

The film will be available to purchase for $24.99 CAD from platforms like iTunes and Google Play. A 4K UHD/Blu-ray release is set for April 12th.

Alongside the home release dates, Sony dropped a fun image of Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield recreating the popular “pointing Spider-Men” meme.

A Canadian streaming home for No Way Home has not yet been confirmed.

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Qualcomm could support AV1 video codec in next flagship Snapdragon chip

Qualcomm may plan to support the open AV1 video codec in future Snapdragon chips.

According to Protocol (via 9to5Google), Qualcomm plans to add AV1 support to its upcoming flagship processor. Protocol learned the information from a source that saw the spec sheet for the chip, known as ‘SM8550.’ The current Qualcomm flagship, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, is the ‘SM8450,’ so that likely means the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (presumably the name based on Qualcomm’s new naming system) will have AV1 support.

AV1, or ‘AOMedia Video 1,’ is an open, royalty-free coding format designed for transmitting video over the internet. It was developed as a successor to VP9 and boasts significant;y higher data compression than other video codecs, making it ideal for streaming video without losing quality. Plus, the open and royalty-free nature makes it a popular choice.

Google has been a big proponent of AV1 for YouTube and streaming devices, while Netflix has started rolling out AV1 to select devices as well.

Qualcomm has been a hold-out for AV1 support so far. Samsung added AV1 support to its Exynos 2100 chip in 2021 and continued supporting it on this year’s Exynos 2200.

Hopefully, the move to adopt AV1 will help spur more platforms to use it. With the popularity of streaming video, any way to maintain video quality while reducing bandwidth use is a win in my books.

Image credit: Qualcomm

Source: Protocol Via: 9to5Google

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Here’s what’s coming to Hayu in February 2022

Everyone knows about Netflix, Crave and Amazon Prime Video, but there are also other video streaming platforms in Canada for fans of niche content.

For example, NBC Universal’s Hayu is a reality TV subscription streaming service that gets new series monthly and continuing series weekly.

Below is everything coming to Hayu this month:

  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Season 12 (Wednesday, February 2nd)
  • The Bachelor Australia: Season 9 (Monday, February 7th)
  • The Greatest Dance: Seasons 1-2 (Friday, February 11th)
  • Below Deck Sailing Yacht: Season 3 (Thursday, February 22nd)
  • Shipmates: Season 1 (Friday, February 25th)
  • The Cabins: Season 2 (From Monday, February 28th)
  • Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules (Episodes Thursday)

Continuing Series

  • The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Mondays)
  • Killer Relationship with Faith Jenkins (Mondays)
  • Snapped: season 30 (Mondays)
  • The Real Murders of Atlanta: Season 1 (Mondays)
  • Watch What Happens Live: season 18 (Tuesdays – Saturday)
  • Botched: Season 7 (Wednesdays)
  • The Real Housewives of Miami (Wednesdays)
  • The Real Housewives of Orange County: Season 16 (Thursdays)
  • Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules: Season 1 (Thursdays)
  • Twisted Killers: Season 1 (Fridays)
  • Killer Siblings: Season 3 (Saturdays)
  • Family Massacre: Season 1 (Saturdays)
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Season 2 (Sundays)
  • New York Homicide: Season 1 (Sundays)

Hayu is available on Android and iOS, Apple TV, Shaw TV platform, and desktop.

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Here’s what’s coming to CBC Gem in February 2022

CBC has revealed the full list of movies and shows that are landing on its CBC Gem streaming service in February 2022.

See below for the full breakdown of what’s hitting CBC Gem in February:

February 1st

  • Black History Month Collection
  • Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
  • Sherman’s House
  • How it Feels to be Free
  • Giants of Africa

February 5th

  • Anthony
  • Call the Midwife: Season 3
  • Rachel Khoo: My Swedish Kitchen: Season 1
  • Sweet Daddy Siki

February 12th

  • 21 Black Futures: Part 1-3, weekly
  • Met While Incarcerated
  • Another Kind of Wedding
  • Lovesick
  • Love Me As I Am
  • Until Further Notice
  • Sakhi-Pitiyahte

February 14th

Belgravia: season 1

February 19th

  • Nancy’s Pro Tips
  • Finding Sally
  • Lemonade
  • Old Stone

February 26th

  • Grand Designs: New Zealand: Season 2
  • Blackbird

Coming in March

  • Bad Banks: season 1
  • Ladhood: season 1
  • Stories From the Land (Short Stories)

CBC Gem offers free streaming with ads or a $4.99 per month subscription for ad-free viewing. The service is available on platforms like iOS, Android, the web, tvOS, Fire TV and Android TV.

Find out what hit CBC Gem in December here.

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The first episode of Apple TV+’s The Afterparty is free on YouTube

Apple TV+ has launched its latest murder mystery comedy series, The Afterparty. The series premieres today (January 28th) and stars Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Dave Franco and more. What’s interesting is that Apple TV+ has released the first episode on YouTube.

The first episode is free on Apple TV+ as well.

The series takes place at a high school reunion after-party where ‘Xavier’ (Dave Franco) has been murdered by someone at the after-party. Tiffany Haddish who plays detective Danner is trying to solve this murder mystery.

If you get hooked after the first episode, the next two episodes are already on Apple TV+. Following that the series will hit Apple TV+ weekly until March 4th.

Apple TV+ costs $5.99 CAD/month.

Source: AppleTV+