When is the Hulu app shutting down? What you need to know about the Hulu-Disney+ merger

Disney delays the Hulu and Disney+ merger: Here's what that means for your subscription

Rumors of Hulu’s imminent demise may have been exaggerated. At the very least, it is less imminent than it seemed.

When is the Hulu app shutting down? What you need to know about the Hulu-Disney+ merger

Disney has confirmed that Disney+ and Hulu will be merged into one streaming app before the end of 2026, although the exact rollout date has remained a moving target.

Disney lines up unified Disney+ and Hulu app by end-2026

Bob Iger Disney has outlined a series of TV-facing priorities spanning streaming product upgrades, app consolidation and a push into short-form. CEO Bob Iger used the first investor call of the year to set out how Disney+ is being readied for “vertical and short-form experiences”, with a curated slate of Sora-generated clips planned following a licensing deal with OpenAI.  Sora is OpenAI’s text-to-video model, used to generate short video clips …