Internal Disney deck lists a free Disney+ tier and 500 vertical clips a day for 2027

Screenshots viewed by Business Insider put creator content, FAST channels and 4K Super Bowl streaming on Disney+'s fiscal 2027 roadmap.

Published 09 Nov 2026, 20:00 UTC

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Claim

Business Insider reported on Nov. 9, 2026, that an internal Disney presentation lists a free Disney+ tier with FAST channels, 500 new vertical clips a day, creator content and 4K Super Bowl streaming among Disney+'s fiscal 2027 priorities.

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What's supported

Business Insider viewed screenshots of the internal fiscal 2027 streaming presentation shown to Disney tech employees.
Disney+ will stream Super Bowl LXI in the U.S. on Feb. 14, 2027, according to a Disney+ press release.
D'Amaro said in August that Disney was exploring a free product for consumers, Deadline reported.

What's not established

When a free Disney+ plan would launch and which titles it would include.
When the Hulu integration known as Project Gemini will be complete.

What would confirm it

A Disney announcement of a free Disney+ plan or FAST channels, creator content appearing on Disney+, or Disney comment on the presentation.

An internal Disney presentation lists a free Disney+ tier, 500 new vertical video clips a day and creator content among the streamer's priorities for fiscal 2027, according to screenshots viewed by Business Insider. @WOLF_Financial summarized the report on X at 18:03 UTC. Tech leaders, including VP of product management Dave Lindsay, presented the plan to employees at a town hall late last week, Business Insider reported.

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DISNEY+ WILL STREAM THE SUPER BOWL LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME Disney $DIS will livestream the Super Bowl on Disney+ in the US for the first time on Feb. 14, and an internal presentation viewed by Business Insider calls it a major "tentpole" moment. The plan is to stream the game in 4K HDR with lower latency. Peacock, Paramount+ and Tubi have streamed Super Bowl coverage from NBC, CBS and Fox. The same deck lays out Disney+'s other priorities for the next year: - Ramping up to 500 new vertical video clips a day by April - Adding creator content in early 2027 - A free tier with always-on channels - Fully merging Hulu into the Disney+ app Disney's streamers had 4.8% of US TV viewing in August, according to Nielsen, behind YouTube at 15.8% and Netflix at 7.7%.

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The deck sets a goal of about 150 clips a day this quarter, rising to 500 a day by the end of next quarter, which concludes in early April, and plans to integrate creator content starting next quarter, according to Business Insider. It also promises "new content types every quarter," including sports and news clips and short-form "micro series."

The presentation refers to a "Free Plan" and "the free experience," which it said would include "FAST channel creation" and "content sampling," Business Insider reported. Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro said on the company's Aug. 5 earnings call that Disney was "exploring a free product for consumers" and had "nothing specific to announce today," Deadline reported.

Disney+ will stream Super Bowl LXI to U.S. subscribers on Feb. 14, 2027, according to a Disney+ press release, and the presentation calls the game a major "tentpole" moment. Its livestreaming priorities include "live 4K HDR, lower latency, scale, live event monitoring and live content security," Business Insider reported.

The deck lists "One App Milestones" through Disney's fiscal fourth quarter for folding Hulu into Disney+, a project known internally as "Project Gemini," but gives no completion date, according to Business Insider. Nielsen figures cited by the outlet put Disney's streamers at 4.8% of U.S. TV viewing in August, behind YouTube at 15.8% and Netflix at 7.7%.

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