Quick Look: If you have purchased eligible Disney, Disney-Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars movies from participating providers (including iTunes, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon Video, and Microsoft Movies & TV), you can watch them using your Roku and the Disney Movies Anywhere channel. All you need to do is link your Disney Movies Anywhere account with one of the above accounts and you can stream your purchased content through your Roku.
The channel is currently (September 2015) offering Monsters Inc for free to get you started. Create a free Disney Movies Anywhere account at disneymoviesanywhere.com, then link any of the above accounts to your Disney Movies Anywhere. Launch the Disney Movies Anywhere Roku channel and follow the instructions to activate your Roku. After activation, your free movie should be available on the Roku channel.
Whether you have an account or not, you can browse all available movies on the Roku channel, where you can also watch a trailer for each title. The titles are listed only alphabetically, though, so you may prefer to browse on theDisney Movies Anywhere website, where titles are arranged by genre and release date for more recent movies. NOTE: The movies can ONLY be purchased through the website or through participating providers; you cannot purchase movies through the Roku channel.
-- Information is current as of September 16, 2015
Developer's Channel Description: With the Disney Movies Anywhere app on Roku, you can watch your Disney movie collection, access exclusives, get rewarded on every eligible purchase, and more. You can grow your digital collection by purchasing eligible Disney, Disney-Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars movies from Microsoft Movies & TV. Also, once you connect all your participating provider accounts to Disney Movies Anywhere, eligible movies across providers will seamlessly flow into your Disney Movies Anywhere Collection.
CHANNEL STORE CATEGORY: Movies & TV
DEVELOPER: Disney Studio Technology
FEES: None
RELATED LINKS:
Disney Movies Anywhere Website
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