DC Universe Infinite (formerly DC Universe) is a subscription-based digital comics platform and formerly a video on demand digital streaming service operated by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Digital Networks.
History
It was released on 15 September 2018 to coincide with Batman Day as DC Universe. Marketed as "a one-stop shop for all things DC Comics",[1] it exclusively streamed DC-related entertainment including TV shows, films, and comic books from the DC Comics library.
With the premiere of Titans on October 12, 2018, the service began streaming original exclusive TV shows and comic books based on various DC brands. The service also allowed for the resurrection of previously cancelled TV series, starting with the third season of Young Justice.
Beginning in April 2019, DC Universe began gradually expanding to include access to the entire DC comic book library, the exception being comics less than a year old.[2]
In July 2019, WarnerMedia announced their massive Warner Brothers streaming service HBO Max, which includes DC Universe content such as Doom Patrol, in addition to DC content not included in DC Universe such as Batwoman and the DC Extended Universe.[3] Each episode of Stargirl will air on The CW the day after it premiers on DC Universe.[4] However, DC Universe in itself is not affected by this overlap of content and will still remain available alongside smaller services such as HBO Now and CW Seed.[5]
DC Universe Infinite
On September 18, 2020, it was announced that DC Universe would "transform" on January 21, 2021 into DC Universe Infinite, a comics-only service, and that the DC Universe original video series would migrate to HBO Max.[6]
Original programming
Released
- DC Daily (2018-2020) (News and interview program)
- Titans
- Young Justice: Outsiders (Third season of the former Cartoon Network animated series Young Justice)
- Young Justice: Outsiders (Exclusive tie-in digital comic series)[7]
- Young Justice: Enhanced Editions (Re-release of the first two seasons of Young Justice overlayed with commentary tracks / bonus content)[8]
- Doom Patrol
- Swamp Thing
- Harley Quinn
- DC Universe All Star Games (Unscripted Gaming Series)
- Stargirl
Announced Series That Were Never Produced
TV and Movies
In addition to original content produced for the service, DC Universe also housed a number of legacy movie and TV titles. The following is a list of all the movies and TV shows available on DC Universe at the time when DC Universe Infinite was announced on Sept 18, 2020, signaling the end of the video streaming content.
- Adventures of Superman (1952-1958) — 6 Seasons
- All-Star Superman (2011)
- Aquaman TV Pilot (2006-) — 1 Season
- Batman Beyond (1999-2001) — 3 Seasons
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
- Batman Ninja (2018)
- Batman Tech (2008)
- Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight (2008)
- Batman vs. Robin (2015)
- Batman: Gotham By Gaslight (2018)
- Batman: Hush (2019)
- Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995) — 2 Seasons
- Batman: The Animated Series – A Retrospective (2019) — 1 Season
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008-2011) — 3 Seasons
- Birds of Prey (2002-2003) — 1 Season
- Bringing Back Young Justice with Whitney Moore (2019-) — 1 Season
- Constantine (2014-2015) — 1 Season
- DC Daily (2018-) — 1 Season
- DC Daily Comic Book Club (2020-) — 1 Season
- DC IRL (2014-2017) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (2013-2014) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Animal Man (2012) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Batman Beyond (2014) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Batman Strange Days (2014) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Batman of Shanghai (2012) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Creature Commandos (2014) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: DC Super Pets (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: DC's World's Funnest (2011-2014) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Deadman (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Doom Patrol (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Farm League (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Green Arrow (2014) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Metal Men (2013-2014) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: New Teen Titans (2012-) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Plastic Man (2012-2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Riddle Me This! (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Shade the Changing Man (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Shazam (2014) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Super Best Friends Forever (2012) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Superman of Tokyo (2012) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Sword of the Atom (2012) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Tales of Metropolis (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Thunder and Lightning (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Vibe (2012) — 1 Season
- DC Nation Shorts: Wonder Woman (2013) — 1 Season
- DC Spotlight: Shazam! (2019)
- DC Universe All Star Games (2020) — 1 Season
- DC Universe Holiday Yule Log (2018-) — 1 Season
- DC Universe Presents (2018-) — 1 Season
- DC University (2014-2017) — 1 Season
- DCU Originals Sneak Peeks (2018-) — 1 Season
- DCYou: Unscripted (2019-2020) — 1 Season
- Doom Patrol (2019-) — 2 Seasons
- Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011-2013) — 1 Season
- Harley Quinn (2019-) — 2 Seasons
- Human Target (2010-2011) — 2 Seasons
- Jonah Hex (2010)
- Justice League (2001-2004) — 2 Seasons
- Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
- Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006) — 2 Seasons
- Justice League vs. The Fatal Five (2019)
- Krypton (2018-) — 2 Seasons
- Legacy (2019) — 1 Season
- Legends of the Superheroes (1979) — 1 Season
- Legion of Super Heroes (2006-2008) — 2 Seasons
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997) — 4 Seasons
- Look, Up In The Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006)
- MAD for Swamp Thing (2019) — 1 Season
- Reign of the Supermen (2019)
- Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2009)
- Shazam! (1974-1976) — 3 Seasons
- Son of Batman (2014)
- Stargirl (2020-) — 1 Season
- Static Shock (2000-2004) — 4 Seasons
- Super Friends (1973-1985) — 9 Seasons
- Superman Max Fleischer Cartoons (1941-1942) — 1 Season
- Superman Serials (1948-1950) — 1 Season
- Superman Unbound (2013)
- Superman vs. The Elite (2012)
- Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
- Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
- Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010)
- Superman: Doomsday (2008)
- Superman: Red Son (2020)
- Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000) — 3 Seasons
- Superman: The Movie (1978)
- Swamp Thing (2019) — 1 Season
- Swamp Thing: Absolute Binge Watch Edition (2019) — 1 Season
- Teen Titans (2003-2006) — 5 Seasons
- The Adventures of Superboy (1988-1992) — 4 Seasons
- The Batman (2004-2008) — 5 Seasons
- The Batmen (2019) — 1 Season
- The Death of Superman (2018)
- The Flash (1990) (1990-1991) — 1 Season
- The New Adventures of Batman (1977-1978) — 1 Season
- The New Adventures of Superman (1966-1970) — 3 Seasons
- The New Batman Adventures (1998) — 1 Season
- The Science of Superman (2006)
- The Spirit (1987)
- Titans (2018-) — 2 Seasons
- Titans: Absolute Binge Watch Edition (2019) — 1 Season
- Watchmen: Motion Comic (2008-2009) — 1 Season
- Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter (2009)
- Wonder Woman (1974)
- Wonder Woman (2009)
- Wonder Woman (1975-1979) — 3 Seasons
- Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)
- Young Justice (2010-2019) — 3 Seasons
- Young Justice Enhanced (2018-) — 1 Season
See Also
- Pages related to DC Universe (streaming service)
- DC Universe (streaming service) Characters
Notes
- Not to be confused with the shared universe of DC Comics' line of comic books.
Links and References
- Official site
- DC Universe (streaming service) at Wikipedia.org
- DC Universe Infinite at Wikipedia.org
- ↑ https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/your-guide-to-the-dc-universe-streaming-service
- ↑ https://ign.com/articles/2019/03/30/dc-universe-app-to-feature-full-access-to-dcs-comic-book-library
- ↑ https://youtu.be/LCS4CaZ9dwg
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2019/11/stargirl-episodes-the-cw-network-dc-universe-streaming-debut-linear-window-digital-1202792227/
- ↑ https://io9.gizmodo.com/warnermedia-s-newly-named-streaming-service-will-not-ch-1836219061
- ↑ https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2020/09/18/dc-universe-transforms-into-dc-universe-infinite-the-ultimate-comic-book
- ↑ https://www.cbr.com/young-justice-outsiders-prequel-comic-dc-universe-exclusive/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/etwRWylJoUU
- ↑ https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/04/dc-universe-original-show-premiere-dates-titans-episodes-young-justice-prequel-comic
- ↑ https://www.dcuniverse.com/news/dc-universe-unveils-expanded-digital-comics-library-wondercon/
- ↑ https://screenrant.com/joker-harley-quinn-tv-show-images-dc-universe/
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dc-universe-expands-bizarrotv-dcyou-unscripted-1245388
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/live-feed/why-gotham-was-a-world-batman-showrunners-1203882
- ↑ https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2018/01/30/announcing-metropolis-dcs-newest-live-action-tv-series
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2018/05/swamp-thing-drama-series-james-wan-in-works-dc-digital-service-metropolis-redeveloped-dc-universe-1202381370/