ABC News will debut an original weekday news show on Disney+. Anchored by James Longman and Rachel Scott, “What You Need to Know” debuts July 21, streaming Monday through Friday beginning at 6:00 a.m. ET and available for 24 hours thereafter on demand. ABC News describes the show as a “short-form series” and “a fast, fresh way to stay ahead of the conversation as viewers start their day.” Formatted for young attention spans, the anchors will deliver headline highlights in an 8-to-10-minute recap. Disney+ President Alisa Bowen says the show offers “smart, bite-sized commentary on the stories that matter most.”

ABC News also offers shows including “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight” on demand through Disney+, and the magazine show “20/20” is popular on the company’s Hulu platform. However, “ABC News is eager to get more of its journalism in front of digital audiences, who often have different expectations from programming than their counterparts watching traditional TV,” Variety reports.

The original news show is part of an effort by Disney “to widen the streaming service’s thematic aperture,” notes Variety. A special version of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” called “SC+” debuted on Disney+ in March.

Variety also observes a “new emphasis on getting subscribers to ‘bundle’” Disney+ with the corporation’s other streaming platforms, Hulu and ESPN+, the goal being to make “the  process of jumping from one to the other as simple as clicking on a homepage tile.”

Other studios share TV news content with their streaming platforms, but as with Disney’s other ABC News shows on Disney+ these are linear TV shows made available on demand. What makes “What You Need to Know” unusual is it is an “original series with a different news angle,” MediaPost writes.

“Currently, existing news shows and content come from ‘60 Minutes’ for Paramount+, MSNBC and CNBC for Peacock, and CNN for WBD’s HBO Max,” adds MediaPost.

“This new effort expands ABC News’ significant footprint on Disney+, allowing us to reach and connect with new and diverse audiences,” ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic said in a Disney news release.