Netflix this month reported its first drop in subscribers in a decade, and everyone is scurrying to write the service’s obituary.
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BY Paul Thurrott with 26 Comments
Netflix this month reported its first drop in subscribers in a decade, and everyone is scurrying to write the service’s obituary.
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Disney+ ended 2021 with about 130 million subscribers, an annual gain of 37 percent when compared to the 95 million a year earlier.
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YouTube TV alerted its customers last night that they might lose access to Disney-owned channels. If so, it will reduce the price of the service.
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Hulu’s live TV option hasn’t garnered many users, but the addition of Disney+ and ESPN+ may put it over the top for some.
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While Disney+ did experience 60 percent subscriber growth YOY, the service only added 2 million new subscribers in the previous quarter.
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As part of its latest quarterly earnings report, The Walt Disney Company said that its Disney+ streaming service now has over 116 million subscribers.
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Disney+ had 103.6 million subscribers as of April 3, but the streaming video service failed to meet growth projections for the first time.
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About a month ago, my wife and I began plotting our first real travel in well over a year. We decided to start small, and semi-local, with a drive. To Washington D.C.
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The Walt Disney Company announced last night that its Disney+ streaming service now has over 100 million paid subscribers.
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As part of its quarterly earnings report, Disney revealed this week that Disney+ now has 94.9 million subscribers.
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A J.D. Power study claims that Americans now spend $47 per month, on average, for streaming services, up 24 percent from the $38 per month spent before the pandemic.
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Apple has quietly extended its free Apple TV+ subscription offer for a second time, to July 2021, a nice gift during the pandemic.
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Flush with success, Disney+ will be raising its monthly and annual subscription prices in 2021 along with the prices of its ESPN+ and Hulu bundles.
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AT&T announced today that its HBO Max streaming service saw explosive usage and engagement gains in the most recent quarter.
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As part of its quarterly earnings announcement, Disney revealed that it had 73.7 million Disney+ subscribers as of October 3, 2020.
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Because of the failure of its strategy to position Xbox One as an all-in-one entertainment device, Microsoft is taking a different tack with Xbox Series X|S.
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can now access Disney+ for 30 days for free as part of their subscription, Microsoft says.
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Apple TV+ will be among several top-tier media services available on the PlayStation 5 when it launches next month, Sony said today.
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Disney has gained 50 million paid subscribers worldwide for Disney+, thanks to its recent expansion in India and Western Europe. The company plans to launch Disney+ in Japan and Latin America later this year.
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Disney+ launches 7 European countries, marking its largest multi-country launch so far. It is, however, reducing stream quality to help reduce bandwidth usage to deal with the unprecedented demand caused by coronavirus.
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The new partnership is mainly for Disney’s video streaming service Disney+, which will be launching later this month in the United Kingdom.
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Disney+ is almost here for people in Europe, and the company is offering a sweet little discount for those who are ready to pre-order its new video streaming service.
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Disney’s new video streaming service, Disney+, is off to a much faster start than anyone thought possible. Including Disney.
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You won't have to wait much longer for Baby Yoda to arrive in Europe: Disney just moved up the launch of Disney+ in several European markets.
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Cord-cutting services got more expensive in 2019, but despite one notable defeat, the number of services expanded dramatically.
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Disney brings back the popular Continue Watching feature to Disney+ after the company removed it during launch to deal with the high demand from users.
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Google is giving away three months of free Disney+ when you buy a new Chromebook.