Category: disney plus

Disney+ racks up 50 million subscribers in five months

[ad_1] Disney+ hasn’t had much trouble attracting customers now that its honeymoon phase is over. Disney has revealed that its streaming service now has over 50 million subscribers in the five months since launch. International expansion played a significant role, as you might have guessed. In addition to European launches, last week’s India launch added […]

Today is the last day for Europeans to save on Disney+

[ad_1] Today is the final day for Europeans to sign up for Disney+ at a discount. You can currently get yearly access to the home of Baby Yoda and company for £49.99/€59.99 as opposed to £59.99/€69.99. The discount is part of a limited… [ad_2] Source link

Disney+ will limit video quality for its wider European launch

[ad_1] “In line with Disney’s longstanding commitment to act responsibly, we are responding to the request of European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton to work together to ensure the smooth functioning of the broadband infrastructure. In anticipation of high consumer demand for Disney+, we are proactively instituting measures to lower our overall bandwidth utilisation […]

Pixar’s ‘Onward’ hits Disney+ on April 3rd amid theater closures

[ad_1] The latest title to get an early digital home release is Pixar’s latest flick, Onward. Disney says it will be available to download today, but, in our current reality, it’s also one of the first tentpole movies to get a streaming release a month or so after arriving in theaters. You can stream Onward […]

Disney+ will start streaming ‘Frozen 2’ on Sunday, three months early

[ad_1] The press release didn’t indicate exactly what time Frozen 2 will premiere on Disney+, but said it will be available only in HD initially, and only in the US. Starting Tuesday March 17th, it will also come to Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand and it will be available Ultra HD to all […]

Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down after getting Disney+ off the ground

[ad_1] After guiding Disney through the acquisition of Fox and launching its direct-to-consumer efforts that center around Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu, CEO Bob Iger is stepping down from his post. “Effective immediately,” former Disney Parks Chairman Bob Chapek is taking over and will report to Iger while he serves as executive chairman and leads “creative […]

Hulu CEO steps down as it integrates with Disney’s streaming plans

[ad_1] Now that Hulu is part of Disney’s streaming triumvirate with ESPN+ and Disney+, there’s a reorganization at the top and Randy Freer will step down from his role as CEO. He took over in late 2017, but now it will join the others under direct oversight from Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International chairman Kevin Mayer. […]

Google’s 2019 search trends mark a big year for Baby Yoda and ‘Endgame’

[ad_1] On top of that, Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel were the top two movie searches, with two more Disney titles (Toy Story 4 and The Lion King) in fourth and fifth place. The Joker rounded out the top five in third place. Like last year, searchers were also interested in learning bout celebrity […]