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Everything we know about: Disney Plus
TVBEurope rounds up the latest news and analysis on the Disney streaming service
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Disney Plus could have 7.6 million UK subscribers
Only two per cent of Netflix users are considering leaving the service for the Disney platform
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‘Netflix, Disney Plus aren’t our rivals’ says Quibi CEO
Platform spending an average of $100,000 per minute on content
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Sky ‘set to beat BT and Virgin to Disney Plus deal’
BT and Virgin Media could be shut out of carrying the new streamer
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Telefonica to finalise Disney Plus deal
Streaming service launches in Western Europe on 24th March
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Netflix rejects advertising on its platform
"Netflix needs to diversify and look at different business models," analyst tells TVBEurope
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Disney Plus announces European launch on 24th March
Additional Western Europe markets to follow in summer 2020
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Netflix predicted to spend $17.3 billion on content this year
Expected to surpass $26 billion by 2028
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Consumers take a shine to Disney Plus over Apple TV+
Survey shows dissatisfaction with Apple's product design
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Disney Plus already valued over $1 billion according to Barclays
Disney Plus already worth 69 per cent of Netflix's enterprise value
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Disney ‘pulls half its TV box sets from Sky’s streaming service’
Shows from Disney-owned ABC dropped by half from April to October
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Netflix loses 1.1 million US subscribers to Disney Plus
Expects Netflix to hit or exceed Q4 forecast of 7.6 million subscriber additions
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Bingeing all the way
TVBEurope asks Ampere Analysis' Toby Holleran why streaming services are changing up their release models
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Disney Plus tops Google search rankings
Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian among most popular searches
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Disney Plus mobile apps downloaded over 15 million times in first fortnight
Averaged 25.6 million sessions a day
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Disney denies claims of security breach on Disney Plus
Company admits it was surprised by deluge of subscribers on launch day
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Stranger Things strikes back against The Mandalorian
Parrot Analytics puts the Star Wars show in third place
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The Mandalorian pirated “within three hours” of launch
Disney Plus is unavailable in Western Europe until March 2020
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How does the Disney empire strike back against space piracy?
Analysts assess the risk of fans pirating the new Star Wars TV series
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Disney Plus “to reach 101 million subscribers by 2025”
Major streaming subscriptions to double by 2025
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Western Europe launch date for Disney Plus confirmed
DisneyLife will be rebranded in the UK and Ireland
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A quarter of UK consumers “plan to subscribe to Disney Plus”
"Netflix remains the streaming king"
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Barry Diller: New streaming services cost companies “billions of dollars”
Traditional media businesses "want to get control back"
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Disney Plus launches in the Netherlands
Free trial run is available on select mobile and connected TV devices
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Half of potential US Disney Plus subscribers plan to cancel another subscription
Pay-TV could be the biggest loser
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Apple and Disney set to go head-to-head in streaming wars
Both companies are set to launch their SVoDs in the coming weeks
TVBEverywhere
Disney bullish on new streamer’s predicted global subscriptions
Bob Iger is upbeat about the streamer's forthcoming launch
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Disney Plus set for faster global growth than originally thought
Morgan Stanley predicts bullish growth for the streamer
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Quality of content on Disney+ ‘will be higher than Netflix and Amazon’
Ampere Analysis graded the expected content Disney will offer subscribers on a scale of 1 to 100
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Disney+ ‘will have more subscribers than Netflix’
JP Morgan analyst predicts Disney's new streamer will win the battle for eyeballs