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Disney Plus, Netflix set for subscriber boom
Global SVoD subscriptions will increase by 519 million between 2019 and 2025
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Coronavirus expected to drive increase in Western Europe’s SVoD subscribers
45 million new subscribers expected to sign up to SVoD services in 2020
Disney Plus predicted to hit 220+ million subscribers by 2024
Would be almost four times Disney's own subscriber target
Disney Plus reaches 50 million subscribers globally
Could meet the company's target of 60-90 million global subs four years early
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Disney Plus ‘hits 5 million app downloads’ on day one in Europe
Figures are for the mobile app only
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Disney Plus comes to EMEA
As Disney Plus rolls out across many EMEA countries, OWNZONES’ Bill Admans discusses its successes, challenges and predictions
Disney Plus postpones French launch, will reduce bandwidth in Europe
Launch postponed at the request of the French government
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Could Apple take advantage of the volatile stock market and acquire Disney?
Disney stock drops under $100 prompting speculation
EU commissioner tells Netflix to switch to SD to ease internet traffic
Vodafone reports 30 per cent rise in UK traffic
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App Annie: Disney Plus is “catering to a clear demand” in Europe
"Has demonstrated a killer ability to co-exist with Netflix"
Content streaming enters unprecedented times
With the forthcoming launch of Disney Plus, and consumers streaming more content than ever, can the internet cope?
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Everything we know about: Disney Plus
TVBEurope rounds up the latest news and analysis on the Disney streaming service
O2 wins exclusive Disney Plus mobile distributor deal
Will be available to telco's customers on mobile, online streaming and TV
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Vodafone goes negative on Telefónica’s Disney Plus deal
Mobile operator warned of "covert exclusivity"
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Telecom Italia Mobile to exclusively carry Disney Plus
Streaming platform launches in Italy on 24th March
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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
Features
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
TVBEverywhere
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"