Media Delivery
Disney Plus has already reached its five-year target for subscribers
SVoD now has 60+ million subscribers worldwide
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Media Delivery
Kantar: Amazon led new SVoD sign-ups during Q2 2020
Amazon's share of new subscribers reached 45.1 per cent during the period, up from 12.9 per cent in Q1
Production & Post
Disney Plus, Quibi and Apple TV Plus score first major Emmy nominations
Netflix leads the way in terms of total nominations with a staggering 160 nods
Media Delivery
LTN Global and Encompass expand IP transport deal, Viaccess-Orca rolls out 5G-compatible VR player, and more
TVBEurope rounds up the latest product and tech news from LTN Global/Encompass, Viaccess-Orca, and Disney+
Media Delivery
Sky promises HDR live sport will launch in 2021
Platform now supports Disney Plus in HDR
Production & Post
Getting Hamilton from the stage to the screen to the stream
“ knew exactly what to do,” said director Thomas Kail. “My job was to not get in the way of that.”
Media Delivery
Disney Plus to launch in eight more European countries
Streamer to launch in eight markets across Western and Northern Europe
Media Delivery
Disney Plus signs up over 4 million UK subscribers
Already the third most popular SVoD in the UK
Data Centre
Disney Plus, Netflix set for subscriber boom
Global SVoD subscriptions will increase by 519 million between 2019 and 2025
Data Centre
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
Data Centre
Disney Plus ‘hits 5 million app downloads’ on day one in Europe
Figures are for the mobile app only
Features
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
Business
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
Data Centre
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?
Features
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
Business
Vodafone goes negative on Telefónica’s Disney Plus deal
Mobile operator warned of "covert exclusivity"
TVBEverywhere
Telecom Italia Mobile to exclusively carry Disney Plus
Streaming platform launches in Italy on 24th March
Data Centre
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
TVBEverywhere
‘Netflix, Disney Plus aren’t our rivals’ says Quibi CEO
Platform spending an average of $100,000 per minute on content
Business
Sky ‘set to beat BT and Virgin to Disney Plus deal’
BT and Virgin Media could be shut out of carrying the new streamer
Business
Telefonica to finalise Disney Plus deal
Streaming service launches in Western Europe on 24th March
Business
Netflix rejects advertising on its platform
"Netflix needs to diversify and look at different business models," analyst tells TVBEurope
TVBEverywhere
Disney Plus announces European launch on 24th March
Additional Western Europe markets to follow in summer 2020
Business
Netflix predicted to spend $17.3 billion on content this year
Expected to surpass $26 billion by 2028
Data Centre
Consumers take a shine to Disney Plus over Apple TV+
Survey shows dissatisfaction with Apple's product design
Business
Disney Plus already valued over $1 billion according to Barclays
Disney Plus already worth 69 per cent of Netflix's enterprise value
TVBEverywhere
Disney ‘pulls half its TV box sets from Sky’s streaming service’
Shows from Disney-owned ABC dropped by half from April to October
Business
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
TVBEverywhere
Disney Plus tops Google search rankings
Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian among most popular searches
TVBEverywhere
Disney Plus mobile apps downloaded over 15 million times in first fortnight
Averaged 25.6 million sessions a day