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Disney+ surpasses 10 million subscribers on first day
- Thread starter RastaMentality
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Yep, that sounds about right.
It would be BAD if it didn't. It's a Disney Streaming Network. The idea sells itself, and it would take a catastrophe to mess that up. Fortunately, they didn't.
It would be BAD if it didn't. It's a Disney Streaming Network. The idea sells itself, and it would take a catastrophe to mess that up. Fortunately, they didn't.
Lol, not on Era. People were calling it the Netflix/other streaming services killer from day one.
Original content is on its way, right now the service is a nostalgia bomb and that's good enough... for now.
I think so, though it would be a lot less appealing to people, especially investors. And it would work mainly because there would still be a steady stream of content just from their movies and the animated and live action shows from their various Disney Channels. Like think about just the content they create for XD, for instance.
I feel like this is an odd definition of "original" content. Disney makes a helluva lot of content that's not licensed, it's just not "exclusive."
They probably could succeed with zero exclusives. Like, you think it would make a massive difference if Mandalorian or something was shown on a Disney channel on cable or FX or something they own, too?
Yes streaming is a business that works only at scale, and needs alot of subs to make it work financially. I doubt any reasonable person expects D+ to peak in subs on day 1 though.
Also worth remembering that those 80 million dollars, or however much they're getting in revenue from these current subs is per month, not year
I'm only subscribing with the free year from Verizon and there really isn't anything interesting on the service for me other than the Mandalorian, which will be done in January. The vast majority of the Marvel TV shows are coming in 2021 so I probably wont use it much for the rest of the year.
I will reiterate that I think it'll go up as they:
A) Roll out Disney+ internationally
B) ESPN+ and Hulu subscription grows with the bundle
C) Roll out Hulu internationally
D) More original content comes out
I think it'll dip as is usually the case after a rally, but depending on Q1 and Q2 (after western Europe's launch) the stock might rally yet again. DIS is still a buy IMO.
I want to say a million+ locked in on the 3 year deal back in August/September, Disney is going to be fine. You might lose some of the non-family geek crowd, but this service is playing well with lots of families (yes it's anecdotal). Also I think the monthly rate is low enough that many families will just keep subbed in as their 'background/cartoon entertainment' option
These are worldwide numbers that Disney has given from what I can tell, they still have two markets to open in this quarter Australia and New Zealand which should give them a bump and I'm sure some people are waiting for all the technical difficulties to die down before they jump in. I do expect the number the number to increase quite a bit that being said how many of the trial customers they manage to retain will be important as well. Wouldn't be shocked if they have 20 million subscribers worldwide by years end though.
I've honestly never seen anything like this. It's all people were talking about at work.
Disney somehow was able to turn the launch of a streaming service into an event.
Disney somehow was able to turn the launch of a streaming service into an event.
Outside of launch issues, This is easily the best streaming service available for families due to the sheer volume and range of content. Once they start producing the original Marvel/Starwars/Pixar/ etc stuff on a regular basis I don't see why anyone would drop this in favor of any of the other streaming services except maybe Netflix.
im in a beneficial place as I get Netflix free with my T-Mobile service so I'm really just paying for The bundle of this and Hulu.
im in a beneficial place as I get Netflix free with my T-Mobile service so I'm really just paying for The bundle of this and Hulu.
It's smart because Netflix sees that people sub and unsub after binging a show. May as well stretch a series over 3 months for 3 months pay.
Which then also let's them to release the full series to an international audience as soon as they're ready without giving out too many spoilers by binge watchers.
I think bigger than subbing and unsubbing is the amount of press and talk you can generate over a couple months compared to one drop. Especially with a series like Star Wars with dedicated fan sites and news sites reporting every little thing it'll hit people's social feeds every week.
Without weekly episodes there's almost no way I would have watched Succession. It was after weeks of seeing praise and talk on the internet that I gave in and tried it out. Star Wars should be way more potent.
I don't believe that plays a big part in viewership. Maybe for the first season, but even then there are dedicated fandoms that speak loudly everywhere about it (CW shows) and they still drop in ratings year after year. Only a handful of shows like Breaking Bad, Sopranos, Game of Thrones, etc actually increase in viewership year over year. But still, you may be right, but it's probably due to more and more people adopting streaming rather than the shows actually increasing in quality / mindshare to where people want to watch them.
So verizon is giving a year away for unlimited data accountes but the promo site has been dead for hours. Any one get lucky?
Too big to fail is absolutely how I would describe Disney right now
Your carrier likely paid for the privilege with a nice fat lump sum, or bonuses based on sign-ups, or both.
WoW is a terrible example because millions of people are still subscribing to it today. Due to attrition, the entire genre of MMOs is more or less dead due to millions of regular MMO players being so entrenched in the one they paid for that they won't consider literally any other product.
In general, if people get used to having X available to them, they won't give it up easily as long as the price stays in "less than a Starbucks order" territory. That's why these services will do everything up to assassinations to land the rights to things like The Office; people like having shows like that on demand. Disney here will absolutely be leveraging stuff like the Vault and various kids' shows to trap parents (good luck to you if you've got a toddler who got used to always being able to watch Aladdin on Disney+ and now they can't anymore because you wouldn't pony up $7 a month to keep the access), older shows for nostalgic millennials, etc...
Wait another day or two, been confirmed to get repaired soon.
I tried to make a purchase on ShopDisney about midday yesterday but they forced me to check out as a guest because their account system wasn't working. I wonder if that had to do with processing so many Disney+ subscriptions.
Come to think of it I still haven't gotten an order confirmation. Might have to contact them tomorrow if I don't receive it after the 48 hour window has ended.
Come to think of it I still haven't gotten an order confirmation. Might have to contact them tomorrow if I don't receive it after the 48 hour window has ended.
Yep if/when I got Hulu no ads discounted with it then I'll re-sub.
As of now using my free week to check out Mandelorian and Pixar stuff.
Will come back when the deal and new content is better