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Star Wars is an American epic space-opera media franchise created by George Lucas. The franchise began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.

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Disney-Plus racking up 50m subscribers in five months

Sep 15,2023 5:11 pm

The Mandalorians, with Ming-Na Wen is a Disney + offer

Disney's New Video -streaming service is already More Than 50 million subscribers since its launch five months ago.

If Disney Plus recently announced it had achieved ratings in the February, 26. 5 Million Subscribers.

Since then, this has almost doubled, as more and more people are online and still At Home due to virus-clamp downs.

Disney-Plus , the competitors Netflix and Amazon Prime, rolled out to the UK and other parts of Europe in the last month.

All three streaming platforms, are enjoying a huge boost when you consider the figures, which remain the cinemas closed and people are forced to stay indoors.

Disney-Plus originally a goal of 60 million to 90 million subscribers by The End of fiscal year 2024, when, for the first time in the USA in November.

"really feel honored that Disney-Plus is in resonance with millions around the globe," said Kevin Mayer , a Disney spokesman. If you are asked, what is the effect of locks and stay-at-home limitations were figures on the subscription, Disney refused to comment.

"With films, the theatre will be closed on many major international markets, streaming has immediately make use of a go-to source for quality home entertainment, and these services continue to be to come with an increase of subscribers for a considerable period of time, as many consumers change their habits," says Gitesh Pandya, editor of boxoffice guru. com.

Disney-Plus -subscription numbers were given a boost after you started your audience in India, where the streaming service last week. Disney reported eight million new subscribers in India.

After The Announcement on Wednesday afternoon, shares in Disney with 7% jumped to Wall Street . The entertainment was hit the group hard, by the Corona-Virus-pandemic, after they close, theme parks around the world.

He also has to stop production on new content and delay releases for potential cash Widow hits such as Mulan and Black.

Disney-Plus is still behind both Netflix and Amazon Prime Video in terms of global subscriptions. Netflix added nearly nine million of net global subscribers in The Fourth quarter of 2019. At The End of Last Year , about 167 million paid subscribers it had in the world. Amazon now has More Than 150 million viewers.

But Disney Plus , which includes movies and TV shows from Disney, Pixar, Star Wars and National Geographic , has grown much faster than its rivals.

"What Disney Plus has reached, in five months of Netflix, it took seven years," said Chris Fenton, a Film-industry-analyst. "Disney Plus has all the ammunition to surpass required Netflix, and it also has the potential of bazooka from China. If every American streaming service can access to 1. 4 billion people in China, it is Disney-Plus . "



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Source of news: bbc.com

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