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Disney Has “Never Been More Confident” About 2024 Streaming Profitability Despite Reported LOSS in Subscribers

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We’ve recently learned even more about Disney’s BIG plans for its streaming services.

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First, the company has teamed up with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery sports coverage into one streaming service. And although Disney+ seems to have lost some subscribers, its average monthly revenue per paid subscriber increased by 9% domestically. Overall, the company seems to be very confident about one of its major goals (and CEO Bob Iger’s #1 priority): to have streaming become profitable in 2024 (yep, this year).

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NEWS: Disney Criticized for Creating “Anticompetitive Juggernaut” in Call To End New Streaming Alliance

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Disney recently held its Q1 2024 earnings call this week, and we got some pretty big announcements.

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First, we learned how the Disney Parks were doing financially. We also learned about how Disney’s streaming services were doing. Disney also announced a new alliance with Fox and Warner Bros. for a brand-new sports streaming service. Well, one cable group is now calling for the Justice Department to review that alliance and service.

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This ‘BLUEY’ Episode Is One of the Highest Ranked of Any TV Show — Here’s Why

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Everyone’s favorite family of Blue Heelers is at it again!

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However, it isn’t in the way you may be thinking. Bluey is a beloved show by everyone who watches it — and recently, a specific episode has been getting some more attention than all the rest! But which episode… and why? [Read more…]

Why Bob Iger Isn’t Worried that Disney+ Just Lost 1.3 Million Subscribers

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Disney CEO Bob Iger has shared that improving streaming at Disney was his number one priority, and we’ve seen significant changes since his return.

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But, just how close is Iger to achieving his goal of making streaming profitable? We learned quite a bit during Disney’s most recent earnings call — including the not-so-great news that Disney+ had lost 1.3 million core subscribers over the last quarter. And yet, Iger doesn’t seem to be worried at all — here’s why.

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Disney Reveals NEW Details on BIG Streaming Changes

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Disney is working on a NEW streaming service and some big details have been released.

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Disney has quarterly earnings calls each year, and in them, they discuss how the company has been performing and what their goals are for the year/the upcoming quarter. They also often give updates on what’s next. In the company’s 2023 Q4 earnings call, they shared that they had massive plans for ESPN, and now we’re starting to see that those plans are taking shape!

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CONFIRMED: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ Movie Is Coming to Disney+ SOON!

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Okay, Swifties, we just got some BIG news from Disney.

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Okay, so we’ve seen a lot of support for Taylor Swift in Disney World, with a variety of Taylor Swift-themed snacks. We’ve also speculated about whether we might see Taylor Swift in Disneyland soon. We’ve even spotted some Taylor and Travis Kelce hype in EPCOT recently. Well, we’ve got a big reason to celebrate even more Swiftness (is that a thing? we’ll say it is) because Disney just made a HUGE T-Swift announcement: The Eras Tour movie is coming EXCLUSIVELY to Disney+.

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NEW UPDATE on Disney CEO Bob Iger’s Number ONE Priority

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Disney CEO Bob Iger has many things he’s got to tackle before his time at Disney is up, but one thing in particular has been a huge focus for him — making streaming profitable.

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Iger previously indicated that improving streaming at Disney was his number one priority (though, since that time he has identified 4 big priorities at Disney — one of which is “achieving significant profit streaming”). So how is Iger coming along with that goal? Are things improving when it comes to Disney+ numbers or is there danger brewing in the Mouse House? Let’s find out.

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BREAKING! Disney Is Starting a NEW Streaming Service With Fox and Warner Bros.

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For a while now, we’ve been waiting for Disney to make a big business move.

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Disney’s had some problems with streaming over the past few years, but particularly with ESPN+. The service hasn’t been as successful as it could be, even though there’s a high demand for sports entertainment. But now, Disney finally seems to have the solution — and it involves some other major players.

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NEWS: Disney+ Removed Over 120 Titles for MILLIONS of Customers

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Streaming services are now at the point where they’re trying to cut their expenses and change their business models to become more profitable.

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For example, Amazon Prime and Netflix have both jumped on the bandwagon of offering ad-supported streaming. Disney is also working on making its streaming profitable — it’s what CEO Bob Iger calls his #1 priority. We’ve seen Disney+ cancel some shows, and remove shows from its streaming service library. Well, now even MORE movies and shows have been removed from Disney+ in one region of the world. 

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NEWS: Following Disney+ Changes, Hulu Will Begin Password Sharing Crackdown

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If streaming services are starting to feel exactly like cable used to back in the day to you, you’re not alone.

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Between formerly ad-free services becoming full of ads and efforts to put an end to password sharing, it’s becoming increasingly complicated to be a consumer of the latest and greatest content (champagne problems, am I right?). And, if you’re a Hulu subscriber, we’ve got an update you might want to know about.

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