The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors has elected Susan E. Arnold as Chairman of the Board, effective December 31st 2021. Arnold, a 14-year member of the Disney Board who has served as its independent Lead Director since 2018, will succeed Robert A. Iger as Chairman of the Board when he departs the Company at […]
Disney surpassed a milestone this quarter, topping 100 million subscribers to its streaming services in the US for the first time in early Q4 2021, according to research firm Ampere Analysis. By the end of this quarter, the wide content portfolio and aggressive pricing offered by the Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ bundle will further boost […]
Disney+ has passed 100 million US subs. The gamble of going direct, cutting out the service provider middlemen, has paid off. Among its objectives now must be to make inroads internationally into the lead held by Netflix, the pioneer of D2C. The weapons in this war of attrition are: pricing, marketing and content. Disney doesn’t […]
Netflix has acquired Scanline VFX, the visual effects company that has worked on TV and movie franchises including Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Justice League, Free Guy, Black Widow, Netflix’s new Cowboy Bebop live-action series, and many more. Scanline was founded in 1989 and is now led by Stephan Trojansky, a VFX Supervisor whose proprietary […]
The Walt Disney Company in EMEA has marked Disney+ Day by confirming more titles launching on the streaming plaform this year and next; and unveiling new EMEA Original commissions. As previously announced, subscribers can immediately stream 17 content premieres on Disney+, including the new original drama series Dopesick starring Michael Keaton, Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and […]
The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended October 2nd 2021. Full company revenue was as $18.53 billion (€16.17bn), whilst Disney+, its SVoD platform that has been a beacon throughout the pandemic, saw customer growth slow, but still added 2.1 million subscribers to reach a global total of […]
Marvel fans will be able to stream some of their favourite titles in IMAX’s Expanded Aspect Ratio at home for the first time with IMAX Enhanced on Disney+, launching on November 12th as part of Disney’s company-wide Disney+ Day global celebration. The new collaboration was announced by The Walt Disney Company, IMAX Corporation and DTS, […]
Ahead of Disney+ Day on November 12th, The Walt Disney Company has announced company-wide promotions and additional content premiering to kick off the celebration. To thank fans for their support over the past two years, Disney+ subscribers can enjoy special benefits including additional time at Disney Parks around the world, shopDisney deals, access to fan-favourite […]
Ghostbusters: Afterlife has seen the best reception among Twitter users than any other franchise film to date, according to a study by Mobile Wins. The study included a Twitter Sentiment Analysis, which pulls together all Tweets referencing a franchise film across the last decade, and assigns a positivity/negativity score to each. Ghostbusters: Afterlife has seen […]
The Disney+ Day celebration, a global occasion to mark the second anniversary of the SVoD service, is headed to Springfield in a new short: The Simpsons in Plusaversary. The special episode will see The Simpsons host a Disney+ Day party and everyone is on the list… except Homer. The Simpsons in Plusaversary will debut on […]