Disney strikes streaming-TV gold
A spectacular first year for Disney+
DISNEY PROMISED investors in spring 2019 that a new video-streaming service would win between 60m and 90m subscribers by 2024. Disney+ has outperformed that forecast spectacularly, hitting its five-year subscriber target in just eight months. In doing so it is fulfilling the digital-transformation plan set in motion three years ago by Bob Iger, Disney’s longtime boss, now its executive chairman.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The streaming kingdom”
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