BURBANK, Calif.-Is Disney+ starting to hit a wall? In one of the first instances since the streaming service launched in November 2019, Disney+ failed to meet market expectations, announcing that it now has 103.6 million global subscribers; Wall Street projected it to be around 110 million at the end of the second fiscal quarter of 2021.
Disney+ Subs Fall Short of Latest Expectations
14/05/2021
BURBANK, Calif.-Is Disney+ starting to hit a wall? In one of the first instances since the streaming service launched in November 2019, Disney+ failed to meet market expectations, announcing that it now has 103.6 million global subscribers; Wall Street projected it to be around 110 million at the end of the second fiscal quarter of 2021.
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