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PREVIEW ☀️DISNEY+ US subs growth stalls, as 37% price hike comes in December

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Aug 11, 2022
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Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on THURSDAY August 11, 2022.

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IN THIS EDITION

  • #MediaNerd returns to break down exactly what’s going on behind those “DISNEY matches NETFLIX subscriber count” headlines out there yesterday.

    • Hint: It’s basically the “minutes streamed” of subscriber counts - not really what it seems.

  • A look at the bleak US Streaming service Subscriber “growth” in Q2.

  • Steve Martin is getting 2 part docu at APPLE and more

PLUS:

A brand new Ankler Hot Seat podcast with yours truly, Janice & Richard from his Covid basement (hope you’re feeling better this morning!) goes up today:

  • Looking at the DISNEY+ numbers no one is talking about - namely where all that subscriber growth you’re seeing in every headline this morning… actually came from.

  • Setting out the upside for the long game DISNEY+ is playing for the whole DISNEY business. Eventually.

It’ll be up later this morning so be sure to subscribe wherever you listen, or here on APPLE or SPOTIFY easy enough.


💻 THE MEDIA BIZ

#medianerd in high gear today
ok this came up in my search and since DISNEY now owns it… i’m goin with it. via Giphy

DISNEY+’s Q2 Earnings Report gets positive reception… but a peek under the Subscriber growth hood reveals a lot

Wall Street liked what they heard, as DIS 0.00%↑ stock was up almost 7% last night. Although their Theme Parks biz had a lot to do with it as they had a huge quarter #ThanksSpringBreak!

But the Street also loves a price hike… and since that’s what the US consumer will actually see out of all this news, I’ll start there. But first…

THE SEAN’S NOTES

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  • DISNEY+ Ad-Supported version launches Dec 8, US-only at $8 a month, with Int’l to follow 2023 TBA.

  • DISNEY is significantly raising prices on all Streaming services by year’s end, putting it on even pricing level with HBOMAX & NETFLIX.

  • Headlines touting “DISNEY catches NETFLIX in subscriber count” are technically correct… but are rather misleading in what they are inferring. I’ll explain.

  • DIS+ beat subscriber add expectations - but this is once again mostly due to a lotta low-cost Cricket subs and entering new countries. Oh and basically… zero USA growth here.

  • DISNEY Streaming lost even more outrageous 💰 amounts in Q2… but they planted a flag in the ground saying when they’ll reach profitability - which is strikingly similar to HBOMAX’s.

NOW: Details on all of this and more… #medianerd🤓 take the wheel.


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