{"id":53694,"date":"2019-12-02T06:44:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T14:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/?p=53694"},"modified":"2019-12-03T00:55:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T08:55:58","slug":"disney-eyeing-pay-tv-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/disney-eyeing-pay-tv-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+ Eyeing Pay-TV Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking a page from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and wholly-owned subsidiary Hulu, Disney is reportedly seeking partnerships with foreign pay-TV operators for its branded subscription streaming video platform, Disney+.<\/p>\n

Disney, unlike Netflix, Hulu and Prime Video, has existing pay-TV distribution for branded properties such as Disney Channel. As a result, the company is targeting regions where its SVOD service won’t cannibalize ongoing relationships.<\/p>\n

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Disney is in talks with Spain’s top pay-TV distributors ahead of its March 31, 2020 launch in Europe, according to El Espa\u00f1ol<\/em>. The service would either partnership with existing distribution or launch as a standalone service \u2014 the latter fraught with challenges due to widespread piracy in the region.<\/p>\n

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Regardeless, Netflix significantly expanded its domestic reach when it reached a distribution deal with Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator.<\/p>\n

The deal added incremental domestic subs for Netflix while greatly expanding Comcast’s broadband sub base. The cabler is one of the country’s largest ISPs.<\/p>\n

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The company added 1.35 million broadband customers in 2019, underscoring the ongoing appeal of over-the-top video as consumers stream movies and TV shows in their home.\u00a0 The broadband sub growth has helped offset pay-TV sub losses.<\/p>\n

Kagan, a unit of S&P Global Intelligence, predicts that broadband-only homes will make up a third of all U.S. households by 2023, as reported by The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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