商業快報

Disney’s streaming growth disappoints in its latest quarter

Shares fall as subscriptions for video service fall short of targets

Subscription growth at Walt Disney’s flagship video streaming service, Disney+, slowed in its fourth quarter, disappointing Wall Street and raising concerns that it has stalled after a blistering start during the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Total Disney+ subscriptions rose to 118m in the quarter, up 60 per cent from a year earlier — but below targets of 119.6m. It added 2.1m subscribers in the three months to October 2.

Bob Chapek, chief executive, has said that achieving strong growth at Disney+ is the company’s top priority as it seeks to compete with Netflix. Some analysts say subscriber growth has slowed at Disney+ because it needs to expand beyond its base of young children and fans of the Marvel and Star Wars franchises.

您已閱讀33%(739字),剩餘67%(1522字)包含更多重要資訊,訂閱以繼續探索完整內容,並享受更多專屬服務。
版權聲明:本文版權歸FT中文網所有,未經允許任何單位或個人不得轉載,複製或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵權必究。
設置字型大小×
最小
較小
默認
較大
最大
分享×