Disney reported reaching 118.1 million global subscribers with its flagship streaming service Disney+ about two years after it launched. That’s just 2.1 million more than the company reported…
That’s just 2.1 million more than the company reported in August as of the end of its fiscal third quarter, a dramatic but not-unexpected slowdown.Analysts polled by FactSet had expected 126 million Disney+ subscribers.is at 43.8 million, including both the on-demand service and live TV package. While that number was an uptick from last quarter, it was below Wall Street estimates.
CEO Bob Chapek had signaled in September that subscriber growth for Disney+ would slow. The company has made it more than halfway to its guidance of 230 million to 260 million global subscribers by the end of 2024. Chapek indicated in an appearance at a Wall Street conference that gains would be in the low-single-digit-millions, a decline from the more than 12 million added in the prior quarter.
Hulu presents in many ways the biggest challenge for Disney. While it is continuing to grow, there are questions about its future, especially as a global brand. When Disney took control of it in 2019, buying out NBCUniversal’s stake after having acquired 21st Century Fox’s as part of a massive M&A deal the year before, it halted the global expansion of the service. It has since repositioned FX programming in a dedicated channel on Hulu and made other moves.
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