After months of speculation about the take-off Disney+ in Poland, the company announced the official date of the platform’s entry into our market during the results conference for the third quarter of the financial year 2021.
It has been said for months that the debut of Disney + in Poland may take place in 2021, even a September date has been speculated. The fact that Disney + may soon enter Poland was evidenced by the addition of Polish subtitles to subsequent titles from the website’s library.
Start of Disney + in Poland in 2022
As the head of Disney, Bob Chapek said at the results conference, the company plans to launch Disney + in our region of Europe in the summer of 2022. Chapek explained that the delay was caused, among others, by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“ We have moved the release date from the end of 2021 to the summer of 2022, mainly to allow coverage to extend to parts of the Middle East and South Africa, ” explains the Disney CEO.
The information was confirmed to the portal by Marta Szafrańska, responsible for Disney’s communication in our region.
– We are pleased to confirm that Disney + will debut in Poland in the summer of 2022. We appreciate the patience of fans awaiting the entry of Disney + and we make every effort to introduce the highest quality service to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. – we read in the announcement sent to the Wirtualnemedia.pl portal.
Disney +’s reach will be extended to all of Japan in late October this year, and to additional APEC markets in mid-November, including South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Disney + already has 116 million subscribers, lower ARPU
Disney’s report for the past financial quarter stated that July 3 this year Disney + had 116 million subscribers, compared to 57.5 million at the end of June last year. and 103.6 million at the beginning of April this year.
On the other hand, the number of paying users of the ESPN + sports platform increased year-on-year from 8.5 to 14.9 million, and the online Hulu offer only – from 32.1 to 39.1 million.
Average Monthly Revenue (ARPU) per Disney + Subscriber decreased from $ 4.62 to $ 4.16. ESPN + increased from $ 4.18 to $ 4.47, and Hulu’s online offering increased from $ 11.39 to $ 13.15.
Biblioteka i ceny Disney +
Disney + launched in November 2019. The library has series, companies and programs produced, among others by Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Television, and under the Marvel, National Geographic, Pixar and Star Wars brands. – from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to the latest production from the world of Star Wars – “The Mandalorian”.
Currently, Disney + is available incl. in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Austria, France, Spain, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Monaco, Germany, Great Britain and Italy.
From the start, the service has 7.5 thousand. episodes of series and programs as well as 500 films.
This year, Disney + has also grown by Star collection with titles mainly for mature users. It includes titles produced by ABC, Freeform, FX, 20th Century Studios, 20th Television and Touchstone.
Disney + Star features all episodes of “24 hours”, “Lost”, “Desperate Housewives”, “The X-Files”, “How I Met Your Mother “(” How I Met Your Mother “),” Atlanta “,” Prison Break “. In addition, Star Originals series are being prepared – “High School Drama Love”, “Victor”.
In the US, from March 26, 2021, monthly access to Disney + costs $ 7.99 and an annual $ 79.99 $ 13.99 a month for a bundle that includes Disney +, Hulu (ad-supported), and ESPN +.
A bundle with Disney +, ESPN + and Hulu without ads is $ 18.99 per month. In Canada, access to the site costs $ 11.99 per month and $ 119.99 per year, and in the UK, £ 7.99 per month and £ 79.90 per year.
Disney with Increase in Influence and Profit
Disney’s revenue from direct-to-consumer (OTT) media services, mainly streaming platforms, was $ 4.25 billion in the last fiscal quarter, following a 57 percent year-on-year increase, and the operating loss decreased from $ 624 million to $ 293 million.
In the case of linear television, quarterly revenues increased by 16%. to $ 6.95 billion, and operating profit decreased from $ 3.28 to $ 2.19 billion. On the other hand, revenues from the sale of content and licenses decreased by 23%. to $ 1.68 billion, and operating profit – from $ 316 to $ 132 million.
Disney’s entire media division achieved 18 percent revenue growth. to $ 12.68 billion and operating profit dropped from $ 2.98 to $ 2.03 billion.
The results of the concern’s amusement parks, which last spring. in most countries they were closed due to epidemics. Including product sales, revenues increased year-on-year from $ 1.06 to $ 4.34 billion, and operating profit – from $ 1.88 billion loss to $ 356 million profit.
Disney’s total quarterly revenue grew 45 percent. to $ 17.02 billion, operating profit – from $ 1.1 to $ 2.38 billion, and net profit – from $ 4.72 billion loss to $ 923 million profit.
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