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Disney Live Streaming Service Disney+ Signed up 10 mn Subscribers at Launch

14Nov By AdityaNo Comments

Tech

Disney Live Streaming Service Disney+ Signed up 10 mn Subscribers at Launch

Walt Disney Co. said it signed up 10 million subscribers for Disney+ within a day of launching its new streaming television service. The company said in a statement it has seen "extraordinary consumer demand" and "has already reached a major milestone, achieving a remarkable 10 million sign-ups since launching." The news comes despite a launch marred by glitches which prevented many customers from accessing titles from Mickey Mouse cartoons to Star Wars. Disney+ marks a huge bet by the media-entertainment giant, pitching it into direct conflict with on-demand services such as Hotstar, Netflix, Zee5 and Amazon Prime which have disrupted the Hollywood & Bollywood media landscape. It went live Tuesday across the US, Canada and later move to Asia, featuring thousands of movies and...

Disney to Launch on-demand Streaming Service called Disney+

10Nov By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

Disney to Launch on-demand Streaming Service called Disney+

Disney has come up with an all new and its very own on-demand streaming service known as Disney+. The company is gearing up to give a tough fight to the predominant player in this segment that is Netflix. The new service Disney+ will launch in late 2019. The company had earlier announced its plans of launching its streaming service in August 2017 and now it has become a reality. Disney also purchased Fox for $71.3 billion in cash and stock, further bolstering its library. Also, the service will also feature new, original shows and movies, including original Marvel and Star Wars series. Other original shows and movies include a rebooted version of The High School Musical franchise. Along with this, it will be a hub for animated content, including the next season of “Star Wars: The ...

BookMyShow Steps Into International Event Ticketing

20Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

BookMyShow Steps Into International Event Ticketing

India's largest entertainment ticketing platform BookMyShow is now stepping into international event ticketing service with the aim to strengthen its non-movie business over the next two years. The company will foray the international ticketing service with a musical stage production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I which is to happen at the West End theatre in London. The ticketing company had also collaborated with Disney for its Broadway-style musical Aladdin’s entry in India. Albert Almeida, COO-Non Movies at BookMyShow said, Millions of Indian tourists travel abroad each year and many of them are increasingly traveling to satiate their appetite for international entertainment. This is where we sensed an opportunity in fulfilling the need of our audiences that trave...

9Nov By No Comments

CHINA

China to go after online retail sales in fight against fakes

China plans to crack down on the sale of fake goods online by using cloud computing, big data and tighter rules on user identity in its latest moves to quash counterfeiting. China has been trying to reign in its counterfeiters, who have copied everything from Apple iPhones to Louis Vuitton handbags, since it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 and was required to adhere to global standards on intellectual property rights. The country plans to eradicate intellectual property rights infringement on the internet within 3 years, it said in a posting by China's cabinet on its official website on Saturday. China will promote the use of a "real-name system" on the internet and electronic tags to make it easier to track goods and the identities of offenders, the statement said. ...