Boss Bob Iger says sequels are cheaper to make because they save on marketing costs.

Disney is banking on a password crackdown and spate of sequels as it pushes to make its streaming business profitable.

The company, which is under pressure as audiences move away from traditional pay-TV and cinema, said it was on track to meet its goals after new subscribers and price rises helped to narrow losses in its streaming business.

  • PseudorandomNoise@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The password crackdown will work, sadly. However is it going to be enough to make up for the fact that Disney’s got nothing right now except shitting out sequels?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I don’t know that it will work. How many additional people sign up when these password sharing crackdowns happen? I doubt it’s enough to make their number crunchers happy.

        • gac11@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          I know I’m just an anecdote but Netflix had some ridiculous deal where I paid $75 for a year of Starz and I got Netflix for free. So they got to pretend like they didn’t lose me when in reality I was imminently going to quit due to the password crackdown.