With both YouTube and Netflix agreeing to lower streaming quality to standard definition across Europe to help ease the bandwidth strain due to increased levels of online traffic, Disney has announced a similar route with Disney+ when it launches on March 24th.
According to a recent report by The Hollywood Reporter, Disney’s chairman direct-to-consumer and international, Kevin Mayer, announced; “In line with Disney’s longstanding commitment to act responsibly, we are responding to the request of European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton to work together to ensure the smooth functioning of the broadband infrastructure.”
“In anticipation of high consumer demand for Disney+, we are proactively instituting measures to lower our overall bandwidth utilization by at least 25 percent in all of the markets launching Disney+ on March 24th. In the coming days, we will be monitoring Internet congestion and working closely with internet service providers to further reduce bit rates as necessary to ensure they are not overwhelmed by consumer demand.”
Disney+ is set to launch in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland on 24th March. However, the launch in France has been pushed back by two weeks, with the streaming service now launching on 7th April. You can still take advantage of the pre-sale subscription discount which ends today (23rd March) here.
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The Disney+ service is set to serve as the streaming service for Disney’s extensive film and TV library, including content from Disney, Fox, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic, as well as releasing a variety of exclusive original content including the likes of The Mandalorian, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Forky Asks A Question, Lady and the Tramp, Toho and Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made.
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