Yesterday was a big day for The Walt Disney Company, which updated the subscriber numbers of its 2019-released video streaming platform, highlighting its remarkable success in an increasingly competitive and challenging market.
In the long run, however, the expectation is for the subscriber tally to continue growing to as much as 260 million and as “little” as 230 million by the end of 2024, despite the fact that the latest Walt Disney Investor Day also brought some bad news for both existing and future Disney Plus users.
The popular bundle including Disney+, ad-supported Hulu, and ESPN Plus access is also slated for a small monthly hike from $12.99 to $13.99, with a new package fetching $18.99 a month coming soon to lump Disney Plus, ESPN Plus, and the no-ads Hulu plan together.
It’s hard to get too upset about this entirely predictable announcement, especially when it’s being made more than three months in advance of the actual pricing changes and accompanied by not one, not two, and not three but four exciting new trailers for Marvel’s upcoming Avengers-themed Disney+ original shows.
