Apple introduced the 16 inch macbook pro, starting at 2400. Well rate its function and design. Disney was the big winner of the week, signing up 10 million customers in one day for its service. Despite technical glitches upon launch. Disney plus became available on tuesday in the u. S. And canada. The original goal was 90 million subscribers in five years. It is poised to reach that goal sooner. I got the latest from chris palmeri. To put this in perspective, hbo now, cbs all access, espn plus, a lot of these guys have been in business for a few years and none of them hit 10 million. Disney did it in a day. Go back to 1974, this is peak disney. Taylor we can see the technical glitches. We can shrug those off. That is what disney was saying. If we knew how many people were trying to sign up, we could not plan this. They had an incredible deal with Verizon Communications where 19 million customers could access the service for a year for free. Even the free customers, disney is getting pa
In hong kong, how news and rumors are playing a part in protests. And, market share, buyers turn teslas toyotas for model 3. First, to our top story. The launch of disneys streaming technicalt with some glitches and crashes, but still, buzzy plus generated across social media. Rickore, we are joined by springfield and bloombergs lucas shaw. Are the technical glitches perhaps a good sign, showing that demand exceeded expectation . Rick i have no idea. The reality is that technical glitches are sort of commonplace in big launches. You side with hbo and game of thrones. Maybe it was demand driven. Who really knows. It is irrelevant in the scheme of this is disneys longterm strategy. Bob iger has thrown down the gauntlet. It is not even just about disney plus. Fx content. As long as these technical issues are not ongoing, as long as you are not still hearing about technical issues 2, 3 weeks from now, no one will hear about the issues this morning. Taylor did disney cement itself as a clea
Fray of gentrified accusations against goldman. We will bring you goldmans quick response. Return of the mac. Apple introduced the 16 inch macbook pro, starting at 2400. Disney was the big winner of the week, signing up 10 million customers in one day for its service. Despite technical glitches upon launch. Disney plus became available on tuesday in the u. S. And canada. The original goal was 90 million subscribers in five years. It is poised to reach that goal sooner. I got the latest from chris palmeri. To put this in perspective, hbo now, cbs all access, espn plus, a lot of these guys have been in business for a few years and none of them hit 10 million. Disney did it in a day. Go back to 1974, this is peak disney. Taylor we can see the technical glitches. We can shrug those off. That is what disney was saying. If we knew how many people were trying to sign up, we could not plan this. They had an incredible deal with Verizon Communications where 19 million customers could access the
Market share, buyers trade in bmws and toyotas for teslas model 3. More on bloomberg surveys. More on elon musk had car. First, to our top story. The launch of disneys streaming was streaming service was met with some technical glitches and crashes, but still, disney plus generated excitement and buzz all over social media. Adding to the continued streaming wars. For more, we are joined by Rick Springfield and bloombergs lucas shaw. Who covers the streaming wars for us. Are the technical glitches perhaps a good sign, showing that demand exceeded expectation . Rick honestly, i have no idea. The reality is that technical glitches are sort of commonplace in big launches. You have seen it with hbo and game of thrones. You never like to see these things, its unfortunate for disney. Maybe it was demand driven. Who really knows. It is irrelevant in the scheme of this is disneys longterm strategy. Bob iger has thrown down the gauntlet. This is the future of the company. Its streaming. It is no
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