Major new subscription services to add $3.6 billion to the US Direct-to-Consumer Video Market by 2023, said IHS Markit.
Disney plans own streaming OTT service, and cuts ties with Netflix
The Walt Disney Company will acquire majority ownership of BAMTech and will launch its ESPN-branded multi-sport video streaming service in early 2018, followed by a new Disney-branded direct-to-consumer streaming service in 2019.
Disney buys into streaming company
Walt Disney Company has acquired a 33% stake in BAMTech, a technology services and video streaming company previously formed by Major League Baseball (MLB).
Kudelski teams up with Walt Disney
Kudelski Group has signed a multi-year patent licence agreement with The Walt Disney Company.