While the confinement extends to all of Europe, the Internet must not give up. Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the internal market, called on Thursday platforms such as Netflix to move "to standard definition when HD is not necessary". The shutdown of schools and the generalization of telework have led to a 10% and 30% increase in data consumption, according to the operators. Overconsumption linked in particular to streaming.
Faced with the risk of network saturation, Netflix, which normally mobilizes 25% of the bandwidth of telecom operators, according to Arcep, has decided to reduce the quality of its videos for thirty days.
Disney will launch its Disney + streaming platform in France this Tuesday. During a period of containment, the French are impatient to have access to the Disney catalog, which includes animation classics, films from the Star Wars saga, the Marvel cinematic universe, the Pixar animation films and new content like the Star Wars spin-off series, The Mandolarian .
Some internet users have even called on Disney to advance the launch of its service given the exceptional circumstances. On the official Disney + Twitter account, a posted message indicated that no early opening of the service was possible.
Disney + confirmed its launch in France
According to information from Les Echos, the French government has surveyed Disney to consider postponing the launch of its Disney + platform in France, at the request of telecom operators. But Disney + has confirmed its launch in France. While cinemas are closed in many countries, the Disney group has however been forced to close its amusement parks because of the coronavirus.
In an article published on Monday on The Hollywood Reporter, a stock market expert estimated that the group had already lost "about $ 85 billion, or about a third of its market capitalization" due to the crisis sanitary. In the highly competitive streaming sector, Disney + quickly found its place, with nearly 29 million subscribers a few months after its launch in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia. A postponement of the launch of the Disney + platform in France, also expected on March 24 in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Austria, would probably have had economic consequences for the group .
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