The first ‘local’ shows on Disney+ are a loud, proud ‘rack off, cobber’ to New Zealand

by The Spinoff — 18 May 2022

 

Disney+ is one of the world’s biggest streaming platforms, moving from a standing start on launch in 2019 to a global subscriber base of 138 million. In fact, at a recent earnings call, it added a healthy 7.9m subscribers, making it a rare bright spot in the gloomy streaming market, with Netflix’s growth screeching to a halt casting a shadow over what was once a frothy category for investors.

So when screen industry trade press Deadline ran the following headline, it should have been something of a landmark day for streaming fans on both sides of the Tasman.

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