We do not get good news from our neighboring country. Disney+, which was scheduled to premiere in France for this week (as it has in Spain), has canceled its release in the Gallic country. You can already be imagining the reason: the expansion of the coronavirus.
Disney+ delayed in France
When the difficult coronavirus situation began to worsen in Spain and citizens were asked to stay at home, many thought: at least Disney+ is coming soon. There were even many who asked the firm (without success) to advance its release date in our country. It's understandable. In these moments that we live, keep your head occupied It is essential and one of the best tools we have for this with on-demand content services.
Disney+ Spain asked users for patience and encouraged them to wait until the 24th of this month, since it was impossible for them to be able to anticipate their departure. There are only two days left for this to happen and, however, the alarms have already gone off: in France, where the platform was also going to be released this Tuesday, it has just been Cancelled its release.
Un release issued yesterday Saturday confirms that Disney + has been delayed for the moment two weeks at the request of the French government. It should be remembered that just a few days ago the European Union asked Netflix to the quality of your streaming will decrease by 25% to alleviate the current saturation of the networks. Similar requests have been made to Amazon, with Prime Video, and Alphabet, owner of YouTube.
In principle, Disney+ will apply a similar measure: "In anticipation of increased consumer demand, the company is implementing measures to reduce our overall bandwidth utilization by at least 25% in all markets launching Disney+ on March 24," said Kevin Mayer, chief global direct-to-consumer division of Disney+. However, France has preferred to cut its losses by requesting its cancellation.
What will happen in Spain?
Until further notice, the launch of Disney + is still scheduled for this Tuesday, March 24. Just a couple of hours ago, a tweet was published on the official Disney+ account reminding followers that there are only two days left:
2 DAYS #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/niS7545awG
— Disney+ Spain (@DisneyPlusES) March 22, 2020
It's true that this tweet could be scripted and doesn't have to mean anything. In fact, some users have taken advantage of said publication to complain that the app for devices still not available. In principle, Disney confirmed that this solution could be downloaded on the 24th, which in these exceptional circumstances can lead to true saturation and collapse with so many people downloading at the same time.
Be that as it may, normality currently prevails in the official channels where users continue to be invited to subscribe. If everything continues - you know how things change at the moment - Disney + would continue to be launched in Spain next Tuesday the 24th, as well as in many other European countries except France. Of course, with a lower streaming quality to the expected Keep that in mind.