The Walt Disney Company's video streaming service Disney+ that will launch in November 2019 won't include South Africa or anywhere else in Africa for at least two years.
Disney that currently runs the linear TV channels Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior channels in South Africa and across the continent on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV service, says Disney+"will offer fans of all ages a new way to experience the unparalleled content from the company's iconic entertainment brands, including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic, and will be available on connected TV and mobile devices".
Local Disney spokesperson said Disney South Africa didn't have any comment on the specific questions about the future of Disney+ for the African continent and referred Channel24 to the press statement that Disney issued following its Disney+ presentation it made as part of its investor day at Disney's Burbank lot in Los Angeles, California on 11 April.
Together with the words"nearly all major regions" in its statement, the slides for Disney+ that form part of its investor day presentation, however, shows that Africa is not included as one of these"major regions" – at least not for the next two and a half years.
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