![]() The average time spent by Netflix's mobile users declined 8% year over year in the same time frame, while Disney+ saw the average time spent grow 7%.Meanwhile, the Disney+ mobile app saw monthly active users grow 9% year-over-year. Usage of Netflix's mobile app was about the same from the first quarter of 2022 as the same time in 2021, Sensor Tower data show. ![]() The latest data shows Disney+ mobile app is seeing growth while Netflix has remained "relatively flat," according to data from Sensor Tower. Disney is catching up to Netflix with subscribers, amassing 205 million paid subscribers across all of its services globally as of May, while Netflix has 221 million.A sea of change is underway, too, as Netflix suffered subscriber losses in the first quarter of 2022, Axios' Sara Fischer reports.The big picture: Disney+ has been racing to catch Netflix since it entered the streaming game. In a blog post on Netflix's website, showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer said the show's fourth season would be split into two parts - one released in May, another in July. "Stranger Things" had already picked May 27 as a release date.It's unclear why Disney+ switched its release date from Wednesday, the service's new day for releasing Marvel and Star Wars content, to Friday.Disney+ announced at the end of March that “Obi-Wan Kenobi" would move its release date from Wednesday, May 25, to Friday, May 27.State of play: The showdown between Netflix and Disney+ almost didn't happen. Netflix may win the weekend, Shimpach said, because the streaming service is "dropping so many episodes at once" and because the show has a strong social media following, which will attract young viewers."For true fans, there won’t be much time for anything else this weekend," he added.You can watch the first teaser for the show, released in March, below.What they're saying: "The two most significant streamers at the moment, Netflix and Disney+, facing off with marquee series," Shawn Shimpach, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts, told Axios. Some had speculated that this might be the special treat Disney had in store for fans to mark the occasion, especially since the six-episode Obi-Wan Kenobi is set to debut May 27 on Disney+.įans are hoping that the second trailer will pack a punch, with a good look at Hayden Christensen’s return as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. PREVIOUS 0:30 AM: Just after midnight Pacific Time Disney+ posted a promise to Star Wars fans for May the Fourth, or “ Star Wars Day.”Ībove a video snippet of Ewan McGregor as the titular character it read simply, “New trailer today. ![]() ![]() Obi-Wan Kenobi is directed by Deborah Chow and executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and Joby Harold.Īlong with the trailer, Disney+ also released key art for the series. Joining the cast are Kumail Nanjiani, who also briefly appears in the trailer, Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie. The series stars Ewan McGregor, reprising his role as the Jedi Master, and also marks the return of Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader. ![]() Star Wars Day: Mark Hamill, Bob Iger And Disney Celebrate May The Fourth ![]()
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