Verizon to Offer Free Disney+ as Streaming Wars Heat Up
October 22 2019 - 10:57AM
Dow Jones News
By Drew FitzGerald
Verizon Communications Inc. said it would give wireless
customers on unlimited data plans a year of free access to Disney+,
giving the new streaming entrant a huge potential boost before its
Nov. 12 launch and scrambling the cellphone market.
Verizon said the video service from Walt Disney Co., which
includes films and TV series from Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and
National Geographic, among others, will also be offered to new Fios
internet and 5G home broadband customers.
Terms of the deal weren't immediately available. The move
follows an earlier deal T-Mobile US Inc. struck that gives some of
its unlimited wireless customers free Netflix Inc. access .
Disney+ is one of several new video services looking to
challenge Netflix's dominance of the streaming market. Already the
competitors are looking for ways to grab customers as they roll
their services out. Apple Inc. is giving its Apple TV+ service free
for a year to customers who purchase new iPhones.
Rival AT&T Inc. plans to unveil its own streaming video
service, HBO Max, next week.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 22, 2019 10:42 ET (14:42 GMT)
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