Glitches Mar the Disney+ Launch
Disney (NYSE: DIS) knew that this might happen. Disney+ has been heavily hyped for months, and Disney wanted as many people to be subscribing and streaming as possible. But with great popularity comes the potential for high-profile disaster. When the service actually debuted at midnight EST on Nov. 12, plenty of those customers were wide awake and ready to stream -- and, in some cases, were unable to. Welcome to tech, Disney.
At first blush, the problems looked like ones we've seen before. AT&T's (NYSE: T) HBO, among others, has dealt with stumbles in the face of high traffic: At several points over the course of Game of Thrones' iconic run, streamers tuning in at the same time for big episodes crashed HBO's servers. Still, Disney would presumably have preferred a smoother launch for its would-be Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) killer. The company had plenty of time to prepare. What went wrong?
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