Disney Plus streaming service finally launches in the UK, Italy, Austria, Ireland, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland

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Published onMarch 24, 2020

published onMarch 24, 2020

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After anincredibly long wait, Disney’s video streaming service, Disney+, has finally launched in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria and Switzerland.

Disney+ was originally planned to also launch in France today but its debut has been delayed until April 7th after a request from the French government, likely due to an attempt to prevent internet services in the country from being overwhelmed due to COVID-19.

The virus will also be affecting the service in other European countries with resolution being downgraded to Standard instead of HD straight out of the gate.

“In anticipation of high consumer demand for Disney+, we are proactively instituting measures to lower our overall bandwidth utilization by at least 25% in all of the markets launching Disney+ on March 24th,” Disney’s Kevin Mayersaid in a statement. “In the coming days, we will be monitoring Internet congestion and working closely with iInternet service providers to further reduce bit rates as necessary to ensure they are not overwhelmed by consumer demand. We look forward to the launch of Disney+ and hope it will provide a much-needed respite for families in these challenging and trying times.”

Other streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon are also limiting their video quality throughout Europe.

Disney+ can be viewed onXbox One consolesvia theofficial Disney+ appand via a web browser onWindows 10 devices.

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Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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