Netflix rival’s move also comes at ‘dangerous moment’ for BBC, soon to lose its director generalA new TV streaming service, Disney+, is to launch in the UK earlier than scheduled in a move that underlines the increasing competition facing the BBC. Disney had planned to launch the service on 31 March, but has now brought it forward a week to 24 March. The new Disney+ service, which has been available in the US and Canada since November, will also go live in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria and Switzerland on 24 March. All of the original and prequel Star Wars films – as well as The Force Awakens – will be on the service at the launch. The show returns to East High as a mockumentary series about how a group of teenagers stage High School Musical: The Musical as their school play.

Source: The Guardian January 21, 2020 16:18 UTC