Disney streaming outages mar its first day as Netflix rival


An error message for Disney’s streaming service is seen on a TV in New York, US. Some users reported trouble getting the app to work as soon as they tried to log on in the early hours of Nov 12 morning, when the East Coast of the US and Canada was waking up. — Reuters

Walt Disney Co’s much-anticipated debut of its new streaming video service was marred by technical glitches and crashes for some users, though it still stirred excitement online.

New Star Wars series The Mandalorian was trending on social media, and Twitter users cheered that they were finally able to sign up and watch Disney+ after months of well-orchestrated promotions from the Disney marketing machine.

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