2025-05-28
43 分钟第 110 季 第 2 集
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It's November 12th, 2019 in Burbank, California, Disney headquarters.
Kevin Mayer marches into the IT department, his brow furrowed.
He's the chairman of Disney's direct-to-consumer services.
Mayors barely cross the threshold before he starts demanding answers.
What the hell is going on?
Every head in the room turns away from the computer monitors and stares at him,
but no one needs to ask what he's referring to.
Today is what's been dubbed D-Day, the launch of Disney+.
Now it's late morning.
The service has been live since midnight Pacific time.
It's not the company's first foray into streaming.
Disney has been a part owner of Hulu since 2009.
They also operate ESPN+, the streaming version of their sports cable network.
But those are both relatively small endeavors.
Disney Plus is different.
It's launching with a library of 500 feature films and 7,500 episodes of television and a new slate of high-budget original programming.
And it's Disney's big bet in taking on Netflix.