Re: [Overlord DVD] Disney Ready to Dump Doctor Who? Terrible Ratings Making Mouse Want To Bail, Sources Say!

On 2/7/2025 5:16 PM, The Doctor wrote:

In article <vo5tr1$3lv3f$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name  <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

On 2025-02-07 14:52:24 +0000, Blueshirt said:

Ubiquitous wrote:

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The last season of Doctor Who had the lowest ratings in the
history of the series across multiple metrics, which is not
what Disney bargained for. Here's what a long-time source has
told me about the alleged future of Doctor Who on Disney Plus.
#disney #doctorwho #disneyplus
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https://youtu.be/AyxRpy1uzfg?si=SLq66WdzkXBZO-eg

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According to RTD (Doctor Who Executive Producer) in the latest
DWM [#613] the "first order from Disney was for 26 episodes",
which will be completed once the spin-off "The War Between the
Land and the Sea" has aired. So if Disney are not happy with
what they have been getting from their partnership with the BBC
then there won't be a second order... the deal will have been
completed and both Disney and the BBC can move on. I assume it
will be the ratings for S2/S15 this spring that will be
decisive, but if the ratings/viewing figures are in the same
ball-park as they were for S1/S14 then I would expect Disney to
move on...

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A complete NON-surprise that the ratings are lower than the pre-Disney
seasons. Disney of course bought into Doctor Who because they stupidly
believed it would raise their number of subscribers, which it wasn't
ever going to do and anybody with more than one braincell could have
told them the 'ratings' would drop dramatically. The only legal way for
international viewers to watch "Doctor Who" currently is to subscribe
to Disney+, which most people simply weren't going to bother doing,
especially for just one show and continual prices rises (both for
Disney+ and general retail prices for everything).
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Subscription-based streaming services themselves weren't really a good
idea to begin with, let alone numerous services all with their own
'exclusive' content. The old cable and satelitte TV services have been
struggling for decades to retain and grow subscriber numbers.
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  So Disney+ is not as popular as hoped.

Streaming, and other "beamed" services" are not as popular as expected/hoped.  The way to go is ad paid broadcast, that anyone with a receiver can get.
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