Financial reports will focus on streaming profits, rather than member counts for Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus.

Disney said it plans to stop reporting subscribers numbers with its quarterly reports, calling the numbers less meaningful to evaluating its business following Netflix move to do the the same. “We are focused on managing our businesses to deliver growth in a sustained way,

Disney’s streaming revenue increased 6% and the segment turned a profit of $346 million during the three-month period ended June 28, the company reported in its quarterly earnings results Wednesday. But it was higher sales and operating profit at Disney’s domestic parks business that helped the Mouse House beat Wall Street earnings expectations for the

Walt Disney's ESPN said on Wednesday it would launch the new ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service on August 21, priced at $29.99 per month.

The launch date is “timed for a marquee stretch of live sports programming across ESPN platforms,” according to the company. The late-summer debut coincides with the start of the college football and NFL seasons,