Disney walked away from roughly $150 million a year in Netflix licensing income in 2019 to launch Disney+, then lost more than $11 billion building it. Seven years later it's sending Pixar to Netflix, and the terms show who actually figured out streaming. Just look at the dates. Percy Jackson seasons 1 and 2 hit Netflix October 4 and leave after 90 days. Season 3 premieres on Disney+ November 20, right in the middle of that run. All five Ice Age movies land the same day on the same clock, and Ice Age: Boiling Point opens in theaters February 5, a month after they expire. None of that is a catalog dump. Disney is running trailers on Netflix's 300 million-plus households, and Netflix is paying a license fee for the privilege. And the deal is non-exclusive. Everything stays on Disney+ and…Read original on X
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