**Subscription Cancellations on Disney+ and Hulu Spike Following ABC’s Brief Cancellation of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”**
New York — Subscription cancellations for Disney+ and Hulu increased during the month that ABC temporarily pulled the show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air, according to data from subscription analytics company Antenna.
Walt Disney Co., which owns both streaming platforms and the ABC network, made the decision to briefly cancel the show for less than a week in September. This move came in response to criticism over host Jimmy Kimmel’s comments related to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Antenna estimates that total cancellations in September reached approximately 4.1 million for Hulu and 3 million for Disney+. The “churn rate” — the percentage of customers who cancel their subscriptions in a given month — notably increased from 5% in August to 10% in September for Hulu. For Disney+, this rate jumped from 4% in August to 8% in September.
Despite the rise in cancellations, new signups in September were higher for both Hulu and Disney+ compared to the previous five months.
It is important to note that Antenna’s data excludes subscribers who are part of bundle deals. In Disney’s most recent earnings report for the quarter ended June 28, the company reported a combined total of 183 million Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions.
Disney has declined to comment on the recent cancellation data.
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*About Antenna:* Antenna is a subscription analytics company specializing in tracking U.S. consumer data across various digital services.
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