subscribers

Disney also saw growth in its streaming business, ending the fourth quarter with a total of 174 million Disney+ and Hulu subscribers, and more than 120 million Disney+ paid subscribers, which the company said was an increase of 4.4 million compared with the previous quarter.

The decrease was due to an increase in college football rights costs, which upped the company’s production and programming spending, as well as lower affiliate revenue from fewer subscribers, the company said.

After all, there is precedent for using boxing to draw subscribers.

Analysts will be closely watching how many of Netflix’s 283 million global subscribers tune in to the Paul vs.

Earlier this year, YouTube said it had more than 100 million Premium subscribers, including those on a trial subscription.