Disney Plus keeps pressure on Netflix with launch in 42 more countries this summer

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney is planning to launch Disney Plus in 42 countries and 11 territories this summer. It is a significant expansion that could keep the pressure on other streaming services.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, there are new countries getting Disney Plus.

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City, and Yemen.

The list of territories is here.

Faroe Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, St. Pierre and Miquelon Overseas Collective, Åland Islands, Sint Maarten, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, British Indian Ocean Territory, Gibraltar, Pitcairn Islands, and St Helena.

Disney's subscriber growth has slowed due to the major expansion. Disney Plus had 100 million subscribers less than a year and a half after launch. Disney said in October that the service has 118.1 million paid subscribers, but that figure was only up 2.1 million from the previous quarter. Disney Plus has a subscriber count that lags behind that ofNetflix.

Disney invests a lot of money into new content to try and get people to subscribe. The author of the books, Rick Riordan, said this week that a series based on the books is in the works for Disney Plus.