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Disney+ postpones India launch due to coronavirus

Disney has announced that it will be postponing the launch of its new streaming service in India. They said that this pause would be brief and made this announcement just after the Indian Premier League was rescheduled due to the coronavirus. They have not given a new launch date as of yet.

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