By Ted Johnson
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Demand is higher than usual for streaming services at the moment due to many millions staying at home and self-isolating, and the new measure comes to try and deal with the exceptional demand.
Confirming that they’re set to lower bandwidth in order to handle demand, Kevin Mayer of Disney said: “In line with
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