From now until March 14th, new and returning customers can subscribe to Disney+ Standard with Ads for £1.99 per month for three months – a £9 saving compared to the regular monthly price for three months. After the three-month promotional period, Disney+ Standard with Ads will auto-renew at the then-current monthly retail price (currently £4.99 […]
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is to control a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company that will combine the businesses of RIL’s Viacom18 and Disney’s Star India. RIL has agreed to invest $1.3 billion into the joint venture (JV) for its growth strategy. The transaction values the JV $8.5 billion. Post completion the JV will […]
All episodes of new French Original comedy-drama series Everything is Fine are now streaming exclusively on Disney+ in the UK & Ireland. Everything is Fine explores the daily lives of a family facing many trials and tribulations. With ups and downs, the Vasseur family is like any other family. They are accustomed to celebrating birthdays, […]
The Economist Group has announced the appointments of two senior leadership roles. Luke Bradley-Jones, Disney+ General Manager of EMEA, has been named President and Managing Director of The Economist. Bradley-Jones will will be tasked with accelerating The Economist‘s digital evolution. He will be based in London and will also have a significant presence in The […]
Disney Branded Television, BBC Studios Kids & Family and Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have announced that the next instalments of Bluey, including an extended length special, will premiere this April, marking the series’ first global rollout. The first new episode, Ghostbasket, will premiere on April 7th, teeing up the debut of the 28-minute special, The […]
Disney has renewed a multi-year distribution deal with MultiChoice Group to offer Disney’s portfolio of linear channels, including National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, ESPN and ESPN2 on DStv in South Africa until 2027. The Walt Disney Company operates the six 24-hour channels in Africa, in both English and Portuguese. Christine Service, […]
Moonbug Entertainment, a subsidiary of Candle Media, along with Disney Branded Television, will debut a new CGI original series, Morphle and the Magic Pets, on Disney Junior and Disney+ on March 20th in the US. The series will include 52 x 7-minute episodes and 50 x 3-minute shorts. This series, an evolution from the original […]
Cheaper, ad-supported streaming options have launched with success in many markets. For example, in the US, Netflix has reported that the company’s ad-supported tier now has 23 million active users per month. But this is still a relatively new phenomenon in Sweden, reports Mediaivison. Currently, just 200,000 – around 7 per cent – of streaming […]
Disney+ has revealed new cast images for the highly anticipated second season of the award-winning comedy Extraordinary. The series will premiere on March 6th exclusively on Disney+ in the UK & Ireland. New cast members including Julian Barratt as George, Jen’s power coach at the Discovery Clinic; Rosa Robson as Nora, an unexpected person from […]
Disney+ announced at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Los Angeles, that Original series Renegade Nell will premiere all episodes on March 29th, exclusively on Disney+. The eight-part Original series is written and created by BAFTA-award-winning writer Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley) with lead director Ben Taylor (Sex Education). The trailer can be viewed here. […]