Disney+ has announced that all eight episodes of Character 7’s upcoming UK original series Culprits will be available to stream on the platform from November 8th in the UK & Ireland. Culprits, a crime series from acclaimed executive producer Stephen Garrett (The Undoing, The Night Manager) and filmmaker J Blakeson (I Care A Lot, The […]
Disney+ has announced filming is underway on limited drama series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (working title) in London. The series is written and executive produced by Jeff Pope, the Oscar nominated screenwriter behind hit movies including Philomena, Stan and Ollie and the critically acclaimed, award-winning series Little Boy Blue and A Confession. Produced by Etta Pictures, Pope’s […]
Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is the most watched movie premiere of the year on Disney+ and among its Top 10 movie premieres of all time, pulling 26.4 million views in its first five days of streaming. Directed by Peter Sohn, the original feature film is set in Element City, where Fire-, Water-, Earth-, and Air-residents […]
Disney+ has announced its Halloween line-up of movies, TV shows and specials arriving this autumn. There are a whole host of brand-new series coming in celebration of Halloween, including Goosebumps, a thrilling new show inspired by R.L. Stine’s bestselling books, Appendage, starring Emily Hampshire, and season five of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows […]
The original family holiday comedy Dashing Through the Snow, starring Lil Rel Howery, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges and Teyonah Parris, will debut November 17th, exclusively on Disney+. Dashing Through the Snow is a touching comedy about a social worker for the Atlanta police department and the Christmas Eve journey with his estranged daughter that helps him to remember the […]
Walt Disney and Charter Communications have agreed to end a dispute over fees and terms after a 10-day ‘go dark’ stand-off. Disney will now allow Charter to offer some of its ad-supported streaming channels — including Disney+ and ESPN+ — to its customers as part of a ‘wholesale’ arrangement. Full programming has been restored to […]
From September 6th to September 20th, new and returning customers in the UK can subscribe to the Disney+ streaming service for £1.99 per month for three months – an £18 saving compared to the regular price for three months. This limited time promotion arrives in time for new premieres from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, […]
Research from global consultancy Simon-Kucher into consumer streaming behaviour and preferences reveals that the current perceived price-value positioning leaves little headroom for straightforward price increases. Price increases without also increasing the perceived product value could be costly for both global and local streaming providers, leading to risks of cancelations in a competitive market. “With subscribers […]
As Disney shares sink to levels not seen in a decad, the company has been hit with the latest lawsuit alleging it misled investors about the success, and the cost, of Disney+. Disney is being accused of obfuscating the extent of its losses, pushing lofty subscriber growth targets and claiming that the streaming service was […]
At the Edinburgh TV Festival, The Walt Disney Company EMEA has revealed a raft of exclusive announcements including first looks, celebrity contributor reveals and a new documentary as part of their upcoming slate of UK Original titles for Disney+. Sean Doyle, Director, Unscripted, Disney+, EMEA, said: “We’ve spent the past year making ambitious documentaries with […]