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Disney+ brings forward Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.

Disney+ has announced a new premiere date for Lucasfilm’s upcoming Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Subsribers in the UK will now be able to stream the first two episodes now premiering from December 3rd at 2am GMT. Subsequent episodes will continue to stream on Wednesdays at 2am GMT for the remainder of the season. Star Wars: Skeleton […]

November 26, 2024

Whiskey on the Rocks coming to Disney+

Whiskey on the Rocks, a political satire inspired by real events, is the first Nordic Original series to premiere on Disney+ in select countries (and Hulu in the US) on January 22nd 2025. All six episodes will be released at once. The series is the latest project from the team behind the celebrated Swedish film The 100- […]

November 26, 2024

High Potential on Disney+ UK in January

Disney+ has announced that Star original series High Potential will start streaming January 23 exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland. Written by Drew Goddard (The Good Place, The Martian) and starring Kaitlin Olson, High Potential follows a single mum with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual […]

November 21, 2024

Disney+ partners with AudienceProject

Disney+ has partnered with AudienceProject, a provider of audience measurement solutions. The collaboration enables advertisers to access independent audience measurement of Disney+ advertising campaigns across all devices, including mobile, tablet and connected TV. The measurement solution will initially be available to advertisers in the UK, Germany and the Nordics, with more markets to follow. AudienceProject’s […]

November 20, 2024

Disney+ adds 4.4m subs in Q4

The Walt Disney Company has reported that Q4 revenues increased 6 per cent QoQ to $22.6 billion (€21.4bn), and 3 per cent for the year to $91.4 billion. The media and entertainment giant achieved 23 per cent growth in total segment operating income for Q4 and 21 per cent for the year, and 39 per […]

November 15, 2024

Paradise premieres on Disney+ in January

Disney+ has announced that Dan Fogelman’s upcoming drama series Paradise, starring Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson, will premiere on the streaming platform on January 28th with three episodes at launch, then weekly. Paradise is set in a serene community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals. But this tranquillity explodes […]

November 14, 2024

Nutcrackers movie coming to Disney+

New Christmas movie Nutcrackers, starring Ben Stiller in his first lead film role in six years, will be coming to the Disney+ streaming platform on November 29th. This comedy-drama unfolds as Mike (played by Stiller) is on the heels of closing the biggest deal of his career, when he is pulled away from his bachelor […]

November 13, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Research: Prime still leads US SVoD subs

Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription streaming video services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2024 from the firm’s Streaming Video Tracker. The top two streaming leaders maintained their market position from 2003, with Prime Video in the top position above Netflix. Parks Associates estimates that […]

November 12, 2024

France: Disney ending Canal+ exclusivity

Disney has announced its distribution deal with French media group Canal+, which includes movie releases six months after their theatrical release, and access to Disney TV channels and streaming service Disney+, will not be renewed at the end of the current contract on December 31st 2024. The deal, signed in 2019, allowed a first window […]

November 5, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Disney+ orders more The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

Disney+ has announced that the Original unscripted series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has been renewed for 20 additional episodes with the first installment coming to the service in 2025. An exact launch date is TBC. “There was a philosophical question raised in season one which was ‘Can MomTok survive this?’ The answer unequivocally […]

October 4, 2024