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Brightline sees success with The Bear advergame

In partnership with Disney Advertising and State Farm, BrightLine has created a custom TV ‘advergame’ inspired by FX’s The Bear to coincide with the release of the show’s fifth and final season. In its first week, it’s already tracking 4x above BrightLine’s standard engagement benchmark. Viewers have 30 seconds to plate kitchen orders as tickets […]

July 3, 2026

Disney+ expands LaLiga rights across Nordics

Disney+ has announced a four-season agreement that will bring LaLiga football to subscribers in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland kicking off with the 2026/27 season. Every match from the top-flight Spanish league – 380 in total – will stream live on ESPN on Disney+ as part of existing subscriptions, alongside comprehensive coverage featuring studio programming, […]

July 2, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Disney+, Anime Ltd announce UK & France content deal

Disney+ and Anime Ltd have announced a new multi-title agreement to bring a curated slate of Japanese animated films to Disney+ customers in the UK and France. Debuting on Disney+ beginning later this year, the lineup includes films from internationally renowned filmmakers, including Golden Globe-nominated director Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. and Weathering with You; Mamoru Hosoda’s […]

July 2, 2026

Malaysia: Astro, Disney+ expand collaboration

Astro, the Malaysian content and entertainment provider, and Disney+ have announced an expanded collaboration that brings together world-class content and Malaysian storytelling, extending reach and enabling more audiences across the country to discover both Disney+ and Astro’s content. The expanded collaboration will see more of Disney+’s movies, series and originals made available across Astro’s platforms, […]

June 30, 2026

The Devil Wears Prada 2 streams on Disney+ this July

The Devil Wears Prada 2 will streaming exclusively on the Disney+ platform on July 29. Before that, the film also will be available for digital purchase on June 30th, via digital stores including Prime Video, Sky Store and Apple TV. The sequel to the 2026 phenomenon sees Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley […]

June 23, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Data: Netflix tops streaming app usage in South Korea

Wiseapp Retail, a market intelligence solution based on real-time app and payment data, has shared its latest findings on the monthly active users (MAU) and usage time of major streaming apps in South Korea. According to a sample analysis of Android and iOS smartphone users in Korea, the combined MAU of streaming service apps reached […]

June 23, 2026

Canada: Quebecor Content signs licensing deal with Disney+

Quebecor Content has announced a licensing agreement with Disney+, to bring a number of Quebec productions to the platform for streaming in Canada. This agreement seeks to increase the exposure of Quebec talent, helping them reach a wider audience, while also enriching the Disney+ line-up with popular, French-language narrative content. Quebecor Content’s original series, distributed […]

June 23, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Disney+ greenlights DAD series from A24

Disney+ has greenlit the comedy drama DAD from the independent entertainment company A24 UK. The Hulu Original scripted series (6×50’) is created and written by Clem Garritty (The Rachel Incident, Life is Strange) and will follow three grown-up siblings who lives are irreversibly changed when their father is accused of a historic murder committed during […]

June 22, 2026

Technetix appoints Cogavin to Strategic Advisory Board

Technetix, a specialist in broadband access network solutions, has announced the appointment of Melissa Cogavin as a Non-Executive Consultant to its marketing team and a member of the Technetix Strategic Advisory Board. Cogavin has a background spanning global film distribution, trade journalism and strategic marketing consultancy. She currently serves as Managing Editor at UK SCTE […]

June 19, 2026