Data from PlumResearch, presented at Content Americas, reveals major shifts in the TV streaming market in 2024. Consumer preferences continue to diversify, with Spanish-language content on streaming platforms rising by 73 per cent over the past five years. Additionally, content from LatAm on services like Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video has surged by 300 per […]
Swiss telco Sunrise has announced that Disney+ is now fully integrated into the TV Shop on the Sunrise TV Box. Customers can now subscribe to Disney+ and other streaming services with just one click directly via the TV Shop or My Sunrise and manage their subscriptions. In addition to Disney+, other popular streaming services such […]
Disney+ Hotstar is partnering with Coldplay to present their Music of the Spheres World Tour concert live to audiences across India. As the band prepares for their largest-ever stadium performance in Ahmedabad on Republic Day (January 26th), Disney+ Hotstar will enable fans to experience this monumental event on every screen across the country, and also […]
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have abandoned plans to launch Venu Sports, their live sports joint venture, after it ran into substantial legal opposition. Shares of WBD and Fox fell more than 1 per cent on the news, while FuboTV’s shares were up 7 per cent in premarket trading. The sport streaming venture […]
Disney+ has announced Caroline (w/t), an Original feature length documentary film that will celebrate the life and career of one of the UK’s most popular TV presenters, Caroline Flack, who hosted the likes of Love Island and The X Factor. The feature will follow Christine, Caroline’s mother, as she seeks to understand the events in […]
Disney Advertising, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, has shared its estimated global and domestic ad-supported monthly active users (MAU) numbers, cumulative across its streaming portfolio, and its detailed calculation methodology. At CES, President of Global Advertising, Rita Ferro, revealed that the company’s ad-supported monthly active users have reached an estimated 157 million globally, […]
The Walt Disney Company has appointed Tony Chambers as President, The Walt Disney Company, EMEA, as it restructures how its entertainment businesses in the region function to ensure further unification of the company’s global strategy. Chambers will report in to Disney Entertainment Co-Chairmen Alan Bergman and Dana Walden and ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro. Current EMEA […]
A new nationwide TV channel, Squirrel, has launched on Spain’s DTT, replacing Disney Channel which closed down on January 6th. Owned by Squirrel Media Group, Squirrel is a cinema and TV series channel offering classic and just released movies with at least ten film titles airing every day. Squirrel Media Group also operates BOM Cine […]
20th Century Studios’ Alien: Romulus will makes its streaming debut on Disney+ on January 15th. The movie is Certified-Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and has already thrilled audiences at the global box office, becoming the second highest grossing film in the Alien franchise. Alien: Romulus is the start of a new chapter that sees a group of […]
Disney is to merge its multichannel streaming service Hulu Live TV with competitor Fubo, the companies have revealed in a surprise announcement. As a result, Disney will take a controlling 70 per cent stake in the newco but it will continue to be traded publicly under the Fubo name. Fubo management, including co-founder and CEO […]