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Disney+ raising subscription prices again

Disney has confirmed that it will raise the subscription prices for its Disney+ streaming service in the coming days – its fourth consecutive price increase in four years. A Standard Annual plan in the UK will increase by £10 (€11.46) to £99.90 as of September 30th – with no hikes yet confirmed for monthly and […]

September 24, 2025

Triggerfish to open UK studio

Triggerfish, the South African animation studio, is expanding its global presence with the launch of a new UK studio, widening its European footprint and accelerating growth in feature films, TV series, and specials. Building on its hubs in South Africa and Ireland, the move brings Triggerfish closer to key clients and creative partners while tapping […]

September 24, 2025

Australia: HBO Max scores bumper debut quarter

Data from research firm Roy Morgan shows streaming video service HBO Max, which launched in Australia on March 31st (then known as just ‘Max’), has captured an audience of 851,000 Australians aged 14+ in its first full quarter online (April – June 2025). A look at the broader market for SVoD shows 17.6 million Australians […]

September 23, 2025

Disney backs down on Kimmel

US late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will return to TV screens after he was suspended for making MAGA jokes relating to the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Disney, which owns ABC – the US broadcast network that airs Jimmy Kimmel Live – said that it suspended the show because it “felt some of […]

September 23, 2025

Channel 4 to air FX’s Say Nothing

Channel 4 has licensed FX’s limited series Say Nothing from Disney Entertainment. The nine-episode series, based on the book by Patrick Radden Keefe, is a story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland during ‘The Troubles’ and will air on Channel 4 later this year. Spanning four decades, the series opens with the shocking disappearance […]

September 18, 2025

Disney, Universal, WBD sue Chinese AI

Disney, Universal and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have jointly filed suit against the Chinese creator of Hailuo AI a popular artificial intelligence video app, over what they call “wilful and brazen” copyright infringement. The suit against MiniMax, which owns the ‘Hollywood studio in your pocket’, is the first of its kind against a Chinese AI […]

September 17, 2025

UEFA Women’s Champions League draw live on Disney+

Disney+ is set to kick off he 2025/26 UEFA Women’s Champions League season by streaming the League Phase draw live on September 19th. As part of their existing subscription, fans across Europe can watch as the fixtures of the teams going head-to-head in the League Phase are officially revealed. Streaming live at 11am (BST), the […]

September 16, 2025

Culture Minister opens Pinewood Indie Film Hub

New Culture Minister Ian Murray has carried out his first official visit since being appointed to the role by travelling to Pinewood Studios to formally open its new Independent Film Hub. The hub, which incorporates sound stages, production offices and workshop spaces, is designed to support lower budget, independent filmmakers. It has been set up […]

September 12, 2025

Barb: 20.6m UK SVoD homes in Q2 2025

Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.6 million UK homes (69.7 per cent) had access to a SVoD service in Q2 2025. This is an increase from 20.1 million UK homes in Q1 2025. The service-level subscriptions data are as follows: Netflix: 17.6 million […]

September 11, 2025

InterDigital awarded injunction against Disney

InterDigital, a mobile, video and AI technology research and development company, has been awarded a preliminary injunction against Disney by a court in Brazil. The 7th Corporate Court of the Judicial District of the Capital of Rio de Janeiro ruled that InterDigital is entitled to a preliminary injunction over Disney’s infringement of two InterDigital patents […]

September 11, 2025