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Disney+ signs ZDF content deal for DACH region

ZDF Studios and Disney+ have signed a multi-year licensing agreement that will bring thousands of hours of German-produced TV series and films to Disney+. From August 27th, this collaboration will bring Disney+ customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) a curated collection of content branded ‘ZDF Films and Series’, included in their subscription. By the […]

August 26, 2025

How are Disney+’s subscriber figures holding up?

Disney+ launched on November 12th 2019 in a few select countries before being rolled out to others over the following months and years. The subscription-based streaming service gives registered members on-demand access to almost every TV show and movie produced by Disney. It also includes content from several major brands acquired by Disney, such as […]

August 22, 2025

ESPN DTC service goes live

ESPN has rolled its new direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service and a set of new features on an enhanced ESPN App, making ESPN’s full suite of 12 networks and services available directly to US sports fans for the first time. The launch comes in time for a key stretch of sports programming across ESPN networks and […]

August 21, 2025

Disney adds EVPs to tech leadership team

Disney Entertainment has made new leadership hires in its technology organisation. Adam Smith, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Disney Entertainment & ESPN, shared internally that he has hired two new Executive Vice Presidents (EVP) – Tony Donohue and Erin teague – as he continues to add to his leadership team. Donohoe joins immediately as EVP, […]

August 21, 2025By Nik Roseveare

The Breslau Murders on Disney+ this September

Disney+ has announced that all episodes of The Breslau Murders will arrive on the streaming platform on September 12th. The eight-part crime drama is set in Breslau in the year 1936. The 11th Olympic Games are approaching, and the eyes of the entire world are turned towards the capital of the Third Reich. Meanwhile, in […]

August 21, 2025

Hayley Atwell, Rupert Everett join Season 2 of Rivals

Disney+ has announced that Hayley Atwell (‘Mission Impossible’, ‘Agent Carter’) and Rupert Everett (‘Napoleon’, ‘My Policeman’) will be joining the cast, as guest stars, in the upcoming second season of Rivals.  The series is based on the best-selling novel by Dame Jilly Cooper. Principal photography on the drama, produced by Happy Prince (part of ITV Studios), […]

August 20, 2025

Thunderbolts sets Disney+ release date

Disney+ has announced that Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* will debut on the streaming platform on August 27th. The movie assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes consisting of Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must […]

August 15, 2025

Report: CTV usage on the rise in Spain 

Connected TV consumption continues to surge in Spain, significantly reshaping viewing habits, according to Barlovento Comunicación’s July 2025 report. SVoD platforms remain the market leader in penetration, while AVoD/FAST models are also showing solid growth. The report highlights 34.9 million exclusive monthly Connected TV viewers, including 15.3 million daily unique viewers and 3.8 million who […]

August 14, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Chad Powers streams on Disney+ UK in September

Disney+ has announced that original comedy series Chad Powers, starring Glen Powell, will premiere September 30th exclusively on Disney+ in the UK, with two episodes at launch, followed by one episode weekly. The series picks up eight years after an unforgivable mistake nukes Russ Holliday’s promising college football career. The hotshot quarterback tries to resurrect […]

August 13, 2025

Analysis: SVoDs reduce scripted TV commissions

The number of Scripted TV Originals ordered for production by the top six global streamers – Apple, Amazon, Disney+, HBO MAX, Netflix, Paramount+ – in the first half of 2025 fell by 24 per cent year-on-year, down from 318 first-run and renewed titles, to just 242, according to insight from Ampere Analysis. The drop reflects […]

August 12, 2025