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Disney+ UK launches January promotional offer

Disney+ has launched a promotional offer running from now until January 28th, offering new and returning customers the opportunity to subscribe to the streaming service at a discounted rate. Taking up the offer entitles subscribers to 3 months of Disney+ access at the following prices: Disney+ Premium – £9.99/month (savings for 3 months: £15) Disney+ […]

January 15, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Disney+ first-look deal with Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters

Disney+ has confirmed a two-year first-look deal out of the UK with Matriarch Productions, founded by the award-winning actors and producers Stephen Graham (This is England, Adolescence) and his wife Hannah Walters (A Thousand Blows, Boiling Point). Building on the Disney+ local original production slate in the UK, the two-year deal will span original scripted […]

January 14, 2026

Research: Netflix leads growth in streaming ad-tiers

Global usage of ad-supported subscription tiers increased across Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max between Q4 2024 and Q3 2025, according to research from Digital i. The highest growth in adoption was on Netflix, with 40 per cent of active accounts using its Standard with Ads plan in Q3 2025, in the 20 countries measured by […]

January 13, 2026

Will Smith attends London Premiere of Pole To Pole with Will Smith

On January 12th, Disney+ and National Geographic hosted the premiere of Pole To Pole with Will Smith, at London’s iconic Natural History Museum. The new seven-part docuseries which will launch on National Geographic in the UK and Disney+ on January 14th. Five years in the making, the series follows Hollywood actor, producer and rapper Smith […]

January 13, 2026

Disney+ adding vertical video content

During its annual Global Tech & Data Showcase at CES in Las Vegas, Disney+ revealed that vertical video will be coming to the streaming service later this year – similar to the short-form content delivered by the likes of TikTok and Facebook Reels. Disney announced in December 2025 it would be partnering with OpenAI to […]

January 9, 2026

Survey: US streaming viewers more willing to accept ads

As US viewers increasingly adopt ad-supported streaming, they find the ad experience is better than it used to be, according to Hub. The semi-annual TV Advertising: Fact vs. Fiction study shows that more US viewers than ever are opting to save money by accepting ads, and fewer viewers are saying they cannot tolerate TV ads. […]

January 6, 2026

New Malcolm in the Middle premieres on Disney+ in April

Hulu has that announced that the limited, four-episode revival series, Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, will premiere April 10th 2026 on Disney+ in the UK. Set some 20 years after the end of the original iconic sitcom, the new series follows the titular Malcolm as he now lives with his daughter Leah and […]

December 30, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Tron: Ares streams on Disney+ this January

The sci-fi action-adventure movie, Tron: Ares, will be available to stream on Disney+ from January 7th 2026. Directed by Joachim Rønning, the third movie in the Tron saga sees a sophisticated Program named Ares sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with AI beings. Tron: […]

December 30, 2025By Nik Roseveare

More Disney+ content coming to ITVX

In July, The Walt Disney Company and ITV announced an initiative to carry a selection each other’s streaming content, billed as a ‘Taste of ITVX’ and a ‘Taste of Disney+’ respectively. The regularly refreshed selection of programmes include the following titles, available to stream in January, February and March 2026 as part of a ‘Taste […]

December 19, 2025