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The Old Man gets September launch date on Disney+ UK

Disney+ has that Original series The Old Man, a new drama starring Jeff Bridges, will launch exclusively on Disney+ on September 28th in the UK. The series will premiere with the first two episodes of its seven-episode season. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, The Old Man tells the […]

July 28, 2022By Nik Roseveare

SkyShowtime appoints former HBO, Disney execs

SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan has announced that former HBO Max executive Roberto Soto has been appointed as Chief Strategy Officer and John Heinemann, formerly with The Walt Disney Company, has been named General Counsel of SkyShowtime. They both will join the company later this year. Soto served as Senior Vice President and Head of Growth […]

July 27, 2022

First Disney+ UK Original to debut in September

Disney+ has announced that its first UK Original series, the rom-com thriller Wedding Season, will premiere exclusively on the streaming service on September 8th. The new series will also premiere on Star+ in Latin America and Hulu in the US on the same day. The series tells the story of Katie and Stefan who fall […]

July 25, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Disney+ unveils Mike Tyson doc

Disney+ has unveiled the official trailer and key art for Original limited series “Mike,” an unauthorized and no-holds-barred look at the life of Mike Tyson – and it is one wild ride. The eight-episode series premieres with six episodes in the UK on Disney+ Day, September 8th, under the Star banner. From creator/screenwriter Steven Rogers […]

July 21, 2022

Disney+ adding more Sing-Along titles; Lightyear movie

Disney+ is releasing new Sing-Along versions of fan-favourite Disney musicals, including Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana and The Little Mermaid on July 22nd. The streaming service also shared that it will add five additional Disney+ Sing-Alongs in August. As subscribers watch the Sing-Along version of these titles, they will be able to fully immerse themselves […]

July 20, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Disney+ debuts Welcome to Wrexham trailer

Disney+ has revealed the trailer for the highly anticipated football docuseries “Welcome to Wrexham,” from Executive Producers Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds. The Original series will arrive exclusively on Disney+ on August 25th  in the UK and will premiere with back-to-back half-hour episodes. Rob McElhenney (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) and Ryan Reynolds (“Deadpool”) navigate […]

July 20, 2022

Research: UK SVoD decline accelerates

The latest Entertainment on Demand data on the UK’s streaming market from Kantar, the insights and consulting company, reveals that SVoD market decline accelerated by 488k households, with 1.66 million SVoD services cancelled during the second quarter of 2022. This follows 1.51 million cancellations in the first quarter of the year. Kantar’s data suggests that […]

July 18, 2022

Bluey Season 3 on Disney+ this August

Bluey, the Emmy Award-winning animated series, will debut its third season on August 10th on Disney+ globally. Created and written by Joe Brumm and produced by Ludo Studio for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and BBC Studios, the new season will be split into two parts; the first half will consist of 25 episodes, and will […]

July 18, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Disney+ bolsters true crime line-up

The Disney+ service is adding a number of true crime titles in the coming days, significantly bolstering its line-up of the popular genre. Already streaming is Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story which tells the story of seven-year-old Steven who vanishes from Merced, California in 1972. When he heroically returns seven years later, the […]

July 17, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Data: US OTT service-stacking at record high

Research firm Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker service recently reported service-stacking is at an all-time high in the US. Parks Associates’ quarterly survey of 10,000 US Internet households finds 50 per cent reported subscribing to four or more OTT services in 1Q 2022, with nearly a quarter having nine or more services. “Service-stacking in […]

July 13, 2022