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Data: Bluey tops UK SVoD viewing on Xmas Day

Digital i has shared data revealing the most-watched shows on the SV0D services it measures (Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video) in the UK on Christmas Day 2025. The most watched title was Bluey, with 1.8 million homes choosing to watch the animated adventures of the Heeler family via Disney+ on December 25th. Bluey was followed […]

January 6, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Channel 4: Streaming viewing up 14% in 2025

Channel 4 has revealed a snapshot of the nation’s viewing habits for 2025, in a roundup of facts that reveal how audiences spent their time in front of the screen – plus a look back on content highlights from the year. This year to date has seen the broadcaster achieve what it describes as “significant […]

December 22, 2025

Survey: Home Alone named UK’s favourite Xmas film

According to a survey of 2,000 people in the UK conducted by the BBFC, Home Alone has officially been voted the nations’s most beloved Christmas film receiving 20 per cent of votes – followed by Love Actually (9 per cent), It’s a Wonderful Life (8 per cent), Die Hard (5 per cent) and Elf (4 […]

December 2, 2025

Disney+ launches A lifetime of great stories campaign

Disney+ has unveiled its festive campaign and new creative platform, ‘A lifetime of great stories’, created by creative agency of record VCCP. The ‘A lifetime of great stories’ platform is rooted in Disney’s 100-year heritage of storytelling, while also celebrating the modern stories across a slate of movies, TV shows and exclusive originals available on Disney+. […]

November 17, 2025

Christmas at Backyard Cinema returning to London

This winter, Backyard Cinema returns to London with its most immersive and enchanting Christmas experience yet. Running from November 26th to December 31st, Christmas at Backyard Cinema will transform a Victorian warehouse on Tanner Street, London Bridge—Backyard’s most central London location to date—into a breathtaking Enchanted Forest: a hidden world of festive magic just moments from […]

September 4, 2025

Survey: Home Alone named UK’s favourite Xmas film

A survey from electrical retailer Currys asked some 2,000 British residents about their Christmas traditions, the majority (37 per cent) said they spend Christmas Eve watching movies and a quarter do the same on Boxing Day too, but which ones are the nation’s favourites?  In first place was Home Alone with 21 per cent of […]

December 4, 2023

The Simpsons celebrate Disney+ Day with new short

The Disney+ Day celebration, a global occasion to mark the second anniversary of the SVoD service, is headed to Springfield in a new short: The Simpsons in Plusaversary. The special episode will see The Simpsons host a Disney+ Day party and everyone is on the list… except Homer. The Simpsons in Plusaversary will debut on […]

November 3, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Survey: It’s A Wonderful Life is best Xmas movie

It’s a Wonderful Life has been voted by BBC Radio 2 listeners to be their favourite Christmas film of all time. A long list of 25 classics to choose from was created by the network’s resident movie critic, James King. King said: “It’s a Wonderful Life is what Christmas is all about: friendship, kindness and […]

December 22, 2020

Disney+ adds Festive Favourites Collection

Disney+ is now giving all subscribers access to a ‘Festive Favourites Collection’ featuring classic Christmas movies such as Home Alone, Miracle on 34th Street and The Santa Clause alongside Disney+ Originals including the new LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, and Godmothered, starring Isla Fisher, premiering December 4th, High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special, […]

November 27, 2020By Nik Roseveare