The Kraft Heinz Company and The Walt Disney Company announced a multi-year strategic alliance, bringing Kraft Heinz food brands – including Heinz, Philadelphia and Kraft Mac & Cheese – to Disney content, as well as theme parks and cruises. The collaboration combines Kraft Heinz’s leadership in food with Disney’s culinary creativity and storytelling to introduce […]
EBE Productions and Nick Ditri have announced the start of principal production on Thank You Mr Brown, backed by Lauren Zarelli Renaud. The documentary is about cameraman and inventor Garrett Brown and the way he liberated cameras from tripods and cranes. Brown’s Steadicam camera stabiliser invention revolutionised the way films are shot, beginning with Hal […]
EE has announced that the Disney+ app is now available on the EE TV Box Pro and EE TV Box Edge. Disney+ is the streaming home for entertainment from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, Hulu, FX and ESPN. Customers can access a constantly growing library of blockbuster movies, brand new originals, exclusive hit […]
Data from Digital i reveals that US streaming subscribers are increasingly committed to finishing new series. View-through rates (ie the average percentage of a season viewed by the audience) for the most-watched content reached a three-year high in 2025, driven by significant gains in viewer retention on Disney+. Digital i analysed the view-through rates (VTR) […]
A report from analysts at McKinsey & Co, issued to coincide with ‘May the 4th be with you’, says that the Star Wars Day captures our imagination with visions of interstellar exploration and technological possibility. “This May 4th, those themes are increasingly reflected in the real-world evolution of the aerospace and defence sector. From the […]
Samsung has announced the addition of eight new Star Wars artworks to the Samsung Art Store, arriving in celebration of Star Wars Day (May 4th). Released in collaboration with Disney, the curated collection of iconic film art expands the Art Store’s existing Disney collection and highlights memorable moments from across the Star Wars saga, from Jedi […]
Sky customers in the UK and Ireland can now access Disney+ as part of their Sky TV subscription. Worth £5.99 a month, eligible new and existing customers will get simple access to Disney+ Standard with Ads or the same saving on Standard and Premium. The move follows February’s announcement of Sky’s new line-up, bringing Disney+, […]
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, an all-new animated series from Lucasfilm Animation, will premiere on Disney+ April 6th. Two episodes will premiere each week, with the final two airing on the ultimate Star Wars holiday, May the 4th. Set after the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, this new adventure finds Maul plotting to […]
After a year that ultimately did not perform the way most of the industry expected, 2025 closed with little to no meaningful improvement over the year prior, reports Cinelytic – the AI-driven data analytics platform for the entertainment industry. Domestic box office (DBO) totals once again landed at roughly $8.6 billion (€7.3bn), marking the second […]
Giant cinema business IMAX just had its best year ever in 2025, surpassing its 2019 pre-Covid results, as moviegoers seek bigger, premium experiences. Revenue was driven by titles including Mission: Impossible 8,Avatar: Fire and Ash, How to Train Your Dragon, Sinners (pictured), Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. 2026 is also looking promising with […]