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Netflix prepares for Southeast Asia battle, eyes content push & mobile-only plans
Netflix is to use more mobile-only subscription plans and an expanded local content offering to…
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Kids round-up: Lego ‘Star Wars’ special blasts onto Disney+; Kartoon Channel! adds 230 episodes
Lego ‘Star Wars’ special set for Disney+ Disney+ is heading off on a new adventure…
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Disney reveals new global entertainment streamer Star, eyes 2021 roll-out
Disney is to launch a new international direct-to-consumer (DTC) offering named Star that will sit…
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Disney to make delayed ‘Mulan’ available to rent via streaming
Disney will follow other major movie studios in making its delayed blockbuster Mulan available to…
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Disney+ content chief exits to lead Condé Nast Entertainment
Disney+ SVP of content Agnes Chu is leaving the recently launched streamer to take up…
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Kids roundup: Disney+ lands ‘Muppets’ unscripted series; New Oz kids’ channel; ‘Batman’ producer Uslan tapped for Stan Lee IP; and more…
New Muppets show crashes on to Disney+ Disney+ has ordered the first-ever Muppets streaming show,…
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Disney+ commissions ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ spin-off
Disney+ has commissioned a new Star Wars animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad…
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Disney+ sees subscriptions soar as ‘Hamilton’ bet pays off
Disney’s decision to scrap a cinematic release for its recording of hit Broadway musical Hamilton…
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Mobile to cover 40% of SVOD subscriptions by 2025
Mobile will provide 40% of the global total of SVOD subscriptions by 2025, claims a…
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Disney+ & Apple TV+ lead Covid-19 subs growth among US streamers
Disney+ and Apple TV+ have added more US subscribers during the Covid-19 pandemic than any…
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‘Pandemic peak’ appears with Americans cooling off on Netflix as lockdown eases
SVOD viewing in the US has begun to dip as parts of the country begin…
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Disney+ to become exclusive Disney Channels home in UK as Sky & Virgin deal ends
Streaming service Disney+ is to become the exclusive home of programming from Disney Channel, Disney…
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Disney+ to launch in eight more European countries
Disney+ will expand into a further eight European countries on 15 September. A little under…
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ViacomCBS appoints Disney’s Yolanda Cochran to head kids production
ViacomCBS has appointed Yolanda T. Cochran from Disney-owned Freeform to oversee production for its Kids…
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Hulu & Michael Keaton join up for Opioid crisis drama ‘Dopesick’
Disney’s US streamer Hulu has made a straight-to-series order for eight-part Opioid drama Dopesick, with…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking how Disney+ struck gold in the UK
Disney+ might still be less than three months old in the UK but that hasn’t…
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Disney+ becomes third-largest SVOD in the UK, report claims
Disney+ has already emerged as the third-largest subscription streaming service in the UK. According to…
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Kids VP Levine departs Mouse House to “pursue new opportunities”
David Levine, Disney’s VP of kids programming for the UK, Europe and Africa is leaving…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Tracking Amazon Prime & Hulu’s next moves
Amazon Prime Video and Hulu might look like similar streamers on the surface but underneath…
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Disney’s Freeform hires former Netflix, AMC exec as president
Disney’s young adult cablenet Freeform has appointed former Netflix exec Tara Duncan as its president….
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Disney+ to launch in Japan in June
The Walt Disney Company’s streaming service Disney+ is to roll out in Japan next month,…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Where next for Netflix & Disney+?
Netflix and Disney+ are among the few services to have seen an upside to lockdown…
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UK set to double number of SVOD subscribers by 2024
The UK’s increasing dependency on SVOD services has been laid bare with a new report…
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Disney+ develops ‘Percy Jackson’ adaptation with author Rick Riordan
Disney+ is developing an adaptation of the Percy Jackson novels, according to author Rick Riordan….
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Disney in shock move to premiere ‘Hamilton’ via SVOD
Disney has sent shockwaves through the streaming industry by deciding to pull the planned theatrical…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Breaking down the numbers for 2019/20
2019 might seem like a different world to the Covid-19 dominated landscape we live in…
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TBI Special Report Part Three: AVOD, SVOD & FTA: What’s Next?
Covid-19 has blindsided most of the TV business but the severity of the repercussions on…
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Disney+ lands 54m subscribers but Mouse House left reeling by Covid-19
Disney+ has racked up more than 54 million subscribers since its launch barely six months…
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WarnerMedia hires former Disney exec for APAC kids team
WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks has appointed former Disney exec Carlene Tan as director of original production…
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Disney Channels Worldwide veteran Nancy Kanter to step down
Disney Channels Worldwide EVP of content & creative strategy Nancy Kanter is to leave the…