RTL Germany Ink Disney Deal For TV Shows And Movies

Commercial German TV broadcaster, RTL Deutschland have signed a deal with Disney that gives the company the German TV premieres for movies from Disney/Pixar, DreamWorks and ABC TV shows. The multi-year and exclusive deal comes as rival German network, ProSiebenSat.1 loses the Disney content as it’s deal ends. Content that will come to RTL includes  [...]

LoveFilm And Disney Content Deal Secures Hit ABC TV Shows

Amazon owned LoveFilm are beefing up their content reserves as they compete with newly launched Netflix UK. They have agreed a deal with Disney for ABC TV streaming rights to hit shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives and Lost amongst others. The streaming del will allow LoveFilm to show full seasons on-demand after they have [...]

YouTube Adds Disney Content To Online Rental Options

Following on from their recent creation of 100 new online channels for original content, YouTube have struck deals with a number of high-profile content providers to add a larger number of titles to their movie rental service. As well as Pixar and Dreamworks, the focus of the deal is that Disney is now a content provider to [...]

New ABC Disney Deals For Netflix And Amazon

Disney-ABC have confirmed further licensing agreements with online Streaming services Netflix and Amazon. The deal with Netflix is an extension of an existing contract that lets Netflix stream content from ABC Studios, Disney Channel and ABC Family. For Amazon, the deal will see them streaming content from ABC Family, ABC Studios, Marvel and Disney Channel [...]

Disney Channel Expands To Russia

The Disney channel is coming to Russia it has been announced. Walt Disney Co. will buy up a 49% stake of Russian broadcaster Seven TV, who have an estimated audience of around 40 million homes which equates to 75% of the TV audience. The channel will feature Disney programming and original Russian content, the companies [...]

Disney 3D Plan Four More Remakes

Following on from the success of their recent 3D re-release of The Lion King (which has made over $80m in box office since 16 September), Disney (and subsidary Pixar) are planning a further four similar re-releases of animated films over the next two years. Attempting to cash in on the new-found market for 3D re-releases Disney will [...]