Digital TV News: Walt Disney

Disney reports earnings for quarter ended December 28, 2024
Feb 5, 2025 – The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported results for the quarter ended December 28, 2024. Total Disney+ subscribers decreased sequentially by 0.7 million in the quarter.
News categories: Walt Disney Company, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide

InterDigital initiates patent litigation against Disney
Feb 3, 2025 – InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) has initiated litigation against The Walt Disney Company, including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, over ongoing infringement of InterDigital's intellectual property.
News categories: InterDigital, The Walt Disney Company, Josh Schmidt, Digital TV, Patent, Streaming, Worldwide

UK visual home entertainment sector surpass £5bn for first time
Jan 27, 2025 – Data for 2024 released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment in association with the Official Charts Company confirms that video is the most popular form of entertainment in the UK.
News categories: British Association for Screen Entertainment, Official Charts Company, Liz Bales, Marie-Claire Benson, Robert Marsh, Robert Callow, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, TV Services, UK

Disney Advertising shares ad-supported MAU numbers
Jan 8, 2025 – Disney Advertising (NYSE: DIS) has shared ad-supported monthly active user (MAU) data, showing that ad-supported MAUs have reached an estimated 157 million globally, and 112 million domestically.
News categories: Disney Advertising, Rita Ferro, Advertising, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Streaming, Worldwide

Fubo and Disney's Hulu + Live TV to combine
Jan 6, 2025 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) have entered into an agreement for Disney to combine its Hulu + Live TV business with Fubo, forming a combined virtual MVPD company.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, FuboTV, Justin Warbrooke, David Gandler, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, USA

Disney+ partners with AudienceProject for audience measurement
Nov 20, 2024 – Disney+ has partnered with AudienceProject for audience measurement in Europe. Measurement will initially be available to advertisers in the UK, Germany and the Nordics, with more markets to follow.
News categories: AudienceProject, The Walt Disney Company, Morten Kruse Søndergaar, Lucy Gregory, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, Streaming, UK

Disney reports fourth quarter and full year earnings for fiscal 2024
Nov 14, 2024 – The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has reported earnings for the quarter ended September 28, 2024. Disney ended with 122.7 million Disney+ Core subscriptions, up 4.4 million over the prior quarter.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide

Reliance and Disney complete India JV transaction
Nov 14, 2024 – Reliance Industries, Viacom 18 Media and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) have announced that the merger of the media and JioCinema businesses of Viacom18 into Star India has become effective.
News categories: The Walt Disney Company, Reliance Industries, Viacom 18, Robert A. Iger, Mukesh D Ambani, Nita M. Ambani, Uday Shankar, Digital TV, India, MandA

Commercial broadcasters launch cross-platform ad measurement in Finland
Oct 22, 2024 – Commercial broadcasters in Finland have launched SpotOn, an advertising measurement system developed by dataBreeders that reports profiled contacts, reach and frequency across devices.
News categories: Screenforce Finland, Riina Aho, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Finland