Disney+ Sky Partnership Boosts Subscribers by 14.1% in Q2

Disney+ Sky partnership boosts subscribers by 14.1% in Q2

Doug Whelpdale, head of insights at Barb, called it “by far the biggest change this quarter”.

Barb: Disney+ adds 1.1m UK homes in Q2 2026

Barb, the audience measurement specialist, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.7 million UK homes (69.7 per cent) had access to a subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service in Q2 2026. This is fractionally down from 20.8 million UK homes in Q1 2026. Disney+ saw the biggest gains by quite some margin, whilst Apple […]

BARB: Netflix Lost 100,000 U.K. Homes in Q2, Disney+ Added 1.1 Million

Netflix, the No. 1 subscription streaming VOD service in the United Kingdom, lost 100,000 households in the second quarter ended June 30, according to new data from Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB). Netflix ended the period with 18 million U.K. homes, for a 60.4% market share, down from 18.1 million homes through March 31. In … Continue reading "BARB: Netflix Lost 100,000 U.K. Homes in Q2, Disney+ Added 1.1 Million"

Disney+ adds 1.1m UK homes as Sky partnership boosts reach

Disney+ was the standout growth story in the UK SVOD market in the second quarter of 2026, adding more than 1.1 million homes following its inclusion in several Sky packages. […]