{"id":3365,"date":"2026-10-27T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:03:51","slug":"uks-channel-4-shows-to-launch-on-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3365","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s Channel 4 shows to launch on Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Channel 4 has signed a deal with The Walt \u200bDisney Company to bring its shows \u200cto the Disney+ streaming platform in Britain and Ireland early next year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The collaboration \u200bwill see many of Channel \u200b4\u2019s programmes, including drama \u201cMaya\u201d, featuring Bella \u2060Ramsey, released on Disney+ at \u200bthe same time as on Channel 4\u2019s \u200bown platforms, the broadcaster said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Channel 4\u2019s main linear TV channel and hundreds \u200bof hours of its on-demand \u200bcatalogue will also be available within a branded \u200csection \u2060of Disney+, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Channel 4, like rival public-service broadcasters, is battling a tough advertising market and declining audiences \u200bfor \u200bits linear \u2060channels.<\/p>\n<p>It said last month it would cut about \u200b340 jobs, representing more than \u200ba \u2060quarter of its workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster has held preliminary talks with the BBC \u2060about \u200ba tie-up of some \u200boperations, two sources told Reuters earlier <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/britains-bbc-channel-4-discuss-broader-tie-up-cut-costs-sources-say-2026-10-07\/\">this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has signed a deal with The Walt \u200bDisney Company to bring its shows \u200cto the Disney+ streaming platform in Britain and Ireland early next year. The collaboration \u200bwill see many of Channel \u200b4\u2019s programmes, including drama \u201cMaya\u201d, featuring Bella \u2060Ramsey, released on Disney+ at \u200bthe same time as on Channel 4\u2019s \u200bown platforms, the broadcaster said on Tuesday. Channel 4\u2019s main linear TV channel and hundreds \u200bof hours of its on-demand \u200bcatalogue will also be available within a branded \u200csection \u2060of Disney+, it said. Channel 4, like rival&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}