Disney Strikes New SVOD Deal

The Walt Disney Company is launching branded channels on the iflix SVOD platform.

iflix users will be able to access many of Disney’s biggest films, featured in the app and at iflix.com, in their own branded channels. This includes Marvel Studios, featuring Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3 and more. Disney-Pixar Animation Studios will feature Monsters Inc., Monsters University, Up, Wall-E and others. The Disney-branded channel will be home to Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Cars, Lilo & Stitch, The Jungle Book and Cinderella, among others.

Additional titles coming to the service from January 2018 include Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Marvel blockbuster hits such as Captain America: Civil War and Ant-Man; Disney’s The Jungle Book, Zootopia and Tangled; and Disney-Pixar animation favorites like Finding Dory, Finding Nemo, Inside Out, Good Dinosaur and The Incredibles!

The two companies have also extended their existing distribution deal for ABC Studios’ shows, including Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Devious Maids, Quantico, Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Once Upon a Time and more.

The agreement between iflix and Disney covers content distribution and early window movie availability, and will also include a project with Disney production arm and subsidiary Maker Studios. The content will be released as an iflix original, exclusive to iflix. The service is now available to more than 1 billion consumers across 20 territories throughout Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

Sean Carey, iflix’s group chief content officer, said: “Disney has a story for every age. iflix is committed to providing the best in entertainment from around the world and this SVOD partnership in the region will bring Disney brands and premium titles to our members across the region. At iflix, we have committed to offering the best content available to our subscribers, this new partnership with Disney is key to delivering on that promise.”

“We are pleased to partner with iflix to bring Disney content even closer to fans in Southeast Asia,” said Amit Malhotra, the general manager for media networks at The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia. “Through the extensive library of content available on the new ‘channels’ feature, fans of all ages will have a unique access to their favorite stories and characters anytime they want.”