Brand new TV channel available to millions of Sky customers

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Millions of UK Sky customers can now access a brand-new TV channel.

Sky customers can now access a new Disney channel that plays hit movies across its streaming and satellite services.

Disney+ Cinema can be accessed by all Sky TV customers who have a Sky Cinema subscription.

Plus, if you do not have a Disney+ subscription, Sky customers will still be able to watch films on Disney+ Cinema for free.

Sky customers get access to the new Disney Channel

Sky customers can access Disney+ Cinema on channel 305.

Disney+ offers a range of critically acclaimed dramas and comedies, exclusive new Originals, and unmissable blockbusters from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, Hulu, FX, 20th Century Studios, and more.

Sky TV customers can activate Disney+ by going into the app and clicking subscriptions. You will then be asked to sign up.

Once you have subscribed, a new window will pop up, giving you access to Disney+ channels.

Current Sky subscribers can activate Disney+ through their Sky Q, Sky Glass, or Sky Stream, and existing Disney+ customers can move their account and profiles seamlessly to Sky.


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The channel comes as part of a new multi-year agreement in the UK between Sky and Disney.

General Manager of Disney+ and The Walt Disney Company EMEA, Karl Holmes, said: “We’ve grown Disney+ in the UK into our largest market across Europe over the past six years, and Sky is the perfect partner for our next wave of growth in the UK and Ireland.

"This agreement gives millions of Sky customers a simple, seamless way to enjoy all the great stories that Disney+ offers, and opens up a substantial new audience for content creators and advertisers.”

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