Disney+ Quietly Becomes a European Super-Aggregator Through 15 Broadcaster Deals

Disney+ has signed 15 content and distribution deals with European broadcasters and rights holders over the past year — including ITV, Sky, ARD/ZDF, RAI, Atresmedia/RTVE and NPO — turning it from a US-centric platform into a European super-aggregator stacking local content on top of Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars. Analyst Marion Ranchet frames the strategy as a deliberate retention play as US content output thins and Disney stops disclosing subscriber counts by region.