Disney movies and series will be removed from the ivi library from February 28

From February 28, films and series from the American studio Disney will not be available in the Russian online cinema ivi, follows from a message on the video service website. The service recommends buying the film company’s products in order to keep access to them after February 28.

“A timeless Disney classic available until February 28,” reads the website ivi. Several of the Disney movies on the service are listed as being available through March 1st.

A notice that Disney products are only available until February 28 is also on the Kinopoisk website. The restriction, in particular, will affect the films “The Lion King”, “Home Alone”, the cartoons “Frozen”, “Toy Story”, all parts of “Star Wars”, films of the film studios Marvel and Fox. Similar information was reported “Tinkoff Journal” at Okko.

February 10 Vedomosti reportedthat license contracts for showing Disney series and films in Russia will end in March. Disney stopped the release of its premieres in the Russian box office in March 2022. However, the studio allowed Russian video services to broadcast their products until the end of their license contracts. Disney assured that it does not intend to renew or enter into new contracts.

After the start of the military operation in Ukraine, in addition to Disney, the film companies Warner Bros., Sony, Paramount and Universal Pictures suspended their work in Russia. According to the analytical company TelecomDaily, by the fall of 2022, the amount of foreign content on Kinopoisk and Okko decreased by 5%, on ivi – by 42%.

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