The Simpsons will remain on Sky following Disney+ arrival

Long-running animated series won’t feature on new streaming sevice

Jacob Stolworthy
Monday 24 February 2020 17:51 GMT
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The Simpsons will not be available on Disney+ in the UK and will instead remain on Sky, it has been confirmed.

Managing Director of Content Zai Bennett was interviewed on Radio 5 Live, where he said the long-running animated series will only be available to view on Sky in the UK for the forseeable future.

Simpsons is on Sky – absolutely,” interviewer Scott Bryan reports Bennett as telling the radio station on Monday (24 February).

Discussing how the launch of Disney’s new streaming service will affect Sky, Bennett added: “For the immediate term – for the next year or so – our customers will not notice any difference at all to what they have got.”

This suggests that Disney films, including Marvel Cinematic Universe and Pixar releases, will remain on Sky until 2021.

Potential subscribers to Disney+ in the UK have been reacting with fury after discovering that the series will not be a part of the streaming service’s available content when it launches on 24 March.

The latest announcement stated: “Disney+ offers fans of all ages a new way to experience the unparallelled content from the company’s iconic entertainment brands, including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic.”

Find a full list of everything joining Disney+ here.

The Simpsons will be available to watch in the UK on Sky One for the forseeable future. In a new interview, former star Hank Azaria explained his decision to quit as Apu following claims the charcater is racist.

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