Disney+ on Sky

I used to post a lot about TV and Sky in particular. It was mainly about options around having a home media centre. The commercial options around this have improved (things like the Apple TV and streaming) and the DIY options have become less interesting to talk about.

So it is nice to have something relevant to say again…

Disney+ now included

Disney+ has been available as an app on Sky for a while, but recently they announced it would be included with your Sky subscription. I don’t have a Sky subscription myself, though my dad does. I have my own Disney+ account. I’d previously logged into Disney+ on his Sky TV box.

When he heard about Disney being included, he launched the app, which was still signed in to my Disney+ account. It then automatically connected his Sky account to my Disney account. I had to contact Disney+ support to disconnect them.

It’s probably a good thing to make the account management so seamless, but in this case it caused problems. One thing I would say is the support experience to get it fixed was actually good. I contacted them at about 20:30 on a Saturday, there was no difficulty in explaining the issue and it was all resolved in about fifteen minutes.