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Disney+ is starting to lose some features in Europe. In Germany and the Netherlands, users can no longer cast movies and TV shows to their TVs via Google Cast, and the restriction also applies to AirPlay. The reason is another patent dispute Disney lost to InterDigital.
The changes are the result of a Unified Patent Court ruling on September 2, 2026. The court found that Disney infringed a patent related to transmitting multimedia content between devices. In practice, this means that from the Disney+ app in Germany and the Netherlands you can no longer normally cast video from a smartphone or tablet to a TV via Chromecast or AirPlay. Importantly, the restriction applies to Disney+ itself, not to those features on TVs. Other apps can still use them normally.
For now Poland is not subject to the block, and the native Disney+ app on Smart TVs, Apple TV, Google TV, and consoles continues to work as before. The situation is worth keeping an eye on, because Disney's dispute with InterDigital has been going on for some time and previously also involved technologies related to HDR and video encoding. If further rulings cover more countries, similar restrictions could also appear in other European markets.
Source: FlatpanelsHD, InterDigital / Unified Patent Court
