{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-26/disney-plus-walsh-sisters-second-window","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-26/disney-plus-walsh-sisters-second-window.md","title":"Disney+ Buys Second Window Rights to The Walsh Sisters","headline":"Disney+ Acquires Second Window Rights to RTÉ-BBC Drama The Walsh Sisters for the UK","description":"Disney+ has acquired second window rights to RTÉ-BBC comedy-drama The Walsh Sisters for the UK, with Cineflix Rights also selling the show to TV2.","section":"Partnerships","published_at":"2026-10-26T09:39:34+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-26T09:39:34+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Disney+ has acquired second window rights to The Walsh Sisters for the UK, meaning the show launches on the streamer after its BBC run.","Cineflix Rights has also sold the RTÉ and BBC comedy-drama to TV2 in Norway, TV4 in Sweden and MTV Oy in Finland.","Season 2 of The Walsh Sisters is in production, with Caroline Menton, Danielle Galligan, Máiréad Tyers, Stefanie Preissner and Louisa Harland reprising their roles as the five sisters."],"companies":[{"name":"Disney+","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00n5sko/disney","website":"https://www.disneyplus.com"},{"name":"RTE.ie","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00007p8/rte-ie","website":"http://www.rte.ie"},{"name":"MTV","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0006ssq/mtv","website":"https://www.mtv.fi"}],"source":{"publisher":"Yahoo","title":"Disney+ Among Buyers For RTÉ-BBC Drama ‘The Walsh Sisters’","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/disney-among-buyers-rt-bbc-090840603.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Partnerships","Disney+","RTE.ie","MTV"],"body_markdown":"[Disney+](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00n5sko/disney) has acquired second window rights to the RTÉ and BBC comedy-drama The Walsh Sisters for the UK, with the show also sold to TV2, TV4, [MTV](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0006ssq/mtv) Oy, Pickbox, Yes, Stan and Roku. [Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/disney-among-buyers-rt-bbc-090840603.html) reported the deal, which was brokered by distributor Cineflix Rights.\n\n## How the Cineflix Rights Deals Were Structured\n\nDisney+ has taken second window rights for the UK, meaning The Walsh Sisters will launch on the streamer after it has played on the BBC. Cineflix Rights did the deal. The distributor has also sold the show to TV2 in Norway, TV4 in Sweden and MTV Oy in Finland. Pickbox has taken the show for the Balkans, and Yes has taken it for Israel. It has already sold to Stan in Australia and to Roku's Howdy streamer for the U.S.\n\nBased on a book series from author Marian Keyes, Season 1 was Irish broadcaster RTÉ's highest-rated drama of the past two years. The BBC and RTÉ have greenlit a Season 2, which is in production. The Walsh Sisters follows the Walsh family of five sisters, their mother and their father, set and filmed in their Dublin hometown.\n\nIn Season 2, Caroline Menton, Danielle Galligan, Máiréad Tyers, Stefanie Preissner and Louisa Harland reprise their roles as the five sisters. Preissner also adapts the Keyes books for TV. Aidan Quinn and Carrie Crowley return as the sisters' parents.\n\n\"The comedy, drama and emotion woven through the lives of the closely-knit Walsh family and their loved ones has really been taken to heart by audiences,\" said Sandra Piha, SVP, Sales, Pan-Regional, UK, Eire, and Nordics, Cineflix Rights, who brokered the Disney+ and Nordic deals. \"We're thrilled to be bringing the series to more viewers around the world through these latest deals, and we can't wait to see where their stories go next in Season 2.\"\n\nThe deals with TVNZ and BBC (Netherlands) were closed by Chris Bluett, SVP, Sales, Asia Pacific and Benelux. The Pickbox and Yes deals were closed by Lucy Rawson, VP, Sales, German-speaking Europe, CEEMEA, and Southern Mediterranean. The series is produced by Cuba Pictures, part of Vice Studios, and Metropolitan Pictures for RTÉ in association with the BBC, Screen Ireland and Cineflix Rights.\n\n## Disney+ Distribution Deals Across Europe and Asia\n\nDisney+ is available in more than 150 markets, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), and has approximately 131.6 million global subscribers, with 57 to 60 million located in the US. The same records show Disney+ leads competitors in attracting 16-34 year olds in the UK, with 40% of viewing hours from that demographic compared to Netflix at 32%, Prime Video at 27% and Paramount+ at 23%. In June 2026, Disney+ signed a distribution deal with Orange Belgium allowing the telecom operator's mobile, broadband and TV customers to subscribe to Disney+ through existing subscriptions.\n\n## Earlier Disney+ Additions in October 2026\n\nDisney+ will add new episodes of Marvel's Iron Man and his Awesome Friends and Marvel's Spidey and his Amazing Friends (Season 5) during the week of October 26 to November 1, 2026, Yahoo reported. Hulu and Disney+ will release new shows and movies in November 2026, including season 2 of 'All's Fair' and 'The Remarried Empress' on November 4, and season 3 of 'Percy Jackson' on November 20, Yahoo reported. Disney and Formula 1 will release the documentary 'The Pursuit: F1 ACADEMY' on Disney+ on November 19, 2026, produced with ESPN, Forbes reported.\n\n## Night Tales Club Premiere Date\n\nDisney+ and Hulu's six-part Japanese horror anthology 'Night Tales Club' premieres in January 2027, Yahoo reported.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}