Disney+ enters its cancel era, plus Netflix spends $18 billion

When it comes to the latest and greatest on streaming, we’re pretty passionate here at Pocket-lint. From the best movies to TV shows we can’t stop obsessing over, there is a lot of entertainment to love in the streaming era. However, it can be tough to stay up to date with your favorite media, especially with rising pricesand a constantly-shifting constellation of apps and services to keep track of.

Enter “The Streaming Scene.”

This brand-new weekly column aims to give you a single place to read more about not only the latest and greatest content on streaming, but also keep you up to date on the latest discounts and deals to help you stream for less. This is the first edition, but look forward to this column every Thursday, and as part of our newly launched streaming newsletter on Fridays.

So without further ado, let’s talk streaming!

Disney+ axes all long-form animation

You can blame the success of Moana 2 for this one

Disney+

Earlier this week The Hollywood Reporter reported that that Disney has scrapped all plans for a Tiana, a Disney+ animated series, which was set to follow the titular character after the events of 2009’s The Princess and the Frog. And unfortunately, this cancelation is part of a broader strategy shift by Walt Disney Animation away from animated long-form content created exclusively for Disney+.

I’m not the biggest fan of reality TV. However, even I can admit when producers find a winning formula, and I have been absolutely loving this latest season of The Traitors on Peacock. Broadly speaking, this competition series takes former reality game show contestants from the likes of Survivor, Big Brother and The Challenge and mixes them with a number of Bravo-lebirites (members of the casts of Real Housewives, Below Deck, Vanderpump Rules, etc.) and challenges them not only to participate in physical challenges to add to a prize pot, but also an overarching psychological game where they must figure out who among them are “traitors,” players that secretly eliminate others during “murder” rituals so they can claim the prize for themselves.