Disney+ loses entry to Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDR10+ in some European international locations

Disney+ subscribers in some European international locations have misplaced entry to superior HDR options like Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDR10+, TechRadar and FlatpanelsHD report. The difficulty was first noticed by German Disney+ subscribers on Reddit, however at the moment additionally impacts subscribers in Portugal, Poland, France and the Netherlands, based on FlatpanelsHD.

“Dolby Imaginative and prescient assist for content material on Disney+ is at the moment unavailable in a number of European international locations because of technical challenges,” Disney stated in an announcement. “We’re actively working to revive entry to Dolby Imaginative and prescient and can present an replace as quickly as potential. 4K UHD and HDR assist stay out there on supported gadgets.”

If the problem is in reality a technical one, it looks like it could possibly be round for the long-term. Disney has eliminated any reference to Dolby Imaginative and prescient from its Disney+ video quality support page in Germany. As of now, the corporate lists HDR10 as its default HDR format, regardless of Dolby Vision support being a characteristic of Disney+ for a number of years now.

FlatpanelsHD writes that the actual subject may be authorized, quite than technological. An organization referred to as InterDigital won an injunction in a German court in opposition to Disney in November 2025 as a result of it violated a minimum of one of many firm’s patents on streaming video expertise. The injunction particularly requires Disney to cease violating InterDigital’s patent on “a technique for dynamically overlaying a primary video stream with a second video stream comprising, for instance, subtitles.” It isn’t solely clear how that performs into the corporate providing Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDR10+ in Europe, however it might clarify why subscribers in Germany had been a few of the first folks to note Dolby Imaginative and prescient’s absence.

Engadget has contacted Disney for extra details about Disney+’s lacking HDR assist and whether or not InterDigital’s injunction performed a task. We’ll replace this text if we hear again.

Mentions of Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDR10+ had been additionally stripped out of the US version of Disney+’s video high quality assist web page. InterDigital hasn’t gained an injunction within the US, however the firm is pursuing a patent case in opposition to Disney in america District Courtroom for the Central District of California. That does not essentially imply Dolby Imaginative and prescient assist can be taken from US subscribers subsequent, nevertheless it does recommend there’s extra occurring right here than simply technical challenges.