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Disney+ Suspends Dolby Vision Amid Patent Dispute

2/7/2026

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Disney+ has disabled Dolby Vision and HDR10 for Premium subscribers in Germany, Portugal, Poland, France, and the Netherlands due to "technical challenges".
4K UHD and HDR support remain available.
Support-page changes at Disney+ may signal a deeper issue linked to a patent dispute with InterDigital, which won an injunction against Disney in Germany.
It remains unclear when Dolby Vision will return to the affected markets.

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Disney+ has disabled Dolby Vision and HDR10 for Premium subscribers in Germany, Portugal, Poland, France, and the Netherlands due to "technical challenges".
4K UHD and HDR support remain available.
Support-page changes at Disney+ may signal a deeper issue linked to a patent dispute with InterDigital, which won an injunction against Disney in Germany.
It remains unclear when Dolby Vision will return to the affected markets.