Disney+ subscribers in some European countries lose access to advanced HDR features such as Dolby Vision, TechRadar and FlatpanelsHD report. The issue was first found by German Disney+ subscribers on Redditbut currently also affecting subscribers in Portugal, Poland, France and the Netherlands, according to FlatpanelsHD.

“Dolby Vision support for Disney+ content is currently unavailable in many European countries due to technical challenges,” Disney said in a statement. “We are actively working to restore access to Dolby Vision and will provide an update as soon as possible. 4K UHD and HDR support remains available on supported devices.”

If the issue is indeed a technical one, it looks like it could be around for a long time. Disney removed any mention of Dolby Vision from it Germany’s Disney+ video quality support page. Currently, the company lists HDR10 as the default HDR format, however Dolby Vision support which has been a part of Disney+ for many years now.

FlatpanelsHD wrote that the real issue may be legal, rather than technological. A company called InterDigital won an injunction in a German court against Disney in November 2025 for infringing at least one of the company’s patents on streaming video technology. The injunction specifically requires Disney to stop infringing InterDigital’s patent on “a method for dynamically overlaying a first video stream with a second video stream containing, for example, subtitles.” It’s not entirely clear how this plays out with the company that offers Dolby Vision in Europe, but that would explain why subscribers in Germany were some of the first people to notice the loss of Dolby Vision.

Engadget contacted Disney for more information about Disney+’s missing HDR support and whether InterDigital’s order played a role. We’ll update this article when we hear back.

Dolby Vision references have also been removed the US version on the Disney+ video quality support page. InterDigital did not win a US injunction, but the company did prosecuting a patent case v. Disney in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. That doesn’t mean Dolby Vision support will be available from US subscribers next, but it does suggest there’s more going on here than technical challenges.

Update, February 6, 3:44PM ET: The original version of this article included mention of Disney+ losing HDR10+ support in Europe, but Disney said it does not offer HDR10+ in that region. The article has been updated accordingly.