Disney Developing ‘Keychest’ For Digital Content Access
Disney reportedly plans to unveil a new technology that would provide consumers with digital access to movies and other video content on their TVs, computers, and portable devices, without having to...
View Article‘A Christmas Carol’: Lower Opening Weekend, But 3D Cheer
A dour Deutsche Bank analyst predicts that Disney will have to take a $50 million write-down on "A Christmas Carol" following the film's lower-than-expected $31 million debut this past weekend. On a...
View ArticleDisney Movies ‘Up’ For Sale At PlayStation Store
Sony’s PlayStation Store will offer its first Disney movies for electronic sell-through, starting today with “Up,” day and date with its DVD and Blu-ray Disc release. “Up” is one of about 80 Walt...
View ArticleChapek To Head Distribution At Disney
Bob Chapek, president of Walt Disney's home entertainment division, is named the studio's new president of distribution, as Disney continues its executive reorganization. By TheWrap
View ArticleMarvel Eyes Dec. 31 As Disney Takeover Date
Marvel Entertainment plans to hold a special meeting of shareholders in New York on Dec. 31 to allow a vote on its planned takeover by The Walt Disney Co. Disney is offering $4 billion in cash and...
View ArticleDisney Launches ‘Upgrade2Blu’ Program
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment joins other studios in offering consumer incentives to upgrade their DVD libraries to Blu-ray. Under Disney’s Blu-ray upgrade program, consumers visit a website...
View ArticleCBS, Disney Mull Apple TV Proposal: WSJ
CBS and Disney are considering participating in Apple’s plan to offer television subscriptions over the Internet, as Apple prepares a potential new competitor to cable and satellite TV. By The Wall...
View ArticleDisney: KeyChest Enhances Other Digital Entertainment Standards
At a press demonstration of its “KeyChest” technology on Tuesday, Walt Disney Studios said that its digital rights repository could be used to enhance other industry efforts, such as the “common file...
View ArticleDisney-Starz Talks Could Impact Netflix Streaming Rights
Walt Disney Co. is in talks with Liberty Media Corp.’s Starz that may limit the movie channel’s ability to provide films online via Netflix’s streaming service, according to a Bloomberg report. By...
View ArticleDisney: ‘No Decisions Have Been Made’ About Hulu Premium
The only concrete thing that the Disney EVP Kevin Mayer, speaking at the DeSilva+Phillips Dealmakers conference this morning, would allow is that the video site will indeed be asking some consumers to...
View ArticleDVD, Blu-ray Sales Lift Viacom Profits In Fourth Quarter
Viacom reported Feb. 11 a $214 million increase in fourth-quarter profitability for its filmed entertainment unit, reflecting among other things a higher year-over-year contribution from Paramount...
View ArticleLast UK Exhibitor Holdout Agrees To Show Disney’s ‘Alice’
The UK’s biggest movie theater chain, Odeon, has ended its standoff with the Walt Disney Co., and will join exhibitors Vue and Cineworld to show “Alice In Wonderland” as scheduled. By Deadline Hollywood
View ArticleDisney Re-Ups Movie Distribution On Starz
Premium TV network Starz Entertainment has signed a new distribution deal with Disney, which gives it access to all of the studio’s movies through 2015. As the All Things Digital blog reports, since...
View ArticleDisney Delivers Strong Quarter On ‘Alice’ Box Office
Disney’s film studio drove the company’s 55% year-over-year increase in net income during its fiscal second quarter. The 3D “Alice in Wonderland,” released in theaters March 5, surpassed $960 million...
View ArticleAnalysts Differ On Whether Disney Is Next To Embrace 28-Day Windows
A reordering of home entertainment release windows seems to be a foregone conclusion for BTIG Research analyst Richard Greenfield. The analyst has long urged studios to adopt a sequential release...
View ArticleRedbox Kiosks Get Disney’s ‘Alice’ Day-And-Date With DVD Sale
Studios continue to take differing approaches to their release window experimnents. Despite analyst speculation that Disney would strike a last-minute deal with Redbox for a four-week window on the...
View Article‘Toy Story 3’ Buoys Box Office
Disney and Pixar’s latest effort happily met expectations this past weekend, grossing an estimated $109 million in its opening weekend. Deadline Hollywood notes that the film — which opened in 4,028...
View ArticleDisney Eyes Another Social Games Acquisition
In further efforts to strengthen its position in social media, Disney is in final discussions to acquire social games developer Playdom, TechCrunch reported last week. The deal would come on the heels...
View ArticleWarner’s Bewkes: Studio Sees Sales Boost From 28-Day Window
Warner’s agreements with Redbox and Netflix to delay rental availability of new releases for 28 days had a positive effect on sales of titles such as “Sherlock Holmes” and “The Blind Side,” according...
View ArticleWalmart Ties In With Disney’s ‘Toy Story 3′ for Vudu Promotion
Consumers who purchase a special edition of Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” at Walmart can receive free streaming access to the movie via Vudu, in the mass merchant’s first retail promotion of its digital...
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