440 posts and columns on Disney

Dish Network Doesn’t Want to Blow Up TV. It Wants to Pay Less for It.

in Media on May 25 at 8:48 am PT

How to negotiate, Charlie Ergen-style. Threaten, kind of credibly, to blow everything up.
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News Byte

Video Processor Elemental Technologies Raises $13 Million

in Media on May 7 at 8:16 pm PT

Elemental Technologies, a six-year-old start-up that helps companies process and manage Web video, has raised a $13 million C round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Earlier investors General Catalyst, Voyager Capital and Steamboat Ventures, who had put $14.5 million into the company, re-upped. Elemental’s clients include Disney, Comcast and Time Warner’s HBO.

Cable Fee Fight Takes Another Turn as Dish Networks Uses iTunes, Netflix and Amazon as Weapons

in Media on May 7 at 12:07 pm PT

Wait long enough, or pay enough, and you can see repeats of last night’s “Mad Men” in lots of places. So why pay to see it on cable last night?
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Providence Gets Out of Hulu. What About Jason Kilar?

in Media on April 26 at 12:17 pm PT

A payout for Providence means Hulu’s CEO and his management team can get liquid, too. So will they stick around?
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Big Web Video’s Big Star Is … Anthony Zuiker?

in Media on April 26 at 8:40 am PT

First Google, now Yahoo: The guy behind “CSI” is the guy the Web video giants use to pitch TV advertisers.
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Outfit7’s Talking Friends Apps to Star in Disney Web Series

in Commerce on April 24 at 1:25 pm PT

Outfit7’s lovable characters, found in a variety of mobile apps, will be hitting the small screen as part of a partnership with Disney.
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The One Number Netflix Investors Care About Today

in Media on April 23 at 3:30 am PT

Sure, revenue and EPS matter. But when Q1 numbers go out Monday afternoon, the Street will look at something else first.
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More D10 Speakers: Ellison, Meeker, Myhrvold, Along With Pixar and Visa!

in D10 on April 9 at 2:49 pm PT

Speakers? We got your D10 speakers.
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ABC Asks Facebook Users to Talk About Their New Sitcom, and They Do. Uh Oh.

in Media on April 6 at 10:41 am PT

The pros and cons of Facebook’s ad strategy, neatly explained, with the aid of James Van Der Beek.
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Paramount, Google Link Up for Movie Rentals

in Media on April 4 at 5:00 am PT

So what about that copyright lawsuit that Paramount parent Viacom filed against Google nearly five years ago? Still going ….
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Disney Hopes Brands Are the Best Protection Against Social Gaming Copycats

in Commerce, March 26, 2012 at 9:00 am PT

Woody Speaks Mandarin: Disney Brings Chinese-Language Apps to iPad

in Product News, March 21, 2012 at 2:25 pm PT

Miramax CEO Mike Lang Out

Nobody Puts Dan Loeb in the Corner: Third Point Begins Proxy Bombing Yahoo in 3 … 2 … 1

in News, March 14, 2012 at 1:24 pm PT

Walmart’s Disc-to-Digital Hard Sell Will Be a Hard Sell

in Media, March 13, 2012 at 8:19 pm PT

Disney’s YouTube Deal Kicks In, So Free Kids’ TV Starts Showing Up

in Media, March 5, 2012 at 11:46 am PT

On Twitter, the Oscars Were Huge — But Not Whitney Houston Huge

in Media, February 26, 2012 at 10:47 pm PT

Oscar Night Means a Torrent of Twittering. Trendrr Gets Ready to Tally It Up.

in Media, February 26, 2012 at 9:39 am PT

Google’s Cable TV Lineup: A Wishlist

in Media, February 22, 2012 at 3:29 pm PT

ABC’s Apple Foxconn Factory Tour, Teased (Video)

in News, February 20, 2012 at 8:04 am PT

Mark Zuckerberg Watches Linsanity From “$1,200 Seats”

in Social, February 19, 2012 at 12:26 pm PT

Viacom’s Philippe Dauman Has a Bundle, Will Travel: The Full Dive Into Media Interview

in Dive Into Media, February 14, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Barry Diller Gets Into the “Cord-Cutting” Business

in Media, February 13, 2012 at 7:51 pm PT

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar Is Still Standing: The Full Dive Into Media Interview (Video)

in Dive Into Media, February 8, 2012 at 7:40 am PT

Disney Profit Rises 12 Percent

in Media, February 7, 2012 at 5:30 pm PT