Disney Profit Rises 12 Percent

Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal first-quarter profit rose 12 percent, helped by revised contracts with broadcast affiliates and increased customer spending and attendance at its theme parks.

ESPN’s John Skipper Loves Every Platform — As Long As He Gets Paid (Video)

Give ESPN President John Skipper points for consistency. He wants to make ESPN available on every device and screen. What he doesn’t want to do is give it away for free.
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ESPN’s John Skipper on Digital Distribution: “We Take the Dollar and We Take the Dime, as Well”

ESPN isn’t much for cannibalization, said its new president, John Skipper, speaking today at D: Dive Into Media.
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Viacom’s Philippe Dauman Says “Mob Mentality” Doomed SOPA and PIPA

Viacom President and CEO Philippe Dauman says he’s unhappy with how SOPA and PIPA turned out.
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NBC Puts the Super Bowl on the Web Because It Thinks You’ll Watch It on TV

NBC is letting you watch the Super Bowl on the Web, for free, on Sunday. Here’s why.
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Like Sports on Cable? Pay Up. Don’t Like Sports on Cable? Pay Up, Anyway.

Here’s how your monthly cable bill gets split up. Spoiler: Disney and ESPN get a really big chunk.
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Why the Future of TV Won’t Be Here Soon

Social TV, Web TV, etc., are all fine. But regular people want to pay less for the stuff they want. And getting that to happen is going to require a lot of work.
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At CES 2012, 3-D Is Riding Shotgun to “Smart” TVs

3-D isn’t going away — it’s becoming just another check-off feature, as TV sets get “smarter.”
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Disney and Comcast Link Up for Another 10 Years

Comcast subscribers get more programming, in more places — and they’ll pay more, too.
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More Stars for D: Dive Into Media — Jason Kilar, Dick Costolo and Martha Stewart Join Us Onstage

Our first-ever media conference kicks off in a litte more than a month. And we’ve added the heads of Hulu, Twitter and Martha Stewart Living to a star-studded cast.
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Bill Simmons Knows How to Fix Twitter