8 posts and columns on theme park

Disney’s Bob Iger Makes Me Dis “Bambi”: The Full D9 Interview (Video)

in D9 on June 30, 2011 at 6:02 am PT

Disney CEO Bob Iger is a very crafty guy, turning the tables on me many times in this wide-ranging interview about the iconic media giant and its challenges in the digital age. He tried to press me on my love of Disney fare, which is, well, nonexistent.
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Full D9 Videos Coming Soon to a Tech Web Site Near You

in D9 on June 8, 2011 at 12:06 pm PT

AllThingsD has gotten a lot of requests for the full interviews from the ninth D: All Things Digital conference, which took place last week. It was indeed a crackerjack series of tech and media top players on stage, as well as a handful of amazing demos (more grilled cheese please!). And, as promised, we’ll start posting them in their entirety, starting sometime next week.
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When You Wish Upon Two (Web) Stars: CEO Bob Iger Talks About the Next Digital Direction for Disney

in News on October 9, 2010 at 8:04 pm PT

After Disney named two longtime Internet execs–Playdom’s John Pleasants and Jimmy Pitaro of Yahoo–as co-presidents of its Internet unit, BoomTown did a longer interview with CEO Bob Iger about the entertainment giant’s next Web moves to make it both relevant and profitable. [On weekends, we will be re-posting some pieces from the previous week that we wanted to call attention to again that some readers might have missed.]

When You Wish Upon Two (Web) Stars: CEO Bob Iger Talks About the Next Digital Direction for Disney

in News on October 4, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

Yesterday, after Disney named two longtime Internet execs–Playdom’s John Pleasants and Jimmy Pitaro of Yahoo–as co-presidents of its Internet unit, BoomTown did a longer interview with CEO Robert Iger about the entertainment giant’s next Web moves to make it both relevant and profitable. Hope springs eternal. “I have tried to keep two obvious philosophies,” Iger told me. “First, that our current business not get in the way of adopting new technologies, and, second, that our business belongs on these new platforms.”

Viral Video: Harry Potter Takes a High-Tech Leap Into Reality

in News on June 22, 2010 at 12:06 am PT

Apparently, it’s lumos time. Universal Orlando’s “Wizarding World Of Harry Potter” theme park opened this weekend to record crowds, all eager to experience the real-life and decidedly high-tech version of the popular book and movie series.

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Disney Plans Get a Cold Reception Online

in News on November 4, 2009 at 11:22 am PT

Walt Disney won’t make Shanghai the happiest place in the world. That’s the early reaction from a surprising number of netizens, or Chinese Internet users, to confirmation early Wednesday that plans for Shanghai Disneyland have the green light to proceed. Of the posts streaming into tianya.cn, a major portal, early Wednesday, the negative views were solidly outweighing positive views.

The New "Prince of Persia" Trailer: From Videogame to Jake's Awesome Abs?

in News on November 3, 2009 at 7:00 am PT

Here’s the new trailer for the upcoming videogame-to-live-action Disney fantasy adventure movie, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” It still looks an awful lot like a videogame and is chock full of special effects–but the adaptation also seems to feature much in the way of shirtlessness and mascara-wearing on the part of star Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Vevo Gets Its Investor: Abu Dhabi Media Joins “Hulu for Music Videos”

in Media on October 19, 2009 at 4:17 am PT

Vevo, the music industry’s version of Hulu, now has its own version of Providence Equity, the outside investor that took a flyer on the Web TV and movie joint venture: Abu Dhabi Media Company has purchased a stake in the company from owners Universal Music and Sony. No financials released, though I’m told the deal values the JV at $300 million.
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