The Walt Disney Company today announced that it has acquired The Hive for global satellite broadcast on Playhouse Disney across 150 countries. The new CGI preschool animation series from UK based production company The Hive Enterprises Ltd and its distributor Bejuba! Entertainment Inc, is being produced by Lupus Films, Monumental
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Disney names new studio marketing chief
Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) on Wednesday named MT Carney as president of marketing for the Walt Disney Studios, the latest appointment in a months-long revamp of the company’s film studio. Carney, co-founder of communications planning company Naked NY, fills a post left vacant by Jim Gallagher, who left last year
Lawsuits against Disneyland over toxic groundwater may go forward
I find both of these cases hard to believe as that seems well out of sorts for Disney: A judge said today he was inclined to allow two lawsuits that allege The Walt Disney Co. for decades contaminated groundwater with toxic chemicals to move forward. One of the cases was
Stroke Victim Takes Disney’s Tower Of Terror To Trial
An unprecedented trial involving Walt Disney World has gotten under way in Orange County 12 years after a Pennsylvania man said a theme park ride caused him to have a stroke. Attorneys for Marvin Cohen, now 80, said riding the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney’s Hollywood Studios caused him to have a life-dibilitating
Walt Disney Company Commits 1 Million to Rebuild Schools in Quake Devastated Region of China
The Walt Disney Company announced today it will contribute Rmb 1 million to the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) to help rebuild schools devastated by a powerful earthquake in the western Chinese province of Qinghai. “On behalf of The Walt Disney Company, I extend our deepest condolences to the people
Zappos.com Sues the Walt Disney Co
Zappos.com, Inc. has filed a class action lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company over false advertising. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, says it’s just one battle in his efforts to prevent companies from making misleading claims. The lawsuit alleges that Disneyland’s tagline of being “The Happiest Place on Earth” is
Disney Channel Russia Near Launch
Disney Channel moved closer to a launch Wednesday in Russia when the official federal agency for telecommunications granted the company a five-year cable TV license. Tailored to local family auds net is due to bow later this year, Disney Russia said. The channel will screen the Disney mix of family
The MLB hits a home run with Disney
Disney and Major League Baseball are combining for a cross-licensing deal that will mix the marks of two of the biggest names in sports and entertainment merchandising. The retail licensing program is one MLB has pursued for a decade and expands the business relationship between the two companies, giving MLB
Disney to launch “Disney Channel Russia”
Walt Disney Company expects to launch the Russian version of Disney Channel this year and plans to produce two to three theatrical movies a year for the local market. “We are planning to follow upon the success of our first movie for the Russian market, ‘The Book of Masters,’ further
Disney Mobile Diamond Phones, Can you say Cha Ching?
The fifth model in the DM series, the new DM005SH sparkles with 22 pieces of diamonds scattered all over its clamshell lid. Part of the design also includes a combination of three diamonds arranged to form the head of the Mickey Mouse. It is offered in three colors of romantic
Does Disney know about this? The Hug-e-Gram
Does it look like anyone we know? Correction anyone’s hands we know? The product above is from Hug-E-gram. I have never seen these before..Of course I don’t watch a lot of infomercials either. It is still a very funny infomercial. I can’t image a huge market for them. I wonder
Disney Launches New Wallpaper collection
Not quite what I thought it would be. I was expecting Mouse Ears and characters from the movies. This stuff is quite cool. York Wallcoverings and the lifestyle brand Walt Disney Signature have teamed up to debut an upscale wallpaper collection inspired by original artwork from the Disney archives of
Disney fires Robert Zemeckis and Company
Walt Disney Studios pulled the plug on Robert Zemeckis’s motion-capture company on Friday, the latest in a string of cost-cutting moves. ImageMovers Digital, which is based near San Francisco and employs 450 people, will slowly wind down production over the next few months. In some ways, the ghost of Christmas
Disney makes pay cable deals at Starz and Showtime
Disney ABC Domestic Television group Thursday renewed its long-term distribution deal with Starz Entertainment to carry Walt Disney Studios films released theatrically through 2015. The previous agreement was set to expire in two years. Separately, Disney also negotiated a new deal for DreamWorks that will see that production company’s films
