So we’re off and running with season six. Once again, they are doing a two night premier with the men dancing tonight and the women dancing tomorrow night. And the first elimination doesn’t happen until next week. But we’ll be losing two stars at that… Read More »Dancing with the Stars – Round 1 – Men’s Night
Oops. This piece about an acquisition by Shamrock Holdings calls the company "the investment arm of Walt Disney Co". Uh, nope. Shamrock Holdings, Chaired by Roy E. Disney, fronted by Stanley Gold as President, has been a significant player in the corporate history of what is now The Walt Disney Company, and both Roy and… Read More »Roy E. Disney’s Company Confused For Division of TWDC
Reuters is claiming that a "source" has said Toshiba will be announcing the end of their HD DVD push soon, conceding defeat to Sony’s Blu-ray format. High definition DVDs are being used not only for movies, but for interactive games as well. Sony learned from it’s loss in the 1980s VCR wars, where VHS beat… Read More »Toshiba to Give Up on HD DVD?
How times change. Disney competitor Time Warner’s CEO is explaining how he wants to cast off AOL. A spinoff or sale of AOL, should it occur, would mark a sea change from 2000, when Time Warner agreed to be purchased by the Internet company then known as America Online at the top of the dot-com… Read More »Time Warner Casting Off AOL?
Fifty-two ABC television network stations are facing a Federal Communications Commission fine over a scene in an episode of NYPD Blue. ABC’s defense is that they took the appropriate steps, that anyone watching NYPD Blue should have known by then what they were choosing to do, and that what was shown wasn’t inappropriate anyway. Here… Read More »ABC Network Stations Facing FCC Fines
No, not anyone who has been CEO of The Gap, Inc. or interviews people on basic cable.
Related Companies named Kenneth P. Wong as Vice Chairman, and Colony Capital announced that Richard D. Nanula joined the firm as a Principal, reporting to the Chairman and CEO.
More after the jump, if you are interested.
Blu-ray’s victory in getting Warner Brothers to drop the HD-DVD may not be enough to fend off obsolescence. As Dawn C. Chmielewski reports in the Los Angeles Times, downloads, cable, and satellite delivery of HD movies might make the whole HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray battle moot anyway. But sales of these next-generation discs fell short of… Read More »Is Blu-ray Victory Too Late?
Warner Brothers Entertainment (including, presumably, New Line Cinema) has been supporting both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray formats in the high definition DVD market. However, the company is now dropping HD and continuing to support Blu-ray, the same format Disney supports. Blu-ray got a big boost in June when Blockbuster Inc. announced it would stock only… Read More »Warner Drops HD, Stick With Blu-ray