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Kyodo News reports on restructuring The Disney Store in Japan, which are owned and operated by the same company that owns and operates the Disney theme parks in Japan. Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo Disney Resort, will close some of its stores that sell Disney merchandise and revamp operations at its other outlets… Read More »Update on The Disney Store
Jennifer Huffman of the Napa Valley Register takes readers inside Disneyland Park’s Club 33 (and backstage), and there’s even a photo. A short walk later we arrived at the unassuming, pale green door to Club 33, hidden in plain sight in the middle of New Orleans Square. Ornate wrought iron railings with hanging flowers set… Read More »A Reporter is Thrilled to See Club 33
Anne Thompson at Daily Variety reports on a script of interest to those of us who are into Disney history… There’s a hot script making the rounds of the Hollywood studios. According to the cover page, "Two Blind Mice" is "based on the true story of Michael Eisner & Mike Ovitz and their time at… Read More »Screenplay Resurfacing About Ovitz vs. Eisner
Mike Shields at Media Week reports that NBC has entered a deal with Vmix Media, Vmix.com, which is compared to YouTube. Just as Viacom escalates its conflict with YouTube by saddling the Google-owned video site with a billion-dollar lawsuit, NBC has inked a partnership with VMIX Media, a broadband technology company that also operates the… Read More »The Rush to Online Video Partnerships
Claudia Eller of the Los Angeles Times reports the wait time between a release of a movie in the cinemas and its release on DVD is shrinking. The average time between the premiere of a movie at the multiplex and its appearance on DVD shrank an additional 10 days last year, further unnerving theater owners… Read More »From Cinema to DVD Lickety Split
Nicole Sperling and Carolyn Giardina of The Hollywood Reporter write that "Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D" was the tipping point. Still, many challenges on the deployment of digital cinema remain. More than 2,000 screens out of 43,000 nationwide have been deployed, with technology integrator AccessIT being the most bullish in its rollout. The… Read More »3-D Cinema Here to Stay This Time?
John Eggerton and Jim Benson of Broadcasting & Cable report that CBS has hired former Paramount executive Bruce Tobey as Chief Operating Officer of their feature film start-up, CBS Feature Films. Since Viacom (parent of Paramount Pictures) and CBS split over a year ago, CBS has been looking to grow into areas where it will… Read More »CBS Get COO For New Film Division
Hans van Leeuwen of Bloomberg reports on the ongoing moves of Village Roadshow to create a synergistic conglomerate. They’re a theme park operator, film producer, majority owner in a radio broadcaster, and they’re Australia’s biggest cinema chain, and now they’re looking to expand their theme park business and start up a music division. Last year,… Read More »Synergy Down Under – Village Roadshow