Disney Entertainment and ESPN have announced a significant addition to their leadership team. Adam Smith has been named the new Chief Product & Technology Officer, a role that will see him overseeing the global Product and Technology group across Disney’s entertainment and sports media businesses.… Read More »Disney Appoints Adam Smith as Chief Product & Technology Officer
Disney, Warner Bros., and Fox, who are three of the top owners of streaming and broadcast sports rights, have announced they are teaming up for a new major sports streaming platform that would provide a singlular location to watch their sports feeds. The Details The… Read More »Disney, Warner Bros., and Fox Team Up for Major Sports Streaming Platform
One of ESPN’s most popular annual events, “ESPN8: The Ocho,” will return to ESPN2 this Thursday, August 3 through Saturday, August 5 for 43 hours of unique and groundbreaking programming and sports rarely or never seen on ESPN. The Details The seventh edition of the… Read More »‘ESPN8: The Ocho’ Returns with 43 Straight Hours of Seldom-Seen Sports August 3-5, 2023
Major League Baseball is returning to Walt Disney World in 2023, with the Tampa Bay Rays agreeing to host part of their spring training at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The arrangement comes after Hurricane Ian damaged the Rays’ facilities in Port Charlotte, Florida… Read More »Hurricane Damage Leads MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays to Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
runDisney has made a change to its volunteer program that may impact the ability of Disney’s event organizers to efficiently process and support the tens of thousands of guests who pay to attend Walt Disney World runDisney events throughout the year. For those unfamiliar with… Read More »Change in runDisney volunteer policy threatens Disney marathon’s smooth running.
ESPN may have had no live sports to broadcast for much of the last 3 months, but it has had one bright spot, The Last Dance, a critically acclaimed ESPN Series on basketball icon Michael Jordan and the historic 1990s Chicago Bulls. Disney’s ABC TV… Read More »ABC to Air Encore Presentation of the Documentary everyone is talking about — ‘The Last Dance’
While it’s true that all of Disney’s theme parks, resorts, and Disney Springs locations have shut-down, as have most of the the third party operators on property, there is one Disney property where you can find a dose of pixie dust… the Walt Disney World… Read More »Walt Disney World Golf courses remain open to guests
Who Dat? Yep it’s Drew Brees superstar quarterback of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints inside the iconic Star Destroyer hanger, one of the massive scenes of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Known on the field… Read More »Celebrity Disney: New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees rides Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ahead of NFL Pro Bowl