During today’s earnings call, Disney announced that it intends to pull its movies from Netflix and instead start up its own streaming service. The direct-to-consumer streaming service is expected to launch in 2019. A separate streaming service will launch to focus on ESPN branded sports… Read More »Disney plans own streaming service, will pull its movies off Netflix
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Walt Disney Chair and CEO Bob Iger talks about the first anniversary of Shanghai Disneyland and the great “likelihood that Disney will build another theme park in China,” and that there’s a good chance it will be in a… Read More »Disney CEO Bob Iger teases another theme park in a new Chinese city
When Euro Disney opened 25 years ago it was a partnership between The Walt Disney Company and a locally created company designed to meet ownership rules for companies in France. A lot has changed since then including the name to Disneyland Paris Resort. Facing a… Read More »Could Walt Disney Co. become sole owner of Disneyland Paris?
Today was the quarterly earnings call for The Wat Disney Company. There is always a little bit of news of interest to theme park fans, but today was a bonanza. Shanghai Disneyland has welcomed 7 million guests and is on track to greet 10 million… Read More »Disney announces opening date for Pandora – The World of Avatar, other new lands
Update: on today’s earnings call, Iger said he would stay if asked by the board, but that he thinks there is a good succession plan. Decision time is in 2018. Just like any other empty nester nearing retirement age, I’m sure the Iger family has… Read More »Will Disney CEO Bob Iger Renew His Contract?
Call them what you want – Generation Y, Generation Me, Echo Boomers or the Peter Pan generation – Millennials are the most sought after demographic across many industries. For Disney they fit that sweet zone of young families without kids or with one or two… Read More »Disney Ranked “Most Intimate Brand” Among Millennials
Ever since Disney CEO Bob Iger expressed the condolences of the Walt Disney Company to the victims of the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting, Disney’s social media channels and parks blog have been silent. Today the silence was broken with an announcement that Disney will donate… Read More »Disney breaks social media silence with donation of $1 million to OneOrlando Fund
The pivot to Asia is a real thing at the Walt Disney Company. From an animation studio in India, to opening a fourth theme park, the Mouse House wants to make sure its brand is exposed to and loved by the more than 3+ billion… Read More »Iger, Disney to produce movies in China within a year