Disney Does Digital, Ditches Drawings

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Disney aping Pixar, going all-digital

Disney aping Pixar, going all-digital 11/10/2003 11:23 PM
Here's a great Slashdot article and discussion thread about Disney's abandonment of traditional, hand-drawn animation (which Disney has sworn, for years, it would never give up), in favor of 3D, computer-generated work.

Supposedly, all of their animators-- even staunch traditionalists such as Glenn Keane-- are being trained on 3D computer animation techniques. The last hand-drawn high-budget Disney feature scheduled for release is Home on the Range, which is due out next April. It appears that Disney is bowing to the supposed pressures of the market, even though the hand-drawn Lilo and Stitch was considered a success and the all-CG Dinosaur (done at Disney's now-defunct FX house The Secret Lab) was not. However, I believe there's another factor at work: Pixar's contract with Disney is set to expire soon, and the revered CG house has been making their own demands of Disney for the contract's renewal.

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Disney, Microsoft to partner on digital
content

Disney, Microsoft to partner on digital
content 02/10/2004 03:00 AM
The Walt Disney Company will license Microsoft's Windows Media digital rights management (DRM) technology for Disney content on mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and future portable media players, reports Gary Gentile of the Associated Press...

Disney Sees Future In Digital Content

Disney Sees Future In Digital Content 04/05/2005 12:10 PM
Information Week Apr 5 2005 3:29PM GMT

Disney to Speed Digital Content Delivery

Disney to Speed Digital Content Delivery 02/10/2004 06:40 PM
The Walt Disney Co. and Microsoft Corp. agreed to work together to speed the availability of Disney movies, TV shows and other digital content on cell phones, personal digital assistants and a new generation of portable media players.

Disney soundtracks go digital on Apple's
iTunes

Disney soundtracks go digital on Apple's
iTunes 04/22/2004 05:18 AM
BBC Apr 22 2004 8:54AM GMT

Disney Asks FCC to Control All Digital
Music

Disney Asks FCC to Control All Digital
Music 08/08/2004 04:00 AM
The EFF has posted this astounding note about the music industry's latest move toward controlling all digital music content. Disney is the stalking horse for the cartel's wishes.

"Disney wants the FCC to regulate all devices capable of recording from any audio broadcasting medium or from the Internet. FM radio, XM, Sirius, Streamripper, Total Recorder, you're all in the crosshairs. It's the Hollings Bill all over again.

Microsoft, Disney in digital media deal

Microsoft, Disney in digital media deal 02/10/2004 02:43 AM
Microsoft Corp. and The Walt Disney Co. have signed a deal to improve the quality and security of digital media and the ability to access digital media from different types of devices, the companies said late Sunday.

Disney and Microsoft team up on digital
content, DRM

Disney and Microsoft team up on digital
content, DRM 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
Disney and Microsoft have announced a partnership in which they will work together on digital media ventures using Disney content and Microsoft technology

Microsoft and Disney strike digital
media deal

Microsoft and Disney strike digital
media deal 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
Computer Weekly Feb 9 2004 12:04PM GMT

Disney, Microsoft join in digital rights
management

Disney, Microsoft join in digital rights
management 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

Disney and Microsoft announced a long-term partnership, wherein the software giant would distribute the entertainment giant's content through secure channels, including PCs and mobile devices. This involves a strong reliance on licensing Microsoft's digital rights management technology .

(thanks to Marsha Debonis )

"Random Drawings"

"Random Drawings" 04/24/2004 03:25 AM

Libya Nuke Drawings Likely From Pakistan
(AP)

Libya Nuke Drawings Likely From Pakistan
(AP) 02/15/2004 03:41 PM
AP - Drawings of a nuclear warhead that Libya surrendered as part of its decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction are of 1960s Chinese design, but likely came from Pakistan, diplomats and experts told The Associated Press on Sunday.

U.N. Finds High-Tech Enrichment Drawings

U.N. Finds High-Tech Enrichment Drawings 02/19/2004 06:20 AM
AP via The Ledger Feb 19 2004 10:34AM GMT

CNN.com - Secret Service questions
student on drawings - Apr 27, 2004

CNN.com - Secret Service questions
student on drawings - Apr 27, 2004 04/28/2004 03:22 AM
15 year-old boy tricks the Secret Service into believing he isn't plotting Bush's death. I'M NOT FOOLED!!! I SEE THROUGH HIS PLOT!!! .. Secret Service questions student on drawings .. Read article .. this CNN story .. reports

cnn.com/2004/US/West/04/27/artwork.investigated.ap/index.htm l
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Disney descendant quits the Disney Board
of Directors, and tells Eisner why

Disney descendant quits the Disney Board
of Directors, and tells Eisner why 12/02/2003 04:13 AM
Roy Disney's letter of resignation to Eisner .. email

craphound.com/roytoeisner.txt
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Disney Dream Desk PC - Disney glues Blue
Ears on PCs

Disney Dream Desk PC - Disney glues Blue
Ears on PCs 08/06/2004 04:29 AM
I4U Aug 6 2004 8:30AM GMT

Drawings with reportlab's graphics
toolkit by Dirk.Datzert on 2002/07/07

Drawings with reportlab's graphics
toolkit by Dirk.Datzert on 2002/07/07 07/11/2002 02:07 PM

"Disney descendant quits the Disney
Board of Directors, and te..."

"Disney descendant quits the Disney
Board of Directors, and te..." 12/02/2003 09:59 AM

U.N. Inspectors find high-tech
enrichment drawings on air force base

U.N. Inspectors find high-tech
enrichment drawings on air force base 02/19/2004 06:20 AM
Tulsa World Feb 19 2004 10:17AM GMT

Roy Disney resigns from Disney, slams
Eisner

Roy Disney resigns from Disney, slams
Eisner 12/02/2003 01:43 AM
Roy Disney has resigned from the Disney Board of Directors, and has sent a scathing email to Michael Eisner explaining, in exorciating detail, exactly why he's leaving the company his uncle founded.

1. The failure to bring back ABC Prime Time from the ratings abyss it has been in for years and your inability to program successfully the ABC Family Channel. Both of these failures have had, and I believe will continue to have, significant adverse impact on shareholder value.

2. Your consistent micro-management of everyone around you with the resulting loss of morale throughout the Company.

3. The timidity of your investments in our theme park business. At Disney's California Adventure, Paris and now in Hong Kong, you have tried to build parks "on the cheap" and they show it and the attendance figures reflect it.

Link (Thanks, Robynne!)

V Two One ditches BT

V Two One ditches BT 09/13/2004 08:53 AM
Broadband mass migration to Telefonica UK

QRS ditches JDA merger

QRS ditches JDA merger 09/03/2004 12:10 PM
ZDNet Sep 3 2004 3:34PM GMT

Nortel ditches its CEO and CFO

Nortel ditches its CEO and CFO 04/28/2004 11:51 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 28 2004 3:35PM GMT

DoCoMo ditches 3

DoCoMo ditches 3 05/28/2004 11:00 AM
Silicon.com May 28 2004 3:55PM GMT

Sun ditches UltraSparc V and Gemini

Sun ditches UltraSparc V and Gemini 04/12/2004 04:53 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 12 2004 9:23AM GMT

Pru ditches plan for Egg sell-off

Pru ditches plan for Egg sell-off 08/03/2004 03:41 AM
The insurance giant drops plans to sell-off its internet banking arm.

Siebel ditches boss

Siebel ditches boss 04/13/2005 12:12 PM
Long walk, short plank

Ericsson ditches Bluetooth

Ericsson ditches Bluetooth 09/06/2004 05:13 AM
The Register Sep 6 2004 9:23AM GMT

Microsoft Ditches Smart Displays

Microsoft Ditches Smart Displays 01/05/2004 07:59 PM

MS (nearly) ditches the PC religion with
home net plans

MS (nearly) ditches the PC religion with
home net plans 01/08/2004 08:24 PM
Maybe it's not the PC, stupid...

Asono Play Ditches the Screen

Asono Play Ditches the Screen 06/24/2005 04:01 PM

Asono has released a tweaked version of their 'Mica' wearable MP3 player. Called the 'Play,' the unit is almost exactly the same as the Mica—it still looks like a little handbag—but the LCD screen on the bottom of the Mica has been replaced with two, iPod shuffle-like lights at the bottom in the Play. Navigation is don't through sound, including (they say), searching of folders and EQ adjustment. I can't imagine how'd they allow folder search with two LEDs and some beeps, but I didn't think you could build furniture out of sawdust, either, and the Scandinavians proved me wrong.

Product Page [Asono]

RIM's New Blackberry Ditches Thumboard

RIM's New Blackberry Ditches Thumboard 09/08/2004 06:30 PM

Iacocca ditches Bush for Kerry

Iacocca ditches Bush for Kerry 06/24/2004 09:12 PM

Sony ditches illegal flyposting

Sony ditches illegal flyposting 06/15/2004 05:22 AM
Lambs gambol through the sparkling streets of Camden

Novell Ditches UnitedLinux, Joins
Eclipse

Novell Ditches UnitedLinux, Joins
Eclipse 01/22/2004 11:39 AM
Internet News Jan 22 2004 4:11PM GMT

BT ditches broadband line length limit

BT ditches broadband line length limit 08/18/2004 08:52 AM
ZDNet UK Aug 18 2004 1:09PM GMT

London council ditches Linux plans

London council ditches Linux plans 01/06/2004 11:57 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 6 2004 10:19AM ET

Mozilla ditches browser suite
development

Mozilla ditches browser suite
development 03/14/2005 05:35 PM
The Mozilla Foundation said late yesterday that it is cutting off development of its flagship Mozilla browser suite with the current 1.7.x line but will back a community-supported version of the suite for those who want to continue using it.

Google picks Nasdaq, ditches NYSE

Google picks Nasdaq, ditches NYSE 07/17/2004 11:27 AM
Cyber India Online Jul 17 2004 2:42PM GMT
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