Disney Gets Piggy

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Piggy

Piggy 04/14/2004 06:30 PM
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Famicom Piggy Bank

Famicom Piggy Bank 04/05/2005 09:18 AM

We're not the only country that is still in love with the Nintendo Entertainment System. To complement the Famicom TV Remote Control (the NES was the Famicom in Japan), Banpresto is offering the Official Famicom Cashbox, a piggy bank that plays back one of four tunes when coins are inserted.

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ProNet: Filling up the Piggy Bank

ProNet: Filling up the Piggy Bank 06/17/2005 02:10 PM
If the earlier ProNet post on new web apps like MIT's Piggy Bank caught your eye, you'll want to check out semantic weblog posts with Movable Type. The post includes templates you can use in your Movable Type installation to...

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

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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

"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

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!)

Disney

Disney 04/28/2004 04:13 PM
Content Distribution vs. Creation

Give 'Em Mel, Disney

Give 'Em Mel, Disney 09/23/2004 08:56 AM
Disney shouldn't be in a hurry to fill a vacancy that is 24 months away.

Comcast's big bid for Disney

Comcast's big bid for Disney 02/11/2004 02:57 PM
The cable TV company's $66 billion offer for the entertainment icon would create a media mammoth.

Microsoft and Disney...

Microsoft and Disney... 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
Walt Disney announced today that it has agreed to license Microsoft's digital rights management technology which "prevents illegal distribution and co...

Disney Goes Boom!

Disney Goes Boom! 09/01/2004 07:19 PM

Disney Hit With Two Lawsuits

Disney Hit With Two Lawsuits 02/11/2004 04:26 PM
TheStreet.com Feb 11 2004 7:57PM GMT

Disney Puts Up

Disney Puts Up 02/11/2004 05:36 PM
The company releases strong earnings early as if in rebuttal to Comcast's surprise bid.

Disney Still Getting Drenched

Disney Still Getting Drenched 04/13/2004 08:37 AM
TheStreet.com Apr 13 2004 12:18PM GMT

Disney Turnaround?

Disney Turnaround? 08/11/2004 03:44 PM
Plus, Blockbuster vs. Netflix, and Marvel's plush deal.

Disney for Sale?

Disney for Sale? 02/12/2004 11:33 AM

Microsoft To Buy Disney?

Microsoft To Buy Disney? 02/13/2004 08:06 PM
Friday afternoon merger speculation... As everyone waits to hear who really is bidding on AT&T Wireless, another story is popping up wondering if Micros oft might come in and make a bid on Disney, now that Comcast has put Disney (involuntarily) in play. While it wouldn't be a surprise if others made offers on Disney, and Microsoft could easily afford them, I don't think Microsoft would dare do such a deal. I think they're smart enough to know that it would have a very high likelihood of causing more problems than it helped them solve. It would definitely take them off of their current focus, and they've shown no inclination to do that. Besides, as the article points out, Microsoft already own 7.4% of Comcast, and would own 4% of Disney should that deal go through - giving them plenty of influence. In other words... there's really nothing to this story other than idle speculation on a Friday afternoon.

Disney Lies

Disney Lies 07/20/2004 06:07 PM

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“Is this site for real? Yes. Every page in this site contains actual, real, unverified lies about Walt Disney, the Disneyland Resort, Disney films, and / or other things Disney. We’ve added a few details to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror page (including information on where you can see Mickey Mouse get electrocuted). Okay, so this isn’t such a big deal, but we’re happy about it. We promise that the next update will be…

3 Questions for Disney

3 Questions for Disney 04/14/2004 07:55 AM
Disney finally gives in on meeting some of its largest investors.

Disney to Sell Kid PCs Now

Disney to Sell Kid PCs Now 08/05/2004 11:24 PM
Search Engine Journal Aug 6 2004 3:19AM GMT

A Disney Computer?

A Disney Computer? 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
The Walt Disney Company hasn't been particularly friendly with the tech industry lately, but maybe that's because they think technology is easy. They've apparently decided that, despite the general trouble most companies seem to have with selling PCs, Disney can do better selling their own PC for kids. It will, of course, come with all sorts of "proprietary programs" (would you expect anything else?) and something called "ContentProtect" which is apparently an email and internet filter (makes sense for a kid's computer). Of course, it's unclear how much control the parents will have over that filter or if it's a Disney-knows-best sort of thing. Also, the software will let kids create videos of themselves with the Disney characters, though it seems likely that these will be seriously locked down with copy protection, because who knows what someone might do if they could send around their own videos with Mickey... Of course, if that happened, Disney would probably just call up some of their friends in Congress to pass a special law just for them, while getting the FBI to bust down some doors as well.

A Disney Year

A Disney Year 12/29/2004 12:23 PM
Take a tour through Disney's busy 2004.

Disney says no Segways

Disney says no Segways 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Disney is saying to no to Segways, and is barring them from all of their theme parks. Read [Via TechDirt]...

Discounting Disney

Discounting Disney 03/31/2005 12:39 PM
Quality means never having to compromise your value. Get some.

Save Disney

Save Disney 12/11/2003 06:11 PM
Save Disney - in a followup to a previous and informative and link-filled MeFi post, a friend sent me a link to savedisney.com today which has three interesting documents: Roy Disney's resignation letter, Stanley Gold's resignation letter, and a letter from Roy Disney to all cast members. There's also links to email and show support, as well as links to all sorts of related informational sites. Is this ingenius guerilla PR from upset employees, or is there something deeper here?

Microsoft a Disney Suitor?

Microsoft a Disney Suitor? 02/13/2004 03:50 PM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Feb 13 2004 7:49PM GMT

For Disney, the Story Not Told

For Disney, the Story Not Told 05/07/2004 06:25 AM
The Disney shareholder showdown was as long as an epic. Too bad it didn't have an epic hero.

Disney and RSS enclosures: 2 m served!

Disney and RSS enclosures: 2 m served! 02/11/2004 09:40 AM
Excellent!  Ross Mayfield also reports (via a presentation by Disney execs) on Disneys use of weblogs and wikis.  Very interesting stuff.  It seems that Disney is using RSS enclosures on a huge scale to distribute video:

Using RSS Enclosures to deliver video to 2 million broadband users. Some argue that enclosures don't scale and their not enough bandwidth, but >500M videos have been delivered in less than one year an have been able to scale bandwidth to demand, now moving towards caching at the edge. Most of the delivery is off-peak hours, especially from them to the cable head end, so bandwidth cost is nominal. P2P like Bittorrent and others may broaden this.

Wow!  This is great,It closely parallels our discussion yesterday!  Disney is really on the cutting edge.  This would be very fun to work on.  Given that they use Newsgator, it is likely that Greg may be selling us a bittorrent interface soon.

Disney Shopping Infoseek

Disney Shopping Infoseek 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
"The head of Walt Disney Co.'s Internet unit said Monday the company has been in discussions to sell the Web search technology it acquired in two boom-era deals valued at more than $2 billion."

Disney in Marvel's Legal Web

Disney in Marvel's Legal Web 07/19/2004 11:12 AM
A dispute over royalty payments fuels the new suit against Mickey & Co.

Comcast Wants To Buy Disney For $66
Billion

Comcast Wants To Buy Disney For $66
Billion 02/11/2004 09:27 AM

Disney gets "techie" with new senior VP

Disney gets "techie" with new senior VP 07/16/2004 06:38 PM

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In a move that shows that Disney is getting serious about technology, Bob Lambert has been promoted to senior vp for worldwide media technology and development. The new role for Lambert will have him continuing to lead Disney’s tech initiative, at the same time allowing him to make important derisions regarding Digital Rights and other tech standards….

Disney Foes Want Eisner Out Now

Disney Foes Want Eisner Out Now 09/13/2004 06:17 PM
TheStreet.com Sep 13 2004 9:47PM GMT

Comcast pulls out of Disney bid

Comcast pulls out of Disney bid 04/28/2004 07:29 AM
The US cable TV firm scraps plans to buy Walt Disney after the entertainment giant shows "no interest" in its bid approach.

Microsoft and Disney: All Your DRM Are
Belong To Us

Microsoft and Disney: All Your DRM Are
Belong To Us 02/10/2004 03:00 AM

Comcast drops Disney bid

Comcast drops Disney bid 04/28/2004 07:34 AM
The cable giant withdraws its multibillion-dollar offer to acquire Disney, citing opposition from the entertainment company.

Disney Beats by a Dime

Disney Beats by a Dime 02/11/2004 10:51 AM
TheStreet.com Feb 11 2004 3:30PM GMT

Disney parks are no-fly zones

Disney parks are no-fly zones 03/19/2003 10:45 PM
The new Orange Alert aviation regs have created a no-fly-zone around Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

The new regulations in effect create a no-fly zone around Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Unless pilots are granted specific exemptions from air traffic controllers, no flights are allowed within a 3-mile radius around the parks or below 3,000 feet.

Government officials said the Disney restrictions are not based on any specific or new information, but rather stem from a general concern about those two locations as possible terror targets.

Counterterrorism officials said the Disney parks have come up in interviews with al Qaeda operatives. Pictures and information about the parks have been found during some terror sweeps overseas, they say...

Disney spokeswoman Leslie Goodman said the latest airspace restriction is nothing new and expressed concern the latest restriction is unnecessarily worrying visitors. She complained Disney's phones have been ringing off the hook with anxious vacationers calling.

So there's a real possible upside to all the terrornoia: I might get shorter lines when I visit Disneyland next. Lin k Discuss
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