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Disney embraces streaming as ratings sag

Edit The Himalayan 11 Nov 2016
FILE – Plush Disney characters piled up in a display at a Disney Store in Saugus, Massachusetts, on January 31, 2014 ... As more and more people get their favorite TV shows and movies online, Disney is also learning to embrace the stream. The Walt Disney Co once resisted offering channels like ESPN directly over the internet, preferring old-fashioned cable subscriptions ... Disney Channels also saw lower results....

Disney Springs Treats Holiday Guests to Festive Entertainment, World-Class Shopping, Special Events and More at Walt Disney World Resort (Walt Disney World Co)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
Walt Disney World Co) ... - From West Side to Marketplace, from Town Center to The Landing, Disney Springs will be aglow and all decked out for a grand and gala holidays celebration in 2016. With its multi-year makeover from Downtown Disney nearly complete, Disney Springs at every corner will be unwrapping its very first full-on holidays gala ... Disney Springs puts a big red bow around the season of cheer with three extra special events....

Disney suffers brutal quarter amid ESPN struggles

Edit New York Post 11 Nov 2016
Disney’s ESPN-led cable network unit got hit with a double whammy in the latest quarter — lower advertising and affiliate fees coupled with higher programming and production costs ... Investors started heading to the exits upon hearing the news, as Disney shares lost 3.3 percent in after-hours trading in the minutes after the results were released Thursday ... Disney's stock dips following ESPN's big subscription loss....

Disney Readies Box-Office Death Star To Annihilate Fiscal 2018 Rivals

Edit Investors Business Daily 11 Nov 2016
Walt Disney (DIS) on Thursday said it expected a more subdued fiscal 2017 compared to the one the company just ended, largely due to the box-office-melting success of "Star Wars ... But for 2018, Disney will attempt to treat its "Star Wars" hangover with an epic "Star Wars" bender ... Disney isn't the only media and entertainment giant trying to find its place in the cable-bypassing, digital-broadcasting world....

This Is the Biggest Threat to Disney’s Business Right Now

Edit Time Magazine 11 Nov 2016
For years, Disney was the envy of its industry, the media giant that thrived like no other ... Disney fell another 3% in late trading Thursday after it missed revenue and earnings estimates for the second time in three quarters ... This marks a break from past years, when Disney would routinely beat Wall Street’s forecasts quarter after quarter ... Disney could make a bold acquisition to gain a stronger foothold in digital media....

Disney (DIS) Carefully Considering M&A; Options, CEO Bob Iger Says

Edit The Street 11 Nov 2016
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Walt Disney (DIS) is going to continue to look at M&A options carefully as it comes into the spotlight after AT&T (T) announced that it was purchasing Time Warner (TWX), CEO Bob Iger said on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Friday morning ... In the past, Disney has chosen the "right assets" with Pixar, ......

The gift guide for the Disney lover

Edit AOL 11 Nov 2016
With Disney's newest and most anticipated film, Moana, coming out at the end of the month, Disney fans are getting excited. Give your friends a happily ever after this holiday season, and gift them these perfect items that will be sure to fuel their Disney obsession. We Love Disney LP by Various Artists ... From Ne-Yo to Gwen Stefani and Jessie J, these chart toping artists cover classic Disney songs in this updated album. ....

Toy Story Land offers a world of dreams

Edit China Daily 11 Nov 2016
Woody, Buzz and all their Toy Story friends will soon appear at Shanghai Disney Resort with the opening of its seventh theme land in 2018 ... "We're demonstrating our confidence by breaking ground on the new Toy Story Land that will be both authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese, delighting our guests for years to come," said Bob Chapek, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts....

Construction starts on Toy Story Land at Shanghai Disneyland

Edit The Miami Herald 11 Nov 2016
The nearly 1,000-acre, $5.5 billion Shanghai Disney Resort, which opened in June, hosted a low-key groundbreaking ceremony last week for its new Toy Story Land, attended by Bob Iger, Walt Disney Co. chief executive and chairman; Bob Chapek, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; and Fan Xinping, chairman of the Shanghai Shendi Group that is partnering with Disney on the resort....

What the new 'Snow White' announcement says about Disney’s live-action remake strategy

Edit The Oklahoman 11 Nov 2016
Another month, another announcement from Disney about a live-action adaptation of one of its animated classics ... According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has hired “The Girl on the Train” screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson to pen an update of Walt’s original princess movie, 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” ... But even among other Disney movies, “Snow White” is special....

Disney (DIS) Misses Earnings and Revenue Estimates, ESPN Sheds Subscribers

Edit Yahoo Daily News 11 Nov 2016
The Walt Disney Company (DIS) just released its fourth-quarter earnings results, posting earnings of $1.10 per share and revenue of $13.52 billion ... Disney. ... Here’s a graph that looks at Disney’s latest earnings performance.DISNEY WALT Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise. DISNEY WALT Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise . DISNEY WALT Quote ... DISNEY WALT (DIS)....

The Drag From ESPN On Disney Shares Likely To Moderate

Edit Stockhouse 11 Nov 2016
Walt Disney Co (NYSE ... With the company quantifying the impact of ESPN's new NBA contract, there is increased visibility at least over the next year, which should lower the pressure on Walt Disney’s shares from this factor, Barclays’ Kannan Venkateshwar said in a report ... “While this issue is likely secular, Disney eliminated uncertainty ......

Shanghai Disney Park Draws 4 Million Guests, Sees Break-Even ’17

Edit Bloomberg 11 Nov 2016
Walt Disney Co.’s Shanghai theme park attracted four million visitors in its first four months and will be close to breaking even in 2017, its first full year of operation, company executives said Thursday ... The new park, which opened in June at a cost of $5.5 billion, is Disney’s largest foreign investment....
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