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The Walt Disney Company
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Disney ups BAMTech stake in strategic SVOD move
Disney will pay US$1.58 billion to up its stake in video streaming technology firm BAMTech,…
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Disney takes on Netflix with own SVOD service
The Walt Disney Company is pulling all of its movies from Netflix in order to…
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Verizon linked with Disney takeover
Verizon may become the latest US telco to buy a major American content company, with…
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More on creation of global anti-piracy coalition ACE
Execs from the 30 global entertainment companies that have come together to form anti-piracy body…
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Major content firms pact for anti-piracy coalition
The Hollywood studios, leading SVOD services and key networks around the world have formed a…
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Paramount poaches Disney exec for TV sales role
Paramount Pictures has hired the long-serving Walt Disney Company exec Dan Cohen. He will be…
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Iger to remain CEO as Disney search goes on
Bob Iger has signed a year-extension to remain chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney…
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Disney Media Distribution chief exiting
Ben Pyne is leaving The Walt Disney Company after a quarter of a century. For…
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Viaplay gains first-run Disney in new MTG deal
Viaplay subscribers are getting early access to Star Wars and Marvel Universe movies through the…
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Wuaki races towards SVOD deal with Disney
Spanish streaming service Wuaki has scored an exclusive SVOD agreement to bring programming from Disney-owned…
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Iger ‘open’ to extending Disney CEO run
The Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger is “open” to postponing his retirement…
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Disney plays down Netflix rumours
The Walt Disney Company has played down the idea that Disney is looking to make…
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Hulu to stream Disney movies
American streamer Hulu has scored exclusive subscription VOD rights to more than 50 Disney feature…
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Canal+ inks international Disney deal
Canal+ has inked a deal with Disney and will get first and second window rights…
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Disney, Fox veteran joins toon house in IP push
A former animation studio chief at Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. has joined Singapore’s One…
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Disney deal ‘could propel Netflix into sports’
Selling up to The Walt Disney Company could give subscription on-demand service Netflix a route…
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Netflix shares fly on Disney takeover rumours
Netflix’s share price rose 4.14% on talk The Walt Disney Company is preparing a takeover…
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Disney ‘prepares Twitter bid’
The Walt Disney Company is reportedly eyeing a deal to buy social media platform Twitter….
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Rosenblum joins Disney in ‘major reorganisation’
Veteran executive Bruce Rosenblum has joined The Walt Disney Company as part of a “major…
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Brexit strategies
The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union is one of the most seismic…
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Comcast completes $3.8bn DreamWorks takeover
Comcast is set to go head-to-head with Disney in the kids and family sector after…
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Ex-Disney pair launches kids prodco
A pair of former Walt Disney Company execs have teamed up to create an LA-based…
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Disney plans ESPN web net after $1bn spend
The Walt Disney Company is gearing up to launch an ESPN-branded subscription streaming service, after…
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Time Warner investment values Hulu at $5.8bn
Hulu has been valued at around US$5.83 billion after Time Warner made a multi-million dollar…
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Paramount in EU geoblocking agreement
US studio Paramount has agreed a settlement with the European Commission to no longer geoblock…
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Iger: no plans to extend Disney CEO tenure
The future leadership of The Walt Disney Company remains in flux after current CEO and…
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YouTube ‘preps Unplugged TV streaming’
YouTube is reportedly planning an online TV service that will let customers pay to stream…
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ABC sells out of Univision channel JV
US broadcaster ABC has ended its participation in joint venture channel Fusion, which it operated…
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10 MIPTV takeaways: #9 making news, not in the news
There was plenty of news last week in Cannes, which was a change from the…
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Powell exits Disney Oz to lead Euro Disney
The Walt Disney Company managing director for Australia and New Zealand Catherine Powell is to…