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Microsoft hires a new Scott for top spot
News Scott comes to Microsoft from Walt Disney, where he led a major IT infrastructure upgrade. Microsoft has said it has hired Tony Scott as CIO to head management of its internal IT systems. Scott fills a position that has been open since November... [18 Jan 2008]
All eyes: Universal added to BT Vision roster
News This follows similar agreements with Warner Music Group and Sony BMG, while other entertainment groups such as Channel 4, Disney and Dreamworks have also been signed up. BT has struck a deal with Universal Music Group for music videos to be made... [15 Feb 2007]
Virtual mobile operators 'are allies not enemies'
News EasyMobile, Stelios' no-frills MVNO, shut up shop last year and Disney ditched plans to launch an MVNO in the UK. Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and incumbent operators need to work together to beef up their mobile entertainment offerings... [09 Feb 2007]
Virtual mobile companies: It's all about the voice
News The biggest and best known, Virgin Mobile, was bought by NTL:Telewest for £962m last year; Stelios' no-frills MVNO easyMobile shut up shop in November; and Disney shelved its plans for a kid-targeting operator. [17 Jan 2007]
Skype founders christen web TV venture
News For a while, TVU Networks was offering CNN, the Disney Channel, HBO and NBAtv before many of the companies forced it to pull their shows down. Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the duo that brought the world Kazaa and Skype, have chosen a name for... [16 Jan 2007]
Vegas baby: Cisco seeks consumer buddies
News But instead of Sony and Disney, back then it was IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers is to deliver a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas today - signalling a push into unfamiliar terrain for the... [09 Jan 2007]
BT enters quad-play era with IPTV launch
News Content providers signed up to BT Vision include the BBC, Disney, DreamWorks, National Geographic, SonyBMG, Universal and Viacom. BT has today pushed play on its long-touted IPTV offering, BT Vision, moving the telco into the quad-play era proper. [04 Dec 2006]
YouTube is doomed, says analyst
News It only takes one unhappy media company - Disney, Sony, CBS or News Corp for example - to force the company's hand. Another internet research company has predicted doom for YouTube's business model. Copyright issues that have plagued video-sharing... [03 Oct 2006]
Microsoft shows off iPod killer
News Films from four studios owned by Walt Disney will be available on iTunes 7, the new version of the download software, the same day they are released to DVD. The device, which the company anticipates will be ready in time for the holidays, will come... [15 Sep 2006]
Apple uncloaks iTunes movie downloads
News The studios are Miramax, Pixar Animation Studios, Touchstone Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures. Movies from four studios owned by The Walt Disney Company will be available on iTunes 7, the new version of the download software, the same day they are... [13 Sep 2006]
Apple set for big push on the living room?
News Also, BusinessWeek reported in August that Lions Gate and Walt Disney - where Apple CEO Steve Jobs now occupies a spot on the board of directors - are first in line to sell movies on iTunes for $9.99 to $14.99. [12 Sep 2006]
Disney cancels UK mobile kid-tracking
News Disney has shelved plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the UK, saying the market is in flux. Now Disney has changed its mind, putting the plan on ice indefinitely. A Disney spokeswoman said the decision had been made as a... [14 Aug 2006]
Tracking children: Mobile's next big thing?
News So it's not very surprising that Disney, the omnipresent family entertainment brand, would target kids and their parents for a new mobile service, called Disney Mobile, which will launch in June. Disney hasn't built its own cellular network but is... [10 Apr 2006]
Linux leader attacks "anti-DRM" GPL
News As long as you expect Disney to feed your brain and just sit there on your couch, Disney and company will always be able to control the content you see," Torvalds said. Provisions against digital rights management (DRM) in a draft update to the... [06 Feb 2006]
Disney splashes $7.4bn on Pixar buy
News Walt Disney announced on Tuesday it's paying $7.4bn in stock to acquire Pixar Animation Studios - a deal that puts Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Disney's board of directors. For the venerable animation giant, the move is a significant bet on Pixar's... [25 Jan 2006]
