Day: January 4, 2006

  • A solid end to dreary year

    LOS ANGELES – A strong New Year’s weekend led by “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “King Kong” still left Hollywood with the holiday blues over a weak year in which movie attendance fell to its lowest in eight years. “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” finished at No. 1 over…

  • Zacks.com Announces That Charles Carlson Highlights the Following Stocks: Walt Disney and Harris

    CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 4, 2006–Charles Carlson, editor of the DRIP Investor, highlights a pair of stocks to watch this year. Read about Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS – News) and Harris (NYSE:HRS – News). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84 Highlights from the December 28 Featured Expert column by Charles Carlson include: Disney (Walt)…

  • Get’cha Head in the Game With the All-New “High School Musical” Soundtrack — Available on Walt Disney Records

    BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 4, 2006–Walt Disney Records celebrates the return of the teen musical by releasing the soundtrack to Disney Channel Original Movie, “High School Musical,” on January 10, 2006. The “High School Musical” soundtrack features all-new music performed in the movie, plus a bonus track by B5, one of today’s hottest teen R&B music…

  • Disney adds more shows for Apple’s iTunes

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Walt Disney Co. is adding content from its ESPN channel and ABC sports to the shows it already sells on Apple Computer Inc.’s market-leading iTunes online music and video store. Walt Disney said on Tuesday that the content will include condensed versions of all four U.S. Bowl Championship Series college…

  • TVN Scores Deal With ESPN/ABC-Disney Nets

    BURBANK, CA–(MARKET WIRE)–Jan 4, 2006 — – TVN Entertainment today announced that it has signed a VOD Services Agreement with ESPN/ABC-Disney Media Networks, which includes providing distribution and advanced asset management services for certain VOD packages offered by the stable of Cable and Broadcast Networks. The agreement also takes advantage of TVNow, TVN’s Rapid Turnaround…

  • Apple and Disney Make Nice

    The once-chilly relationship between Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL – News) and Disney (NYSE: DIS – News) continues to heat up. Disney announced that it would be selling even more video downloads through Apple’s iTunes storefront than the parties had agreed to back in October. At the time, Disney helped give Apple’s new video-enabled iPod immediate…