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- Who picks up the tab? MSOs insist that nets accept greater share of rising programming costs.
- Seven of the cable industry's most powerful executives last week reacted like deer caught in the headlights when confronted with one simple query: "Who here had dinner with Bob Iger last night?" The question about the president of Wa ...
- Research articles 2003-06-16
- Eisner's reason to crow: retiring Disney chief talks vindication after brisk 2nd quarter.(FINANCE)
- If The Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner sounded a little more pleased with himself than usual on the media giant's fiscal second-quarter conference call May 11, he had more than enough ammunition to back the feeling. Eisner--approaching his ...
- Research articles 2005-05-16
- The mouse that roared.(speculation that Walt Disney will place ABC on Fox Family cable network)(Brief Article)
- Remember those threats Disney chief Michael Eisner made several years back to put ABC on cable? (He was reacting to affiliate resistance to compensation reductions and demands from Disney for financial help on the NFL and repurposing rights.) Now o Remember those threats Disney...
- Research articles 2001-07-30
- Disney in playland: Comcast's stunning offer the start of something a lot bigger.(Battle For The Magic Kingdom)(related article: Cable and Broadcast)
- Let the games begin. Comcast's multibillion-dollar bid for Walt Disney Co. was likely only an opening salvo in a war for Michael Eisner's empire. Comcast knew its audacious bid last week would lure others in. But, according to the party line,...
- Research articles 2004-02-16
- Disney seeks long-term pacts with operators: Iger wants footing to expand cable networks. (Top of the Week).
- Walt Disney Co. is talking to the major cable operators about long-term and wide-ranging agreements that would provide the operators with price protection for Disney program services but also give Disney the opportunity to roll out new services, su Walt Disney Co. is talking...
- Research articles 2003-02-03
- Programming costs rankle, prompting Olive branches.
- NEW ORLEANS -- As it often does, cable programming took center stage at last week's National Show here. Some elements remained the same, such as distribution deals and debates over how to hold down costs -- especially sports costs. And some ...
- Research articles 2002-05-13
- Mickey Mouse earnings.(Statistical Data Included)
- Disney reports 30% drop in net income; turnaround not expected until at least 2001 In fiscal 1999, the mouse didn't roar. Results for Walt Disney Co.'s media assets were mixed: ABC-TV continued to be a drag on earnings, while ESPN remained...
- Research articles 1999-11-08
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- Disney rejects Comcast offer and backs Eisner.
- Walt Disney's board of directors on Monday night unanimously rejected Comcast's $60bn ([euro]46bn) offer and backed Michael Eisner, its chairman and chief executive, after concluding that the cable operator's all-share offer undervalued the iconic m Walt Disney's board of directors on Monday night unanimously ...
- Research articles 2004-02-17
- Eisner touts 'national' duops: disney chief's turnaround plan couples ABC, cable networks by daypart. (Top of the Week).
- Under pressure to revive the sagging fortunes of ABC, Disney Chairman/CEO Michael Eisner last week unveiled a plan that merges the management of the broadcast network with Disney-owned cable networks--daypart by daypart--and apparently spells the e Under pressure to revive the sagging fortunes of...
- Research articles 2002-10-07
- Cox, ESPN brawl gets nasty: Eisner calls Robbins a 'whiner'; Robbins accuses Disney of 'Goofy math'. (Cable).
- The brawl over ESPN's ballooning license fees broke out into a round of schoolyard taunts between CEOs, with Disney's Michael Eisner deriding Cox's James Robbins as "a whiner" and Robbins accusing Eisner of using Disney-style "Goofy The brawl over ESPN's ballooning license fees...
- Research articles 2003-06-09
- With Investment From Rogers Communications, Eisner Spins Vuguru Off
- Bucking the consolidation trend, Michael Eisner is spinning off Vuguru, the digital content studio he founded in 2006, into a standalone company. Backed by an undisclosed amount of funding from Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications— the NYT dubs it a multimillion dollar stake—Eisner will stay on as chairman. No...
- External links 2009-10-26
- Eisner to try his hand as talk show host
- CNBC is fast becoming the place for the media business honcho looking for a new gig as a talk show host. Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is the latest media executive with the gift of gab to sign up with the business cable channel to host a prime-time program:...
- Research articles 2006-01-11
- Disney's Eisner under pressure as shareholder meeting looms
- NEW YORK AFP ? Walt Disney chairman Michael Eisner appears to have fended off a hostile takeover bid from cable group Comcast but faces growing pressure from shareholders as he tries to keep the reins at the media-entertainment giant. Eisner suffered a big setback Wednesday when the California Public...
- Research articles 2004-02-26
- Rogers Gives Canadians Their 'TV Everywhere' With New VOD Service
- Canadian cable giant Rogers Communications has launched an ad-supported online video service that THR is calling a “Canadianized Hulu.” But we think think it’s more like one of the first viable attempts to launch a “TV Everywhere” service—since the premium, ad-supported video content will only be accessible to Rogers’...
- External links 2009-11-24
- Comcast, ABC Cable Networks Join Forces to Acquire Entertainment Station.(Originated from Philadelphia Daily News)
- Jan. 29--Comcast and ABC Cable Networks -- a Disney subsidiary -- officially announced yesterday the formation of a joint organization to acquire control of cable's E! Entertainment television. Brian L. Roberts, president of the Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp., and Michael D. Eisner, chairman...
- Research articles 1997-01-29
- Target Disney
- How did an American icon like Mickey fall prey to a drab cable operator like Comcast? It's an intricate tale of bleeding-edge technology, big personalities--and hunger for power. It was supposed to be Michael Eisner's week, a time to beat back the critics who'd been hammering away at him...
- Research articles 2004-02-23
- Entertainment: Who's Going to Disneyland Next?
- Michael Eisner gave his retirement notice last week--he'll step down from his post as Disney's CEO when his contract expires in September 2006. And then? "I'm going to Disneyland," he said. His announcement wasn't a surprise. He survived a bruising battle with disgruntled shareholders and Roy Disney, nephew of founder...
- Research articles 2004-09-20
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