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• Ensequence raises USD14.5m for interactive TV

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-17

  Interactive TV firm Ensequence has raised USD14.5m of an anticipated USD22.5m funding round from an anonymous investor. This is Ensequence's fourth funding round, and follows a third round in 2007 in which the company raised USD40m from an unidentified source. ...

  Tags: Interactive TV, Ensequence Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, ESPN, MTV Networks, BBC, NBC Universal, Ensequence, Editorial, BSkyB, British Sky Broadcasting Group, The Walt Disney Co.

• ESPN Uses Webisodes, Game Competition To Promote 'Elite 11'

  PaidContent - 2009-08-03

  ESPN (NYSE: DIS) is hoping that a virtual gaming contest and online video series will help drum up interest among teen athletes for its Elite 11 high school quarterback competition. It's the first major cross-platform push (the Elite 11 will ultimately air on ESPNU) for the company's high school...

  Tags: ESPN, Games, Personal Technology, Advertising, Entertainment, Gaming, Companies, Disney, Tameka Kee, The Walt Disney Co.

• Disney in talks to put content on YouTube

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-29

  Disney could stream full-length episodes from its ABC TV network on YouTube as part of a multi-year deal currently in discussion with YouTube-owner Google. Disney may pursue the deal in place of a VoD agreement with Hulu, reports paidContent. Disney...

  Tags: Disney Corp., YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet, ESPN, NBC Universal, ABC Inc, YouTube, Hulu, Andrew McDonald, The Walt Disney Co., News Corp.

• Disney eyes Hulu stake in content deal – Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-27

  Disney is reportedly in talks to license ABC content to Hulu in exchange for an equity stake. Though neither party is disclosing any details, insiders claim Disney is seeking a stake equal to that of Hulu’s co-founders NBC Universal and News Corp. ...

  Tags: Disney Corp., News Corp., Hulu, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Venture Capital, Free Trade, Cable, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Finance, Financing Startups, Telecommunications, Andrew McDonald, CBS Corp., The Walt Disney Co.

• ESPN Web Overhaul About Done; 'Less Is More' Design Aimed At Advertisers

  Content Next - 2008-12-16

  ESPN.com's year-long revamp is finally ready today and set for its formal debut on January. Aside from emphasizing video and smarter search, as execs have said over the past few months in previews, execs at the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) sports unit tells the NYT that the site's over-arching...

  Tags: ESPN, Web, Advertiser, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Broadband, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Sports, Media, Magazines, TV, Cable & Telecom, David Kaplan, The Walt Disney Co.

• ESPN, BCS Deal Includes Rights To Simulcast Bowl Games On ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN360.com

  Content Next - 2008-11-18

  For most of the sports-viewing world, the big news in the deal announced today between ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and the Bowl Championship Series is the price tag—an estimated $500 million—and the apparently inexorable move of major sports from free over-the-air broadcast to subscription-supported cable. But, as we suggested yesterday,...

  Tags: Game, ESPN, Mobile TV, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Staci D. Kramer, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Mobile Video, Sports, The Walt Disney Co.

• ESPN, BCS Deal Includes Rights To Simulcast Bowl Games On ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV

  Content Next - 2008-11-18

  For most of the sports-viewing world, the big news in the deal announced today between ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and the Bowl Championship Series is the price tag—an estimated $500 million—and the apparently inexorable move of major sports from free over-the-air broadcast to subscription-supported cable. But, as we suggested here...

  Tags: ESPN, Mobile TV, Video On Demand (VoD), Games, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, TVs, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Staci D. Kramer, Broadband, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Sports, Mobile, The Walt Disney Co.

• Walt Disney F4Q08 (Qtr End 9/27/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-06

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Thank you. Your first question comes from the line of Benjamin Swinburne of Morgan Stanley. Benjamin Swinburne - Morgan Stanley Thanks. Good afternoon. Maybe we could focus in on the cable network side at ESPN and give us a little bit of a...

  Tags: ESPN, Category, Call Transcript, The Walt Disney Co., Earnings, Morgan Stanley, Thomas O. Staggs Autos, Operational Accounting, Cable, Finance, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Seeking Alpha

• Spearheading Brand Strategies.(ESPN Inc., Walt Disney Co. Walt Disney Studios)(Brief article)

  - 2007-05-28

  By Staff David Preschlack, 33 Disney and ESPN Networks David Preschlack has come a long way since 1995 when he began at ESPN as a videotape librarian. ...

  Tags: brand, brand strategy, Disney Corp., ESPN, marketing, The Walt Disney Co.

• Disney Inks Big Renewal.(Time Warner Cable Inc. sign distribution agreement with The Walt Disney Co.)

  - 2007-04-09

  By Mike Reynolds Time Warner Pact Encompasses ABC and ESPN Continuing the movement toward far-reaching, complex carriage pacts among major industry players, Time Warner Cable and The Walt Disney Co. signed a comprehensive, multiyear dist ...

  Tags: ABC Inc., Disney Corp., ESPN, The Walt Disney Co., Time Warner Cable Inc., Time Warner Inc.