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- 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
- Thanks a 'Millionaire'.(Robert Iger named president and chief operating officer of Disney)(Brief Article)
- While ABC TV network executives were meeting with affiliates in New Orleans Monday, their boss, Robert Iger, was being introduced to analysts by Disney Chairman Michael Eisner as his new number two and heir apparent. Both the affiliates and the ana While ABC TV...
- Research articles 2000-01-31
- 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
- Disney rewriting its ABCs; affiliates to meet network's new leaders of the club in Orlando this week.(Disney's integration of ABC)(includes related article on ABC affiliate meeting)
- Affiliates to meet network's new leaders of the club in Orlando this week As Yogi Berra might put it, it's like deja vu all over again for ABC. For the second time in a decade the network is being made over in the...
- Research articles 1996-06-03
- ABC faces affiliates, problems head on; Disney, network executives confront poor prime time performance, exhibition windows.(American Broadcasting Companies Inc., Walt Disney Co.)(includes related articles on ABC owned stations and ABC compliance with chi
- Disney, network executives confront poor prime time performance, exhibition windows The ABC affiliates meeting in Orlando last week wasn't the bloodbath some were expecting, considering the network's downturn in ratings. Network executives an Disney, network executives confront poor...
- Research articles 1996-06-10
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- Spark Capital Leads Investment in Veoh Networks; Spark Capital Joins Michael Eisner and Time Warner in Backing Industry's First Truly Independent Internet Television Network
- BOSTON -- Spark Capital today announced that it is leading the $12.5 million Series B financing of Veoh Networks, Inc., the first truly independent internet television network. Spark leads an investor syndicate that includes Time Warner, Michael Eisner and Shelter Capital. As part of the investment, Spark Capital Managing Partner...
- Research articles 2006-04-18
- Egos May Weigh In on Barry Diller-Michael Eisner Bid for CBS.(Originated from New York Daily News)
- Mar. 16--It will come down to the ego factor. Whether Barry Diller and Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael Eisner can be successful in their reported efforts to buy CBS will depend on whether Diller is given full control of the Tiffany Network, anaMar. 16--It will come...
- Research articles 1995-03-15
- 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
- ABC offers mea culpa to affiliates. (network concedes it mis-programmed during February 1996 sweeps)(Brief Article)
- ABC dropped the ball in programing the February sweeps, its executives told affiliates convened in Dallas last week for the network's winter meeting. And according to affiliates in attendance, Disney chief executive Michael Eisner said it would &quo ABC dropped the ball in programing the...
- Research articles 1996-02-26
- Eisner Questions Need For Affiliates
- Disney Chmn.-CEO Michael Eisner raised hackles among affiliates of Disney-owned ABC TV Network as he made rounds of TV talk shows (including NBC's top-rated Today, but not ABC's low- rated Good Morning America) recently promoting his autobiography Work In Progress. Particularly chafing to stations were Eisner's remarks on PBS's Charlie...
- Research articles 1998-10-05
- Zumbox Raises $8 Million From Investors Including Eisner For 'Paperless Postal System'
- Zumbox, a startup which is trying to set up a digital alternative to the postal system in the U.S., has raised $8 million in a first round of funding from a series of high-profile private investors, including Michael Eisner, the former CEO of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Rick...
- External links 2009-08-25
- United Talent Agency and Veoh Networks Form Breakthrough Channel to Discover New Talent Online
- BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- UTA Online, the broadband division of leading talent and literary agency United Talent Agency, has partnered with Veoh Networks, Inc. (www.veoh.com) the leading innovator in Internet television, to create a branded UTAO channel on Veoh dedicated to identifying new talent and showcasing content produced by current...
- Research articles 2007-01-17
- Padden Takes Disney Post
- WASHINGTON -- After a sting running ABC Inc.'s television network from New York, Preston Padden is returning here as The Walt Disney Co.'s chief federal lobbyist. Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner announced last Friday that Padden had been n WASHINGTON --...
- Research articles 1998-07-27
- Disney Names ABC Executive to President Post.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 25--BURBANK, Calif.--Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner named longtime ABC network executive Robert A. Iger president and chief operating officer Monday. Jan. 25--BURBANK, Calif.--Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner named longtime ABC network executive Robert A. Iger president and chief...
- Research articles 2000-01-25
- A BETTER MOUSE TRAP.(Brief Article)
- ABC has moved to the Mouse House. Network executives have started moving into state-of-the-art offices in Burbank--where they will be just across the street from The Walt Disney Studios and within earshot of Disney Chairman Michael Eisner. Several ABC has moved to the...
- Research articles 2000-12-11
- Warner Music Hands Over Video Ad Sales To Outrigger
- Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has a vision for how it’s going to make money with digital content this time around—and it includes a few key tech platforms and sales partners. On the sales end in the U.S., the company is giving the reins to Outrigger Media, a New...
- External links 2009-10-08
- Not the same as it ever was - former ABC president Steve Bornstein is back - Brief Article
- STEVE BORNSTEIN IS BACK AT ABC. BUT THE NETWORK TV DYNAMIC HAS CHANGED As ABC prepares for the upcoming TV season, the network has a familiar face at the helm: former president Steve Bornstein, who comes back to the alphabet net after running Disney's doomed Internet division for a...
- Research articles 2001-05-28
- Deal has some ABC affiliates feeling uneasy
- NEW YORK -- Less than two weeks after replacing Michael Eisner as Disney's CEO, Bob Iger began to put his stamp on the company Wednesday with a potentially precedent-setting deal that impressed several company analysts -- but created anxiety among some of his key allies, his ABC network's affiliates. ...
- Research articles 2005-10-13
- The Buzz; What we're talking about.(Media Works)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Claire Atkinson The network upfronts were, as always, stuffed with heavyweight industry executives-even Disney CEO Michael Eisner put in an appearance. But, it turns out, the execs and the talent were upstaged by the late-night comedians who were brought in for a little...
- Research articles 2004-05-24
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