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After pulling back on original content production in Southeast Asia and doubling down on efforts in Korea and Japan over the past year, Disney+ is focused on creating a premium service in Asia, instead of a mass one. That’s according to Carol Choi, Disney’s Executive Vice-President for APAC (ex-India), Original Content Strategy, who has spoken […]
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Bookings for Disney’s first cruise in Asia open on Dec. 10, 2024, about a year ahead of the ship’s maiden voyage, which is scheduled to depart Singapore in December 2025. Prices for a three-night cruise on the Disney Adventure for two adults start at $958, while double occupancy rates for four- and five-night cruises start […]
One Final Trailer for Disney’s Animated ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Prequel by Alex Billington November 8, 2024Source: YouTube “You expect us to follow this hallucinating baboon?!” Nah she’s right. At D23 Brazil, Disney unveiled their third & final trailer for the Mufasa: The Lion King movie, from director Barry Jenkins (of Moonlight & If Beale […]
Bob Iger returned as Disney’s CEO in 2022 after a short-lived retirement. Disney plans to name his successor in early 2026. Iger spearheaded some of Disney’s most profitable acquisitions since taking the helm in 2005. Here’s a look at the decades of work that propelled him to become the Mouse’s media darling. Thanks for signing […]
Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear has to be one of the most iconic cartoon characters around. There are plenty of toys and plushies inspired by the character, but wouldn’t it be awesome if you had one that could walk and talk? That’s what Disney and Pixar have done, where in a collaboration with Robosen, they have […]
Apple & Disney’s sports streaming strategy, Facebook’s plan to be TikTok, Obi-Wan, Star Trek | E1486
It’s Thursday, so we talk all about streaming with our guy Lon Harris! Spoiler alert as we dive into Obi-Wan Kenobi E5 (1:53) and Star Trek E4-5 (34:48). We cover Disney losing cricket streaming rights in India (41:44) and Apple acquiring MLS soccer rights (50:48). Finally, we hit on an internal memo that shows Facebook […]
Today, Lon Harris joins for This Week in Streaming and we talk about Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 4 (1:49), then we cover some Disney news as they fire their head of General Entertainment Content, Peter Rice (43:05), and enter a bidding war to keep their rights to Indian Cricket (48:30). We wrap with a segment of […]