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Bob Iger returns to head Walt Disney

November 21, 2022 10.49 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Walt Disney Company has re-appointed Bob Iger as CEO, effective immediately. He replaces Bob Chapek, who has stepped down from the position after less than three years.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Bob Chapek, Bob Iger, The Walt Disney Company Edited: 22 November 2022 13:00

Disney extends Bob Chapek’s contract

June 29, 2022 12.13 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Walt Disney Company board of directors has unanimously voted to extend Bob Chapek’s contract as CEO for three years.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, People Tagged With: Bob Chapek, The Walt Disney Company Edited: 30 June 2022 12:55

Disney reaches 179m streaming subs, creates new content hub

January 20, 2022 08.41 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Walt Disney Company had a total of 179 million subscriptions across Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu as of the end of fiscal 2023 and plans to more than double the […]

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, People Tagged With: Rebecca Campbell, The Walt Disney Company Edited: 26 January 2022 11:35

Susan Arnold to chair Disney

December 2, 2021 08.00 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Susan Arnold has been elected chairman of the board, The Walt Disney Company, effective December 31.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Susan Arnold, The Walt Disney Company Edited: 2 December 2021 08:00

AWS to support Disney+ expansion

April 29, 2021 08.19 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Walt Disney Company has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage the global rollout of its steaming service Disney+.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, Platforms Tagged With: AWS, Disney, The Walt Disney Company Edited: 30 April 2021 10:38

RTL acquires Disney stake in Super RTL

March 3, 2021 09.26 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will acquire Disney’s 50% shareholding in Super RTL, turning the German children’s and family channel into a 100% subsidiary.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, TV Tagged With: BVI Television Investments, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, RTL, Super RTL, The Walt Disney Company, Toggo, Toggolino, TVNow Edited: 4 March 2021 13:18

Walt Disney promotes Jane Dribinskaia

April 15, 2020 22.26 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Jane Dribinskaia has been appointed commercial development director, content sales, DTCI at The Walt Disney Company.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: Jane Dribinskaia, The Walt Disney Company Edited: 15 April 2020 22:26

Disney closes 21st Century Fox acquisition

March 19, 2019 22.49 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox will become effective at 12:02 am ET, March 20, 2019.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline Tagged With: 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company Edited: 21 March 2019 11:30

Disney unveils new structure for Media Networks Businesses

October 8, 2018 19.26 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Walt Disney Company has announced plans for a new organisational structure for its Media Networks segment, conditional upon closing of the 21st Century Fox transaction.

Filed Under: Newsline, People Tagged With: 21st Century Fox, Dana Walden, Peter Rice, The Walt Disney Company Edited: 8 October 2018 19:27

ESPN+ hits one million paid subscribers in just over five months

September 23, 2018 10.28 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment has announced that ESPN+, the multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from DTCI in collaboration with ESPN, has surpassed one million paying […]

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: ESPN, Streaming Video, The Walt Disney Company, US Edited: 23 September 2018 10:28

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