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(News | Source: Broadcast Newsroom)
DirecTV will launch Disney Channel HD in the spring of 2008 and exclusive rights to air the HD version of High School Musical 2 on August 24th at 6 p.m. EST. The Disney Channel HD will be a simulcast of the regular channel except in the high definition format. [...]

(News | Source: Animation World Network)
The Walt Disney Company will be releasing Ratatouille on both DVD and Blu-ray along with Cars on November 6th. This comes after news yesterday that Paramount and DreamWorks will be ending their relationship with Blu-ray and will only release movies on HD-DVD. Last week Disney announced that Sleeping [...]

(News | Source: Forbes)
The City Council of Anaheim, California will let voters decide on whether housing should be built near Disneyland. The housing would include more than 200 low-end condominiums that will be more affordable. The Walt Disney Company has been against the plan from the beginning saying it would destroy the tourism-only [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Florida Surgeon General Ana Viamonte Ros will visit Walt Disney World along with officials from the American Lung Association of Florida. They are there to commend the resort for banning smoking in all of its resorts. The ban is extended to all 24,000 hotel rooms, patios and balconies at [...]

(News | Source: ABC Press Release)
Susan Lucci, from All My Children will be headlining the ABC Super Soap Weekend at Disney-MGM Studios during the November 10th weekend. She will also be joined by Cameron Mathison (All My Children), John-Paul Lavoisier (One Life to Live) and Jason Thompson (General Hospital). Colgate toothpaste will be [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
Muppet Mobile Labs, a robotic Muppet Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker on a two-wheeled rocket shaped lab, has made a stop at Epcot. The Muppets will make Epcot and interacting with guests. The show is part of a test that Walt Disney Imagineering is running at Epcot for [...]

(News | Source: Reuters)
ESPN, owned by Walt Disney Company, has purchased the web site Scrum.com which is the leading rugby news web site. The web site attracts 500,000 readers each month during the Rugby season. This purchase is a move to expand the ESPN brand beyond America and attract worldwide viewers. ESPN [...]

(News | Source: Fox News)
Over 17.2 million viewers tuned in to watch High School Musical 2 on the Disney Channel this past friday according to Nielsen Media Research. This is more than double that tuned into the first High School Musical which had 7.7 million viewers. The movie also beat the basic cable [...]

(News | Source: Netcot)
The Fountain View restaurant re-opened on Sunday as an Edy’s Ice Cream parlor replacing the espresso and coffee bar. The restaurant serves Ice-Cream sandwiches, sundaes, floats shakes as well as soda. Its current flavor offerings are Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Chocolate Chip, Mint Chocolate Chip, Rainbow Sherbet, Dulce de Leche, and [...]

(News | Source: News Wire)
Disney released a press release today with the details of the newly enhanced 14-minute Circle-Vision 360 film. It is considering it as a major feature of the Canada pavilion. The film will highlight Canada’s natural beauty, cosmopolitan cities and diverse people. The film is hosted and narrated by [...]

This week was an active week in Walt Disney World’s History. Two attractions at Disney-MGM Studios opened a few months after the park opened while a 25 year old film finally gets an update at Epcot. Also, Nemo began to make his influence felt at the Living Seas this week when it went [...]

“Hooray for Hollywood!”
I’m sure by now you’ve all heard and weighed in on the Disney-MGM name change. Come January 2008 we’ll all be able to enjoy Disney’s Hollywood Studios. From what I’ve read around the web, there are two main opinions regarding this change. Those in the first camp think the new name is a [...]

Our latest wallpaper offerings are inspired by last week’s featured attraction.
Click on a text link below to transfer to the Netcot.Downloads section. Then click on the “Wallpaper” folder and choose a corresponding “Attraction” folder. Click a file and drag the wallpaper to your desktop or preferred folder.
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(News | Source: Business Wire)
Disney is releasing its first ‘Platinum Blu-ray’ titles which will include BD-Live (offers network access to content), and full motion picture-in-picture bonus features. The first title released will be Sleeping Beauty which marks a milestone for Blu-ray since Disney only releases its ‘Platinum’ titles on a proven format. This [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
An unidentified man grabbed two bags of cash that a Disney kiosk attendant was carrying containing the day’s sales from two kiosks at the entrance of Animal Kingdom. The man ran up and snatched the two bags around 7 p.m. and fled in a waiting gray dodge caravan.
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