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Comcast’s Fandango has purchased movies.com for an undisclosed sum from the Walt Disney Company. Movies.com originally a partnership between Fox and Disney to make it an online movies-on-demand web site but never went past the planning stages. It currently offers movie show times, information and would sell tickets online. Disney said the current Movies.com emploees [...]

Disney has released their first poster for Disney’s latest film titled ‘Bolt’. The poster can be seen by clicking here.

1889: Actor Moroni Olsen (the Magic Mirror from Snow White) is born in Ogden, Utah. 1904: Actor Phil Harris (The Aristocats, The Jungle Book) is born in Linton, Indiana. 1904: Actor Peter Lorre (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) is born in Slovakia. 1907: Actor John McIntire (The Fox and the Hound, The Rescuers) is born [...]

Disney Cruise Line will be the first cruise ship to return to Costa Maya since it was destroyed by Hurricane Dean in August 2007. The Disney Magic will make its port of call on September 30th and will return once a month for the rest of the year. Hurricane Dean destroyed most of the cruise [...]

The Walt Disney Internet Group has aggressive growth plans for the Australian market by trying to increase its user base by 1 million users for its online pay content. Disney currently attracts 5 million users for the Asia-Pacific region but is currently focusing on Australia. Disney believes that one-third of it’s online revenue could come [...]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will speak at the Excellence in Action summit on education reform today at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. The event is hosted by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and the Foundation for Excellence in Education. Additionally, former First Lady Barbara Bush will speak at the event tonight.

Walt Disney Parks and Resort has named Djuan Rivers as the Vice President of the Disney Vacation Club and Resort in Hawaii. Rivers will work with the community, business and government leaders while the 21-acre property is built at the Ko Olina Resort. Rivers has helped open nine resorts in Florida and Paris and has [...]

Charles Hurrey, A Walt Disney World employee, was arrested on three counts of possessing child pornography. Hurrey admitted to downloading the films but stated he was just curious why people would make them. He has denied ever harming a child. He was employed at Disney’s Hollywood Studios where he issued and repaired photography equipment and [...]

1902: Composer Sammy Fain (contributed to the scores of Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Rescuers, and Return to Never Land) is born in New York City, NY. 1913: Composer Tom Adair (His music can be found in Sleeping Beauty, Disneyland’s Main Street USA, and at The Golden Horshoe Revue) is born in Newton, Kansas. [...]

Shownotes for episode #107 of the Netcot Podcast: Disney says they’ve improved blu-ray technology by adding interactive functionality (more). Apple announced the iPhone 3G along with new features targeted at enterprise IT groups. Their announcement featured a brief video that included statements from a member of Disney’s IT group (more). Mickey and Minnie mouse will [...]

While crossing the Panama Canal on May 16, the 964-foot, 875-stateroom Disney Magic‘s canal fees totaled $331,200. The Panama Canal Authority increased fees in 2007 and now charges cruise ships according to the number of beds instead of the cargo capacity. The previous record fee paid by a cruise ship was $313,000 last October by [...]

The Walt Disney World Company is being sued for not allowing a Sikh-American to work at Disney World because he refused to remove his turban for religious reasons. The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) has scheduled an official announcement of the suit for June 16. Sukhbir Singh Channa says he was hired [...]

Disney’s Wide World of Sports will be adding a 100 lane bowling alley with stadium-style seating and a restaurant. It would be the largest bowling alley in the country. The alley could be open in 18 months and would be available for public use when not being used for tournaments. The 160,000 square foot stadium [...]

During a presentation to unveil the new features of the Blu-Ray “Sleeping Beauty” disc, division president Bob Chapek described what Disney is calling BD Live technology. For “Sleeping Beauty,” this includes a menu backdrop that mirrors weather conditions in the viewer’s hometown, to onscreen chat rooms to chat with people watching the movie at the [...]

It was announced today that full-length movies will be available for 5 days following a viewing on “The Wonderful World of Disney” on ABC on Saturday nights. When asked about the online movies, Paul Yanover, executive vice president and managing editor of Disney Online, said “Streaming full-length films on Disney.com takes our commitment to delivering [...]