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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 [...]

(News | Source: High-Def Digest)

What turned out to be one of the most successful “limited engagements” of this decade will be “popping” into stores near you late this summer. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus’ “Best of Both Worlds” Tour/3D Movie grossed about $40 million in theaters in early February. This will be Disney’s [...]

(News | Source: High Def Digest)
Disney is set to release Enchanted on March 18th on Blu-ray and DVD. Extras on the Blu-ray version will include three ‘making-of’ featurettes, deleted scenes, outtakes and interactive BD-Java game ‘D-Files.’ The Blu-ray disc is expected to retail for $34.98.

(News | Source: AWN)
Finding Nemo will be released this year on Blu-ray with new features. The disc will debut the first Cine-Explore which will feature full motion picture-in-picture of visual commentary with the directors and writers. Additionally, there are new BD-Java game titled Mr. Ray’s Ed-venture which is hosted by Dory, Marlin and [...]

(News | Source: Silicon Alley Insider)
Disney will officially announce in January at MacWorld that it will join Apple’s iTunes movie rental service. The service will allow users to rent downloaded movies for $2-$5 per day. Apple hopes the service will compete with Netflix, Blockbuster and On-Demand rentals.

(News | Source: Blu-Ray News)
Disney issued a rare pre-announcement indicating that it will release Enchanted on Blu-ray around Easter (late March). The Blu-ray will include three making-of features, deleted scenes and outtakes. Additionally, it will include a game titled ‘D-Files’. The suggested retail price for the disc will be $34.98.

(News | Source: Toy News Online)
Disney will release its first interactive DVD game on November 12, 2007, for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and ‘High School Musical’.
The Pirates game has players following the plot of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’, and completing challenges in order to find the missing pieces of their map and [...]

(News | Source: High-Def Digest)
In Disney’s release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, there seems to have been issues with the framing of the film that were not present in the DVD version of the movie. The movie was one of the most highly-anticipated Blue-ray releases and earned high [...]

(News | Source: The Consumerist, Baby Einstein Press Release)
The University of Washington’s Dr. Dimitri Christakis and Dr. Frederick Zimmerman claimed in a press release that a study showed that every hour per day a infant watched ‘Baby Einstein’ that they knew six to eight less words than other children. Walt Disney Company CEO Bob [...]

(News | Source: USA Today)
Disney’s Magical Blu-ray Tour is an interactive presentation, sponsored by Panasonic, which will be on a road tour through 18 malls between August 17th and December 23rd. The presentation will include widescreens, video-games, movie stations and a mini-theater. The goal of the presentation is to show off the features of Blu-ray [...]

(News | Source: Orlando Sentinel)
David Haltinner, an employee of Alta Resources Inc., has reportedly attempted to sell credit card information for an unknown number of the Disney Movie Club members. Alta Resources is the credit card order processing company for Disney Movie Club. Disney sent letters to its members on July 6th warning [...]

(News | Source: LATimes.com)
Disney announced that they will no longer produce low-budget sequels for their classic movies. Examples of this include “Little Mermaid 2″ and “Lion King 1 and 1/2.” The change reflects the new philosophy and impact that Pixar (including Steve Jobs and John Lasseter) have had at Disney. This announcement is being made [...]