All Disney articles – Page 32

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    Disney plans entertainment channel

    2003-10-16T08:30:00Z

    Disney is to launch a new channel on Freeview, initially airing daily between 06.00 and 18.00. It will not carry the Disney brand but will broadcast exclusive general entertainment content from Disney libraries. Disney UK branded TV managing director Paul Robinson, who will run the new channel, said: 'If you ...

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    Disney signals Flextech interest

    2003-10-16T08:27:00Z

    Disney's most senior UK executive has revealed the entertainment giant would buy Telewest content arm Flextech if the price was right, write Colin Robertson and Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Disney joins Freeview

    2003-10-13T11:07:32Z

    Disney is set to launch a general entertainment channel on Freeview this winter targeting a family audience.

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    Capital Disney poised to take advertising

    2003-10-02T08:30:00Z

    Kids digital radio station Capital Disney is planning to be the first Disney operation to take commercial advertising, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    At It gets behind scenes for C4 and Disney

    2003-09-25T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 and Disney have commissioned indie At It Productions to produce 30-minute behind-the-scenes specials on two new films - horse-racing epic Seabiscuitand kids adventure film Holes. Ordered by C4 senior editor, feature films Tim Highsted, ...

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    Programming - Disney endorses UK indie Talent.

    2003-08-01T15:34:47Z

    Disney Channel UK has ordered its biggest ever commission from a UK indie, after asking Talent

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    Disney endorses UK indie Talent

    2003-07-31T08:30:00Z

    Disney Channel UK has ordered its biggest ever commission from a UK indie, after asking Talent Television to develop a family gameshow series, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Disney serves cheesy cartoon for autumn

    2003-07-24T08:30:00Z

    Toon Disney Channel is unveiling a brand new 26 x 30-minute animated series, Ratz, from 1 September. The show will air at 08.25 in a weekly slot as part of its autumn schedule. The series, bought from French production company Xilam for the cartoon channel, ...

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    RAOUL THE DINOSAUR RETURNS ON DISNEY.

    2003-05-23T10:30:59Z

    Disney Channel is producing a second series of Raoul, about a Mexican dinosaur puppet, which was

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    Raoul the dinosaur returns on Disney

    2003-05-22T08:30:00Z

    Disney Channel is producing a second series of Raoul, about a Mexican dinosaur puppet, which was created by Disney (in the UK) and Jim Henson with Dandy Productions. The first series

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    Radio 2 woos Disney chief.

    2003-05-01T16:39:29Z

    A television executive has emerged as a candidate to take the BBC Radio 2 controller role when Jim Moir steps down later this year, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Radio 2 woos Disney chief

    2003-05-01T09:55:37Z

    A television executive has emerged as a candidate to take the BBC Radio 2 controller role when Jim Moir steps down later this year, writes Michael Rosser

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    Disney to test digital video delivery

    2003-04-09T09:47:12Z

    Walt Disney plans to start live tests this year on a digital home video distribution system that could bypass conve...

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    Disney to play Faking It for kids.

    2003-04-01T12:24:04Z

    Disney Channel has commissioned a new in-house series with shades of Channel 4's Faking It, which will give young sport stars a crash course in a completely new discipline, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Disney to play Faking It for kids

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Disney Channel has commissioned a new in-house series with shades of Channel 4's Faking It, which will give young sport stars a crash course in a completely new discipline, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Disney opens up to UK producers

    2003-03-20T10:37:38Z

    Disney UK is opening up its schedules to outside programme-makers for the first time, as part of a push into locally produced programming, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Disney beckons children to world of radio adverts

    2003-03-17T10:04:36Z

    The Walt Disney Corporation is to challenge the BBC by creating a national radio network for children under new law...

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    Disney moves past 5 million.

    2003-02-25T10:44:26Z

    THE Disney Channel, the UK's only subscription-based kids channel, has been taken up by half of the multichannel market, the company claimed this week, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Eisner takes $5m bonus as Disney struggles

    2003-01-30T11:04:26Z

    Michael Eisner, Walt Disney's chief executive, was paid a $5m bonus this year despite intense criticism of his lead...

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    Disney hoping to buy Jim Henson

    2002-12-20T10:29:27Z

    Walt Disney was last night rumoured to be seeking to acquire Jim Henson, the company that gave the world the Muppet...