The bottom line is they were not in tune with what their customers wanted and what the world was demanding of them and I think it hurt them significantly. I don't want to wake up and see all the traffic moving onto new platforms.
We're delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows.
It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer - what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.
For the first time ever, hit primetime shows can be purchased online the day after they air on TV.
We can't stand in the way and can't allow tradition to stand in the way of where the consumer can go or wants to go. Windows in general need to change. I don't think it's out of the question that DVDs could be released in the same window as the theatrical release. All the old rules should be called into question because the rules of consumption have changed so dramatically.
Beijing's media restrictions in general do thwart our efforts to grow television in that marketplace, ... over time, we'll gain access to the market.
There is no For Sale sign on our door.
With this merger we have a unique opportunity to offer Disney shareholders ownership in a new radio leader that will be well positioned for long-term success.
We see tremendous potential with Disney Fairies, ... We believed it will become one of the Walt Disney Company's most successful properties.
As the forerunner to Mickey Mouse and an important part of Walt Disney's creative legacy, the fun and mischievous Oswald is back where he belongs.
As the forerunner to Mickey Mouse and an important part of Walt Disney's creative legacy, the fun and mischievous Oswald is back where he belongs, at the home of his creator and among the stable of beloved characters created by Walt himself.
I am encouraged by the solid momentum in our earnings and the financial and creative strengths that underpin these results.
Digital piracy needs to be addressed. Without content protection, investment in content can't be supported. We need secure distribution. If you (telecommunications equipment and software makers) help us, we will make it easier for you to distribute our content.
This is the first giant step to making more content available to more people online. It is the future as far as I'm concerned. It's a great marriage between content and technology and I'm thrilled about it.
This is the first giant step in making content available to more people in more places more often. It is the future as far as we're concerned.
This is the first giant step in terms of making content available to more people in more places, ... This is just the beginning of what we believe will be a long and prosperous relationship between Apple and Disney.
Consumers are going to put demands on how, when, where and how much they consume in media and how much they spend as well, ... Those dynamics, we believe, create a voracious appetite for content.
it's rare that there are content issues for our product.
We sold it in the upfront under relative conservative circumstances, actually expecting that there would be a decrease in ratings.
None of the issues really rose to the level of what I call a major concern in our minds, because they were either exaggerated - and I won't be specific - or they were fixable.
It's vital for a company such as ours to be incredibly vigilant in terms of the consumer, ... Consumers today, using great technological tools, have many more choices in terms of how they spend their time, what they consume in terms of media and they do so in many different places on many different devices.
Are there challenges Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.
We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.
To say that I'm aggressive might be an understatement here. I'm thoroughly pleased with what ABC did and we're going to do more of it as a company on other sites.
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