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Google does Disney deal
News Google said on Monday it has begun providing Web search results to Walt Disney's Go.com in a deal that will replace one with competitor Overture. The search technology company said the deal with Disney will include its algorithmic and sponsored...
[March 10, 2003, 15:23]
Disney and Infoseek GO together 100 percent
News The deal will combine Disney's Buena Vista Internet Group and Infoseek. The Disney-Infoseek deal has the approval of both boards of directors, but needs shareholder approval. The creation of Go.com allows Disney to include its additional sites left...
[July 12, 1999, 12:40]
Disney seeks to block AOL Time Warner merger
News Disney's campaign comes amid contentious talks with Time Warner over a deal to keep TV stations owned by Disney's ABC network on Time Warner Cable systems in several markets. Walt Disney, fearing that its programming won't get fair access to...
[March 23, 2000, 14:22]
Disney to deliver content with Microsoft
News Microsoft and Walt Disney have struck an alliance that will see the two companies working closely together to develop digital media content and delivery systems, the companies are expected to announce on Monday.
[February 9, 2004, 11:25]
US Report: Disney, Infoseek power alliance on Web
News The deal also calls for Infoseek to purchase from Disney $165m (£101m) in "aggressive, targeted" promotional support for the entity's planned portal site, Winebaum said. Shareholders of Disney and Infoseek must still approve the deal which is...
[June 19, 1998, 9:32]
Microsoft on Trial: MS a '1,000-pound gorilla' says Disney
News As part of a deal between the two companies, Wadsworth said Microsoft placed serious restrictions on how Disney could promote or partner with Netscape Communications Corp.to develop a similar channel on Netscape's Netcaster and Netcenter services.
[December 16, 1998, 12:55]
Terra Lycos teams with eBay on auctions
News The auction giant said recently that it is seeking to renegotiate its deal with Disney, which announced in January that it would close its Go portal. Last year, eBay teamed with Walt Disney, first launching a co-branded site with Disney's Go.com...
[June 7, 2001, 9:57]
US Report: Mixed verdict on Netscape's media moves
News Online, a CNet Internet hub that competes with Netscape's Netcenter; and Disney took a 43 percent stake in Infoseek, another Netcenter competitor. In recent days, the company's shares soared after Mike Homer, Netscape's executive vice president...
[July 10, 1998, 10:28]
Yahoo!'s Yang sees broadband boom
News and Disney have struck up a broadband relationship. s possible purchase of Walt Disney. Under the terms of a content deal announced Monday, Yahoo! Besides the ABC News deal, Yahoo! The rumours have circulated for months.
[December 14, 2000, 9:20]
Compaq steps closer to PCTV
News Among other elements of the deal between the two companies last year, they agreed to distribute content from Walt Disney Interactive on Compaq PCs and devices. Although he would not comment on any deal with Disney, he volunteered that the...
[April 25, 2001, 14:22]
AOL hatches interactive-video unit
News More damaging, the move prompted federal regulators to examine the proposed AOL-Time Warner merger more carefully and opened a window of opportunity for Walt Disney to wage a lobbying crusade against the deal.
[August 17, 2001, 8:30]
Microsoft seeks spots in 'cool' TV shows
News For example, OMD and Disney signed a $1bn deal for commercial advertising that also includes product placements within Disney shows. In one extreme example, Revlon signed a multimillion-dollar deal for commercials with ABC's soap opera "All My...
[October 6, 2003, 14:10]
Leader: Amazon will be next to snap up a portal
News I predict America Online will stay on top, followed by Amazon, Disney and Microsoft. Go Network: Will distinguish itself as a content-oriented destination with rich fusion of ABCNews.com, ESPN.com, other Disney properties.
[January 20, 1999, 13:38]
A Year Ago: Amazon will be next to snap up a portal
News I predict America Online will stay on top, followed by Amazon, Disney and Microsoft. Go Network: Will distinguish itself as a content-oriented destination with rich fusion of ABCNews.com, ESPN.com, other Disney properties.
[January 20, 2000, 6:00]
Mickey Mouse beams into your car
News OnStar, a division of US automobile company General Motors, said last week it has signed a deal to bring Internet content from Walt Disney Internet Group to cars with Net access. OnStar will provide information from ESPN, Disney.com, ABCNews.com...
[July 23, 2001, 16:06]
The Day Ahead: Drkoop.com goes critical
News Drkoop.com also inked an exclusive content pact with Disney's Go.com last April. In fact, the initial value of the Drkoop.com-AOL deal currently eclipses Drkoop.com's market capitalisation. Drkoop.com still owed AOL $65m from the July deal.
[April 26, 2000, 12:07]
Mickey ready to rumble with Pokemon?
News See Disney buys controlling stake in Toysmart.com. So, when Buena Vista Internet Group, a division of Walt Disney, announces that it is buying what analysts estimate is a $45m stake in Toysmart.com, an online toy seller, it would seem like Mickey...
[August 26, 1999, 9:26]
Compaq to spin off AltaVista
News Before that Disney Co.s investment in Infoseek Corp.had sparked an increase in the competitive landscape. And today, the company announced a deal with Microsoft Corp.to license that company's Hotmail free e-mail service, another portal must-have.
[January 26, 1999, 14:23]
Lycos-USA: No e-commerce home run
News The question is whether they'll be able to come up quickly enough to catch heavyweights like Disney and the telecommunications companies," said Jack Staff, chief economist at Zona Research, referring to the other big powers that have recently...
[February 10, 1999, 10:22]
GO.com recasts portal strategy
News Walt Disney plans to reposition its GO.com Web portal as an entertainment and leisure destination, in what seems an acknowledgment that the entertainment giant's Web venture is unable to challenge stalwarts like Yahoo!
[January 28, 2000, 9:30]
