“I think there’s some concern about Disney not having developed their digital prowess.”
But similar to competing online ventures such as General Electric’s NBCi and Viacom’s MTVi, Go.com floundered.
“They tried to get in the portal business.
Was it a good idea?
The things they did right was through leveraging the things they already had.”
“Both bombed at the box office.”
But that production investment hasn’t always translated to success at the box office.
Comcast to the rescue?Enter Comcast, the would-be knight that saved the kingdom.
“In the last five years, the Disney animation business has declined significantly.
We think Disney should be No.
“Our goal would be to again place Disney animation in the center of the company.”
“Comcast has failed to get mainstream networks to offer popular content on VOD tiers.
This would change,” Forrester Research wrote in a report.
Instead, the company has pursued its own idiosyncratic technological vision.
The programming was later reinstated amid regulatory scrutiny over Time Warner’s then-pending merger with America Online.
Disney denied the charges.
“We could do 50 megabits if there’s a market for that, or 100 megabits.”
CNET News.com’s Evan Hansen contributed to this report.
Roy Disney’s board ally, Stanley Gold, resigns a day later in support.
