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Lasseter sprinkles Pixar dust over Disney Consumer Products, Imagineering

Jim Hill talks about the impact that John Lasseter’s personal involvement has had on the Toy Story Definitive project as well as on DCA’s “Radiator Springs Racers” attraction Read More...

Posted Friday, August 28, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments

Filed under: toys, Disney Consumer Products, John Lasseter, Cars, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Feld Entertainment, YouTube, Disney Parks & Resorts, WDI, Walt Disney Imagineering, DCA, 2009, Radiator Springs Racers, 2006, 2012, 2010, Toy Story 3, Woody , Toy Story characters, DCP , Buzz Lightyear, Radiator Springs, Lightning McQueen, Mater, toy line, Toy Story Definitive, Disney On Ice, Disney On Ice: Worlds of Fantasy, Feld, Ultimate Buzz Lightyear, Sheriff Woody, Disney Living, DisneyLiving, Thinkway Toys

Monday Mouse Watch: The road ahead for Disney·Pixar ‘s “Cars”

Jim Hill shares the title for this eagerly anticipated sequel as well as the Company’s plan for maintaining consumer interest in this new key franchise Read More...

Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 12:00 AM | 4 Comments

Filed under: Disney, toys, Disney Consumer Products, Disney Channel, John Lasseter, Disney's California Adventure, Cars, Disney Fairies, ABC Family, Toon Disney, diecast cars, Disney Princess, Walt Disney Imagineering, global rental sales, World of Cars Online, 2008, 2009, Disney Online, Disney / Pixar, franchise, Cars Land, 2011, World Grand Prix, 2006, 2012, 2010, Pixie Hollow, clothing line, key franchises, diecast car, MMOG, massively multiplayer online game, Licensing International Expo 2009, parking lot, Licensing International Expo, DCP , key franchise, playset, diecast, Radiator Springs, MMO, Cars Toon, Cars Toons, Mater's Tall Tales, Cars 2, Cars franchise, World of Cars, Disney Interactive Media Group, Rescue Squad Mater, Mater the Greater, El Materdor, DIMG, parking, Test Track, parking area, Carburetor County, online, Cars 2: World Grand Prix, Cars: World Grand Prix

Disney XD aims to be where the boys are

Jim Hill talks about the rebranded version of Toon Disney which will be debuting in February of 2009. Which seeks to become the cable channel of choice for boys 6-to-14 Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:00 AM | 14 Comments

Filed under: Disney, Disney Consumer Products, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Jerry Bruckheimer, Cars, George Lucas, Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Star Wars, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Toon Disney, The Clone Wars, The Walt Disney Company, Nickelodeon, Disney Princess, Alice in Wonderland, 2008, 2009, TV movies , cable channel, target demographic, animated series , SpongeBob SquarePants, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Hannah Montana , Camp Rock , July , February , Wizards of Waverly Place, Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place , Prince of Persia, TR2N, Tron , Tron 2, Tron Sequel, Cars franchise, Disney Interactive Media Group, DIMG, retooling, rebranding, brand allegiance, Delta House, female tween viewers, projections, live action, live action shows, Lost Boys, The Lost Boys, sports-related programming, sports-related, young male viewers, mission statement, testostrerone, Aaron Stone, Zeke and Luther, Zeke, The Disney Channel, Luther, ESPN, ESPN-based, Cartoon Network, disposable income, sports-based, males, male, Disney XD, Brooke Palmer, Batman: The Animated Series, programming, Jackie Chan Adventures, hyper-targeted, Power Rangers, targeted, inaugural programming, I'm with the Band, young males, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, demographics, retail sales, Phineas, Ferb, Phineas and Ferb, video game, online, mobile, video-on-demand, video on demand, VOD, G-Force, G Force, Bucky the Hamster, The Fairly Oddparents, Blaster the Guinea Pig, Bucky, Blaster, Star War: The Clone Wars, Star Wars The Clone Wars, Huntsman, Hamster, Guinea Pig, Clone Wars, bumper, bumpers, Turner Broadcasting, Fairly Oddparents

Pixar's first "Cars Toon" debuts tonight on Toon Disney

Jim Hill shares what he knows about these new interstitials, which are designed to help keep this Pixar franchise fresh 'til "Cars 2" rolls into theaters during the Summer of 2011 Read More...

Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments

Filed under: animation, Disney, Pixar, Disney Channel, CG, John Lasseter, Cars, ABC Family, Toon Disney, Pixar Animation Studios, Mattel, Spain , 2008, 2009, Disney / Pixar, franchise, animated short, short, shorts, 2011, Summer, Tia , world premiere, Lightning McQueen, Mater, Cars Toon, Cars Toons, Mater's Tall Tales, Cars 2, Cars franchise, World of Cars, The World of Cars, Disney Interactive Media Group, Rescue Squad Mater, interstitial, interstitials, Mater the Greater, daredevil, El Materdor, bulldozer, bulldozer fighter, B-Team, B Team, Kari Rae, Mia, Tia & Mia, Miata, Miatas, DIMG, Darth Mater, Dan Berendsen, Walt Stanchfield lectures, 25 Days of Christmas, Victor Navone, Rob Gibbs

Disney Consumer Products isn't getting its hopes up for "Up"

Jim Hill takes a close look at the retail side of the Mouse House. In particular why Disney Consumer Products is now taking a much more pragmatic approach toward the licensing of Pixar's next few pictures Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 21 Comments