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Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) traded up 5.3 percent Friday after detailing the Nov. 12 launch of its Disney+ streaming service. What We Know For $6.99 per month, Disney+ subscribers will have access to new original content and historical offerings of not only the Disney brand but Pixar, Star Wars...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s Q4 earnings provided clarity about the new streaming service, Disney+, set to rival Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) late next year. What It Will Look Like Disney+ will aggregate the company’s existing content — including the Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar...

It comes as no surprise that the rise in video games has irrevocably transformed the technology industry. From celebrity participation to the whopping 2.3 billion people worldwide who consider themselves "gamers," the industry continues to gain momentum. What Happened On Monday,...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) may have just clinched a sweep of the 2018 movie medal stand. "The Avengers: Infinity Wars" ($257.7 million) and "Black Panther" ($202 million) posted the best domestic opening weekends of the year, and "The Incredibles 2" took third...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger keeps confirming what was obvious a month ago: The roster of the original Marvel shows currently running on Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) will be joining the Mouse House’s new streaming service when the contracts between the companies are up in 2019....

Over the past few years, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s investors have had to worry about the same headwind: subscriber losses from its ESPN unit. But these concerns should be considered "overblown," at least according to UBS's Doug Mitchelson, who maintains a Buy rating and $126...

“Wonder Woman” has some of the greatest legs in the history of show business. The commercial and critical hit, boosted by word of mouth, scored $40.775 million at the domestic box office on its third weekend of release, a tiny 30 percent drop from the previous weekend. The Time Warner...

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) has lost nearly 30 percent over the past year and has become a hotly-debated stock among analysts and investors. DA Davidson's Linda Bolton Weiser added her name to the bullish camp as she initiated coverage of the toymaker with a Buy rating and 12-18 month $30 price...

While most analysts, including those at RBC Capital Markets, maintain a bullish stance on Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), their optimism isn’t proportionately distributed among investors. RBC analyzed divergent perspectives on Disney’s future in a Friday note highlighting four shareholder...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) is scheduled to release its first-quarter results of fiscal 2017 on Tuesday after the market close. Can the media and entertainment conglomerate rebound in the quarter following the earnings miss in the fourth quarter? Has the struggling ESPN reached an inflection...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s ties with the Jobs family is loosening, going by a recent regulatory filing. Stake Halved The trusts run by the late Steve Jobs' widow had cut their stake in Disney to 64.32 million shares or 4 percent, with the Laurene Powell Jobs Trust, the trust...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s Pixar studio has released a total of 17 feature films, all of which were released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner. However, seven of these films were released prior to Disney acquiring the film studio nearly 11 years ago to the day. Here is a summary of how all...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) agreed on January 25, 2006, to acquire Pixar, the animated studio that was run by the late Steve Jobs. Here is a look at Pixar's founders, Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith and where they are today. Edwin Catmull Edwin "Ed" Catmull is a computer scientist, one of the co-...

Sentiment for Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares has turned positive on management commentary of ESPN subscriber trends and a robust 2018 film slate, BMO Capital Markets’ Daniel Salmon said in a report. He downgraded the rating on the company from Market Perform to Underperform, while reducing...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) reported mixed results for its fourth quarter, as stronger media networks and consumer products (CP) performance were offset by studio and theme parks softness. Bibbidi Bobbidi Blah But, Bank of America reiterated its Buy rating on the stock on potential success of...