Tag: Disney
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Disney Concert Stream Moving Forward with New Date After Musicians Union Changes Stance
Update: Added new stream date: April 17th at 7pm ET A rebroadcast of a Disney on Broadway is back on track after a musicians union agreed to streaming rights today. The concert was meant to stream on April 13th, but Broadway Cares, the charity group organizing the event, announced a cancellation over the weekend. At…
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Disney’s Broadway Concert Fundraiser Stream Canceled After Rights Dispute
An April 13th charity stream of a Disney on Broadway event has been canceled due to rights disputes, the fundraising group organizing the event announced over the weekend. Broadway Cares, a group aiming to raise money for COVID-19 assistance funds citing a disagreement with the American Federation of Musicians to allow the stream of the…
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Disney Will Stream Its One Night Only Broadway Cares Concert
Disney will stream a one night only concert from November 2019, as a fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The concert, featuring 79 performers celebrating Disney’s 25 years on Broadway, will stream on April 13. The event will be streamed at broadwaycares.org, youtube.com/BCEFA, facebook.com/BCEFA, and Playbill.com. “The event last November was…
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Disney+ is Creating a ‘Doogie Howser, MD’ Remake
A Doogie Howser, M.D. reboot is in the works over at Disney+, this time with a female lead. ABC’s 1989 series starring Neil Patrick Harris is getting a fresh new remake developed by Kourtney Kang, who coincidentally worked with Harris’ acting role on How I Met Your Mother as a writer. Drawing on parts of Kang’s own…
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Disney+ is Dropping New ‘Frozen’ Short Series Produced From Home
Production on new movies and series may be temporarily postponed, but it seems as though nothing can keep Disney+ down. The streaming service has come through with a brand new animated short series produced entirely from home featuring everyone’s favorite talking snowman. Appropriately titled, At Home With Olaf is set to debut on Disney+ this…
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Good News, Simpsons Fans: Disney Plus is Correcting the Aspect Ratio Issue
Just after Disney+ launched in November 2019, Simpsons fans noticed that the episodes weren’t looking quite right. The aspect ratio had been adjusted to fit the screen, which caused some episodes to lose visual jokes. This was pointed out by subscribers on Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter, as in the tweet below, and even by former…
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Fox, Disney & Others Comment on Negative Impact of Coronavirus on Business in SEC Filings
Fox Corp is the latest company to make a public statement about how coronavirus has impacted and will potentially continue to impact businesses. Deadline reported that Fox’s latest SEC filing stated the pandemic “could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations over the near to medium term.”…
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Here’s Everything Coming to Disney+ in April 2020
April 1 Doctor Dolittle April 3 A Tale of Two Critters In a Nutshell Don’s Fountain of Youth Donald’s Dog Laundry Double Dribble Dragon Around Elmer Elephant Fish Hooks (S1-3) How to Play Football Lambert, The Sheepish Lion On Ice Out of Scale Penguins Pluto’s Party Sea Scouts Sonny with a Chance (S1-3) The Boy…
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Disney+ Reaches 5 Million App Downloads in UK, Europe
After launching on Tuesday, Disney+ has already reached a major milestone, hitting 5 million app downloads in under a week. The service launched in in the U.K., Ireland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland on March 24. While 5 million app downloads is an impressive number, we don’t yet know what the subscriber count will…
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ESPN Adds Sports-Themed Disney Movies to its Prime-Time Friday Lineup
We’ve reported on the challenges ESPN has been facing during the coronavirus pandemic, with live sports grinding to a halt as a result. And with Major League Baseball’s Opening Week upon us, and no live baseball games to cover, the sports network is opting to air sports-themed movies produced by parent company Disney. The broadcasts…