From nwsource.com:

“I got myself in the headlines a couple years ago by making comments about making DVDs available at the same time that movies were available in movie theaters. What I really meant was I thought that we had to listen to the consumer and make content available more aggressively, which meant that I thought at the time that the window, meaning the time that movies are in theaters, would probably collapse and should collapse.

“I actually believe that the movie-going experience, when you go into a theater with a number of other people and see it on a big screen, is a good experience and an important experience for the business, and I dont think that should go away. And I believe it actually should be protected in a few ways. One, we should all be working as an industry to make the product more compelling, which means everything from digital theaters, digital cinema to just a better movie-going experience.

“But I also believe that the window to when its available in the next form ought to be maybe a little shorter than it has been in the past, and weve seen some of that compression. It ought to be designed to continue to maintain value for both windows — for what Ill call the home-video window and for the theatrical window. I dont think were going to get to a point where everything is available at all times, but you will see, thanks to technology, a lot more available than ever before.”

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From orlandosentinel.com:

I just thought the Typhoon Lagoon ad on this website is fun — to see it, you may have to open this link a few times in a row since they roll through a bunch of ads and it only seems to change on opening.

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From latimes.com:

Abigail Goldman. May 22, 2007

Walt Disney Co. believes Anaheim should have more affordable housing — but not as close to Disneyland as some local officials and developers propose, Chief Executive Robert Iger said Monday.

Speaking before a group of journalists at Disneyland Hotel, Iger called the theme park the “best neighbor Anaheim has ever had.”

Iger noted that the citys resort area occupied less than 5% of the land in Anaheim but generated 50% of the citys revenue. He added that Disneys position was supported by “a number of unions” in the area.

But Iger declined to talk about Disneys plans for the area, other than to say that the company “continues to look at the opportunities” there.

“As Walt [Disney] said, Disneyland will never be completed. We will continue to build and grow,” Iger said.

Iger did say that there were no plans for a fifth Disney property in Florida. He touted the 25th anniversary of its Tokyo park, the 15th anniversary of Disneys park in Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland, which has had disappointing attendance numbers since opening in 2005.

During the question-and-answer period, Iger joked that the companys ill-fated ESPN phone was a great idea — except for its high price, poor marketing and “flawed retail strategy.”
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