Robert Iger
Robert Iger
Robert Allen "Bob" Iger /ˈaɪɡər/is an American businessman and the chairman and chief executive officerof The Walt Disney Company. Before Disney, Iger served as the president of ABC Television from 1994 to 1995 and the president and chief operating officerof Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. from 1995 until Disney's acquisition of the company in 1996. He was named president and COO of Disney in 2000, and later succeeded Michael Eisner as CEO in 2005, after a successful effort by Roy E. Disney...
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it's rare that there are content issues for our product.
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Consumers have a lot more authority these days and they know that by using technology they can gain access to content and they want to use the power that they have... We can't stand in the way and we can't allow tradition to stand in the way of where the consumer can go or wants to go.
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We're seeing a great shift in how consumers spend money, and our business models need to be flexible. It used to be said that content was king, but the consumer is king.
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This is the first giant step to making more content available to more people online. It is the future as far as I'm concerned. It's a great marriage between content and technology and I'm thrilled about it.
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This is the first giant step in terms of making content available to more people in more places, ... This is just the beginning of what we believe will be a long and prosperous relationship between Apple and Disney.
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This is the first giant step in making content available to more people in more places more often. It is the future as far as we're concerned.
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There's really nothing special that I either planned or expect ... in a way be no different.
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as the future as far as we are concerned.
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As the forerunner to Mickey Mouse and an important part of Walt Disney's creative legacy, the fun and mischievous Oswald is back where he belongs.
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That's what it's about, more than anything else, more than financials, more than technology, more than growing globally.
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I don't think it's out of the question that a DVD can be released in effect in the same window as a theatrical release. Although I'm sure we will get a fair amount of push-back on this from the industry, it's not out of the question. I think that all the old rules should be called into question because the rules in terms of consumption have changed so dramatically.
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I am encouraged by the solid momentum in our earnings and the financial and creative strengths that underpin these results.
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We fully expect this is a giant step in the direction of growing the company and all its Disney brands and businesses in this very populous region,
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We sold it in the upfront under relative conservative circumstances, actually expecting that there would be a decrease in ratings.