While most of the attention has been on succession plans at Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the other company where Steve Jobs had a major presence has been dealing with its own. Disney (NYSE: DIS) has extended CEO Bob Iger’s contract through 2016 and announced plans for him to become chairman in…

Does the deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) mean Disney (NYSE: DIS) has lost interest in owning equity in video joint venture Hulu? An emphatic no from CEO Bob Iger—and an equally emphatic refusal to let that paint him or Disney into a corner. This is a “world where the owner…

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) brought in more than $9 billion in revenues last quarter but that number—and earnings—were lower than most analysts expected. The Disney Interactive Media Group, which has been going through an overhaul that includes strenuous cost cutting and layoffs, more than doubled its losses to…

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). COO Chase Carey may step down from the board of directors at Hulu, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move to reduce the number of board members is being seen as an effort to “streamline decision-making…

If there was any doubt as to how Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger sees the changing TV world, it became abundantly clear in the closing hours of Disney’s investors conference on Thursday in Anaheim.

Another late-night departure announcement from a top Disney (NYSE: DIS) exec. The last one was the Labor Day memo from David Westin about leaving ABC News. This time it’s Steve Wadsworth, longtime head of Disney’s internet operations, sending word that “for many reasons now is the right time for me…

With this morning’s announcement of an estimated $1 billion streaming movie deal between Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Epix in the minds of analysts on the Disney (NYSE: DIS) Q2 earnings call, CEO Bob Iger says that he is looking to find a model for offering premium DVD rentals, while taking…

Last-minute dramatics this afternoon as the next “deadline” approaches for Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Cablevision: tonight’s Academy Awards. Disney says it’s sent a new proposal and the ball is in the cable operator’s court. But Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is playing a different game: calling on “CEO Bob Iger to immediately…

Fox and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) narrowly averted retrans Armageddon on New Years Eve. Will Disney (NYSE: DIS) and ABC manage the same feat during the search for retransmission fees for the network and its affiliates? “We’re pretty resolute,” CEO Bob Iger told analysts during the Disney FYQ1 call, serving…

Bob Iger wasn’t on stage for the iPad launch last month, but the Disney CEO just gave a demo spiel Steve Jobs, the company’s largest shareholder, would applaud about a “really compelling” device that could be a game changer. Volunteering and replying to analyst questions about how Disney plans to…

While *News Corp*. COO Chase Carey, *NBC Universal* CEO Jeff Zucker and others have been out touting the desire to charge for some content through their Hulu JV, Hulu has been working out the logistics for doing just that. StreamingMedia.com’s report that a subscription beta test is underway internally would…

In the works for roughly three months, the Disney (NYSE: DIS) deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) has analysts fretting about premiums—and comics fans freaking about a future of Captain America Meets Tinkerbell. We’re likely months away from a close or from anything that might affect the Marvel roster…

Updated: The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is buying Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) and its 5,000-character roster for a cool $4 billion in stock and cash. Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter will stay on to oversee the Marvel properties as part of the deal, which has been approved by both boards…

Updated: *Disney* CEO Bob Iger describes his take on authentication as a “healthy amount of skepticism but open minded.” That said, he also expressed more than a few concerns about the idea during the Disney (NYSE: DIS) Q2 earnings call.  For instance, he’s not thrilled by the idea linked to…

Earlier this week, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes explained his shopping requirements. During the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) Q2 earnings call, CEO Bob Iger rolled out his when Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen asked if Disney is sticking to building instead of buying: “We’re definitely focused…

The Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference started this afternoon in a humid Pasadena, and first up: Bob Iger, CEO of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). Among other things, he discussed TV Everywhere effort, and it is clear he’s skeptical of the effort. I am live tweeting some of the bits here, and…

He didn’t exactly say “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” but that was the gist of *Disney* CEO Bob Iger’s explanation for joining the Hulu joint venture and for other online initiatives. In recent quarters, digital media barely has been mentioned during the company’s earnings calls. That changed for…

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) delivered some better-than-expected results but took a big hit on profit, with net income dropping 46 percent for the quarter ending March 28. It was, to use CEO Bob Iger’s term, a “difficult” quarter. The company reported $613 million in net income on revenue…

Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger used his street cred as the man who put Disney on iTunes and gave the go-ahead for streaming full episodes on ABC.com to send a simple message to cable operators and programmers at The Cable Show: we’ll look at anything that helps cable, including…