Disney will launch a new site next week focused on social networking for kids. The site will be similar to MySpace.com but will have parental controls and feature chat and video clips. Analysts are skeptical about the success of the site despite the strong brand behind it.

Will TV become a thing of the past due to the popularity of online video? In an eMarketer article the answer is not what one would expect. They project that in the future viewers will watch more TV and online video. They will be watching in a variety of ways that include TV, Internet, the PC and portable devices.

The House of Mouse has given former Rocketboom anchor Amanda Congdon a new home, where she will contribute to ABC News online and television broadcasts.

Reruns of “The Simpsons” will yield a 12.5 percent cut of the revenue generated online from those shows and other Fox programs.

Hits series from ABC Television and the Disney Channel will be available online the day after broadcast.

Pixar and Disney’s imagineers have started up a rather forthright blog called Re-Imagineering.

I spent this past weekend hanging out at the Walt Disney World resort with my fellow blogger, Josh Hallet.

As discussions and speculation begins about the possibility of the Walt Disney Company making a play for Pixar Animation Studios, it looks like the big winners will be Steve Jobs and Disney itself.

A new trademark caps a week of Apple glee as the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco ends, and we theorize what the next “one more thing” will be from Steve Jobs.

A disaster befalling an iPod usually means having to repurchase content, but a plan from major content provider Disney will cover those lost songs and videos.

New limits on TV and Internet advertising aimed on children go into effect on January 1st, and efforts by the Walt Disney Company and Viacom to delay or stop them were brushed aside in federal court.

Steve Jobs may be ready to let Bob Iger takeover the wildly successful animation studio for a price that could easily top $6 billion.

Movie mega mogul Walt Disney Studios and internet power portal AOL announced an exclusive content partnership for Disney’s upcoming film, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced “one more thing” would be the video iPod with ABC content available through iTunes 6.

The journey starts in Cupertino, but a little help from the Walt Disney Company could drive sales of the video iPod at home and abroad.