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Video: Bank Says New Media Offers Disney `Lots of Opportunity’

by on November 12, 2010

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) — David Bank, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, discusses Walt Disney Co.’s fourth-quarter profit reported yesterday. The world’s biggest media company said net income fell 6.7 percent to $835 million, or 43 cents a share, missing analysts’ estimates. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Video: Diedrich Says `Demand Is Still There’ for Disney Brands

by on November 11, 2010

Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — Robin Diedrich, an analyst at Edward Jones and Co., talks about Walt Disney Co.’s fourth-quarter results. Disney, the world’s biggest media company, said fourth-quarter profit fell 6.7 percent after a drop in income from cable operators who paid their bills earlier this year. Diedrich speaks with Matt Miller, Carol Massar and Julie Hyman on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Video: Haverty Says Disney Results Good, `Not Out of Ballpark’: Video

August 10, 2010

Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) — Lawrence Haverty, portfolio manager at Gamco Investors Inc., talks about Walt Disney Co.’s third-quarter earnings reported today. Disney, the world’s biggest media company, reported third-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ estimates on gains at the ESPN sports channel and a rebound at the film studio led by “Toy Story 3.” Haverty speaks with Matt Miller and Carol Massar on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart”. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Disney Profit Tops Analysts’ Estimates on Gain in Broadcast, Cable Revenue

February 9, 2010

By Andy Fixmer Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Walt Disney Co. , the world’s biggest media company, reported fiscal first-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as TV revenue rose and theme-park results stabilized. Net income totaled $844 million, or 44 cents a share, compared with $845 million, or 45 cents, a year earlier, when a gain on the sale of TV stations boosted results, Burbank, California-based Disney said today in a statement . Sales rose 1.5 percent to $9.74 billion, exceeding the $9.63 billion average estimate of 17 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Theme-park revenue was flat, as Disney attracted visitors with discounts. Both the broadcast and cable divisions posted revenue increases. Excluding one-time items, earnings of 47 cents a share beat the 38-cent average of 18 analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Disney rose 57 cents to $30.41 in extended trading. The shares added 36 cents to $29.84 at 4 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading and gained 42 percent in 2009. To contact the reporter on this story: Andy Fixmer in Los Angeles at afixmer@bloomberg.net

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