Disney is working with Accenture Interactive to evolve the engagement between cinema goers and movie posters, unveiling a facial recognition photo booth to promote the studio’s live-action remake of Dumbo at SXSW in Austin. Through Studio Lab – a co-venture between the two companies designed to develop the production, distribution and marketing of the entertainment […]
Disney has entered into a partnership with Google which will see the media and entertainment giant bring its entire global digital video and display business on to Google Ad Manager. Google will power Disney’s advertising across its collection of brands and properties, including Disney, ABC, ESPN, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars. As a result, Disney […]
Disney has revealed its plans for a streaming service to rival Netflix and Amazon, as the media giant saw profits rise 33%. In the three months to 29 September, Disney earned $14.3bn in revenue, up 12% year-on-year, while profits rose 33% to $2.3bn. Its performance was boosted by the studio division, whose revenues jumped 50% […]
Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Alibaba are amongst a group of investors pumping $1bn into a mobile-focused streaming service led by former Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman and ex-Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg. WndrCo, a holding company co-founded by Katzenberg, announced that it had secured the seed-funding round for what is currently being […]
To promote Broadway musical Aladdin, Disney has partnered with OmniVirt to launch a 360 degree video advertising campaign. As part of the campaign, viewers can watch the show’s premiere musical number ‘a friend like me’ in a 360 degree format. Digital overlays of text are placed around the video sphere which share interesting facts behind the show. For […]
Independent mobile advertising platform, AdColony, announced the launch of Aurora HD Video, a suite of interactive mobile video creative products that fundamentally changes the way consumers can physically engage with video content. Aurora HD Video allows advertisers to immerse consumers into video content, delivering branding and engagement goals with TV-like reach. Powered by AdColony’s Instant-Play […]
Uber is the latest tech firm to partner with Disney in promoting the new film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, replacing car images within the app with various Star Wars spaceships including the iconic X-Wing fighter. The promotion will run in hundreds of cities worldwide between 12 and 18 December on an opt-in basis, […]
Disney Australia has launched its own standalone messaging app aimed at creating a family-friendly channel for kids to communicate over which integrates games and education resources. Disney Mix is approved for “4+” on the app store, and includes reminders about online safety, cyberbullying and harassment, with an integrated “Whistle” icon in all chat threads that […]
Twitter has unveiled a new carousel-style ad format that enables brands to leverage both their own tweets and those from other users, adding a user-generated content aspect to more traditional paid-for promoted tweets. In order to integrate tweets from other users, marketers will need explicit permission from users, confirming that they are happy for their […]
Disney Research, the company’s technology arm, has revealed a new app that can track and capture real-time images from a mobile device’s camera, then map them onto a 3D surface, creating an AR character that gains colour as an accompany book is filled in. The app is still in the development phase and isn’t yet […]