If Pixar needs a sweet deal on 1,100 Xserves, they can probably get one.
actually, i hear virginia tech has a whackload of "gently used" G5 towers they're looking to get rid of at bargain basement prices! at costs this low, you'd think they were all INSANE!!! !!!
True but Disney still might not put all their marketing muscle into a release that builds up a company seeking distribution deals with their competition.
True but Disney still might not put all their marketing muscle into a release that builds up a company seeking distribution deals with their competition.
Nick
Why? It is in Disney's best interest to milk their current deal with Pixar for every dime that they can.
True but Disney still might not put all their marketing muscle into a release that builds up a company seeking distribution deals with their competition.
Nick
plus if they own all the rights to the characters it would behoove them to make it a hit.
i was reading that one of pixar's demands disney would give up those rights to all past movies, which was a deal breaker, you know how many woody and buzz dolls they sell?
Why? It is in Disney's best interest to milk their current deal with Pixar for every dime that they can.
No it isn't. Disney wasn't Pixar to hit a couple bumps in the road because they are so single track. As of right now, they do one release every couple years and that is it. If that release tanks, their stock, their earnings and prospects are also sunk for another couple years.
Likewise Pixar wants, at minimum the same deal from anyone else that they would have gotten from Disney. However in dealing with Pixar right now, Pixar has a very strong hand, too strong. It is so strong that numerous commentators were mentioning Disney was better off for not having done the because they would have had to give them the keys to the kingdom after Nemo racked up $330 million and that is just domestically.
Pixar didn't just want better terms on all their future films. They basically wanted back money and rights for all the previous films. They basically want hundreds of millions of dollars and at that price, Disney can try to continue to replicate what Pixar does with their own technology coming on line, or even have several films do half as well and not have any loss of money.
Additionally it is likely that Pixar would ask to have Disney let their current distributor buy out their last contract and the two films associated with it from Disney. In that regard Disney would gain some money, but not as much as they would have as distributor.
It is an odd sort of catch 22. How do you build up someone, but not so much you can't afford them. That is Disney's conundrum. Meanwhile Pixar could end up like that role player who wants the big contract right after you won the world title. You give it and then their production falls the next few years. You are locked in, can't get a fresh face, can't mange your own resources in that area, and are now stuck.
Should Disney choose to do any sequels to the computer-tooner hits on its own, Pixar would likely get only a modest royalty fee. Technically, Pixar would retain the right to co-finance and co-produce any sequels, but nobody expects they would exercise such a right once they've formed an association with another studio.
¿Haven't they learned anything in the past 20 years? I really don't think that Steve would sacrifice profit for friendship.
Granted everything Disney does now will be judged, in part, to the consequences of the breakup, but doesn't this just smack of Betty Petty Eisner getting back at Steve?
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Microsoft Corp. and Walt Disney Co. said they would work together to develop new ways of securely distributing digital entertainment via the Internet, on portable devices and on future versions of the DVD, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported.
Under a multiyear agreement, Disney agreed to license Microsoft's Windows Media, a technology used for playing back digital files that includes safeguards to prevent content from being illegally copied and used.
Come on Mike, let's all be adults about this.
This will be null and void, of course, should Steve take the job.
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Originally posted by Amorph
If Pixar needs a sweet deal on 1,100 Xserves, they can probably get one.
actually, i hear virginia tech has a whackload of "gently used" G5 towers they're looking to get rid of at bargain basement prices! at costs this low, you'd think they were all INSANE!!! !!!
Originally posted by ShawnJ
The Incredibles is a Disney/Pixar release.
True but Disney still might not put all their marketing muscle into a release that builds up a company seeking distribution deals with their competition.
Nick
Originally posted by trumptman
True but Disney still might not put all their marketing muscle into a release that builds up a company seeking distribution deals with their competition.
Nick
Why? It is in Disney's best interest to milk their current deal with Pixar for every dime that they can.
Originally posted by trumptman
True but Disney still might not put all their marketing muscle into a release that builds up a company seeking distribution deals with their competition.
Nick
plus if they own all the rights to the characters it would behoove them to make it a hit.
i was reading that one of pixar's demands disney would give up those rights to all past movies, which was a deal breaker, you know how many woody and buzz dolls they sell?
Originally posted by HOM
Why? It is in Disney's best interest to milk their current deal with Pixar for every dime that they can.
No it isn't. Disney wasn't Pixar to hit a couple bumps in the road because they are so single track. As of right now, they do one release every couple years and that is it. If that release tanks, their stock, their earnings and prospects are also sunk for another couple years.
Likewise Pixar wants, at minimum the same deal from anyone else that they would have gotten from Disney. However in dealing with Pixar right now, Pixar has a very strong hand, too strong. It is so strong that numerous commentators were mentioning Disney was better off for not having done the because they would have had to give them the keys to the kingdom after Nemo racked up $330 million and that is just domestically.
Pixar didn't just want better terms on all their future films. They basically wanted back money and rights for all the previous films. They basically want hundreds of millions of dollars and at that price, Disney can try to continue to replicate what Pixar does with their own technology coming on line, or even have several films do half as well and not have any loss of money.
Additionally it is likely that Pixar would ask to have Disney let their current distributor buy out their last contract and the two films associated with it from Disney. In that regard Disney would gain some money, but not as much as they would have as distributor.
It is an odd sort of catch 22. How do you build up someone, but not so much you can't afford them. That is Disney's conundrum. Meanwhile Pixar could end up like that role player who wants the big contract right after you won the world title. You give it and then their production falls the next few years. You are locked in, can't get a fresh face, can't mange your own resources in that area, and are now stuck.
Nick
that's wild. it's almost like anoffer you have to refuse. pixar must want to be away from disney pretty badly.
Should Disney choose to do any sequels to the computer-tooner hits on its own, Pixar would likely get only a modest royalty fee. Technically, Pixar would retain the right to co-finance and co-produce any sequels, but nobody expects they would exercise such a right once they've formed an association with another studio.
¿Haven't they learned anything in the past 20 years? I really don't think that Steve would sacrifice profit for friendship.
Microsoft Corp. and Walt Disney Co. said they would work together to develop new ways of securely distributing digital entertainment via the Internet, on portable devices and on future versions of the DVD, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported.
Under a multiyear agreement, Disney agreed to license Microsoft's Windows Media, a technology used for playing back digital files that includes safeguards to prevent content from being illegally copied and used.
Come on Mike, let's all be adults about this.
This will be null and void, of course, should Steve take the job.
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