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Disney Channel Sees Big CPM and Volume Gains as Toy Companies Expand Holiday Ad Buys

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As more media companies pull within sight of the finish line, Disney Channel is the latest to conclude its upfront negotiations.


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Disney Channel Lets Down Its Hair and Makes Tangled a TV Series

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Rapunzel lost her long locks at the end of the film Tangled, but her Disney adventures have just begun. Proving that it hasn't forgotten about its non-Frozen princess properties, Disney [...]

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Disney Channel Schedules the Only Summer Movie Your Kids Will Care About

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Forget Avengers: Age of Ultron and the upcoming Despicable Me spinoff Minions. For millions of kids, there's only one important movie debuting this summer: Teen Beach 2, the sequel to [...]

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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Hasbro’s TV Strategy

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What looks like an entertainment company, spends like an entertainment company and programs like an entertainment company? It's Hasbro, a toymaker.

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1980s Classic Adventures in Babysitting Is Getting a Disney Channel Reboot

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Good news for '80s nostalgists: Disney Channel is rebooting Chris Columbus' 1987 Elisabeth Shue-centric comedy, Adventures in Babysitting.

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What Women Watch on TV

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In last season’s premiere of FX’s American Horror Story, two teenagers are lying on the bed, nervously making out. “I don’t want to hurt you,” says the boy, moments before [...]