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By George I think he is dumb!

Mar 12, 08 - 02:07 pm Comment from: loopy_nj

How about this. If it's not doing too much for Disney's bottom line, I would be glad to take the money to increase my bottom line.

Yup. He is playing dumb alright.

Mar 12, 08 - 02:10 pm Comment from: Ampar

Tell him.

http://www.alleyinsider.com/peter_kafka

Sounds rather good for the first two years of a new service. Most take longer than that to break even. Considering that companies are just tipping their fingers in at the moment and this s just one way they are earning digital cash, it sounds like a nice little earner to me and with massive potential.

Mar 12, 08 - 02:21 pm Comment from: shen

not much for the bottom line? what is their cost?

oh wait, this is almost pure profit.....

True, 123 Mil is nothing to sneeze at, but then again Disney made 10 Billion in revenue last year so iTunes sales are not their main focus by any means.

Mar 12, 08 - 02:47 pm Comment from: tmsruge

he don't know much do he?

10B is easy considering they own ESPN, ABC, Disney World, Disney Land, a wealth of movies, PIXAR etc. . . . no one expects iTunes to be their main focus, however, 123 million of almost pure profit as Shen pointed out is something any company will go for as long as it doesn't hurt their other revenue streams. We don't know though how much negative impact (if any) it had on their traditional DVD movie sales. And i think we can all agree that all studios could be putting on more movies via iTunes (more movies = bigger profits, duh?!)

and anyways, what other company is helping them make 123 million in movies sales the way Apple is?? ZuneTang, you know of any?? How's that ZunePhone coming along??

And 9 Billion was from High School Musical 2....

122 millions is nothing for Disney. It's far less than one of their blockbuster movie revenues!!! But again, iTunes movies could be the future, so it's worthwile positionning oneself.

"..$122.8 million.".. For a Digital copy, How much would it take to make the same amount of money selling movies in old fashion disc?
Imagine that, 50 million plastic discs. I believe that what ever angle you look at it, is far better so sell using digital downloads that physical discs.

The question is what percent of Disney's PROFIT came from iTunes. Even more precisely, what percent of Disney's PROFIT GROWTH during these two years came from iTunes. In both cases, I bet it was quite substantial.

$122.8 million doesn't even cover Bob's salary. I'll take it.

Mar 12, 08 - 05:59 pm Comment from: Ampar

Naked pictures of Vanessa Hudgens accounts for 22%.

what are they talking about that's great.