Disney channels in the U.S., France and the U.K. are airing local versions.
Mr. Horn could hardly be more different from Mr. Ross, who came to the movie studio after running Disney Channels Worldwide.
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Paul Debenedittis, senior vice president of programming strategy at Disney Channels Worldwide, says his networks sometimes play their most successful shows more frequently, but only to a limit.
The launch of Sky Movies Disney builds on Sky and Disney's 24-year relationship in the UK and forms part of a new wide-ranging agreement between the two companies, covering further movies, and Disney Channels, across multiple platforms and devices.
ENGADGET: Sky cuts a deal with Disney for exclusive access, launches Sky Movies Disney
Building on the strong performance of our movies and Disney Channels in the UK and Ireland, this agreement will not only increase the range of Disney entertainment being made available, but also the devices and platforms that viewers will be able to enjoy them on.
ENGADGET: Sky cuts a deal with Disney for exclusive access, launches Sky Movies Disney
In addition to movies, the agreement covers Disney's TV channels - Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior - which will continue to be made available to Sky customers, alongside a new HD version of Disney Junior, launching in April.
ENGADGET: Sky cuts a deal with Disney for exclusive access, launches Sky Movies Disney
All Disney-branded channels will also continue to be available on Sky Go across a range of internet-connected devices.
ENGADGET: Sky cuts a deal with Disney for exclusive access, launches Sky Movies Disney
News Corp has broadcasting platforms and some channels around the world and Time Warner, Disney and Viacom are selling channels.
But big cable channels like Disney's ESPN and Vivendi's USANetwork could be hurt, too.
The reason we believe Disney is attractive is because of continued success of its major cable channels like ESPN and Disney Channel.
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The advertising "fund" can be spent on space across Disney's television channels, magazines and child-focused sites in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
With renewed film releases, and the support we can give the Star Wars property on our Disney-branded TV channels, we expect that business to grow substantially and profitably for many years to come.
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Although this deal involves a limited number of subscriber, they will be directly additive to profits by opening up additional channels for monetizing the content that Disney has already produced.
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Disney has a tremendous opportunity to expand overseas by launching more channels in new markets and expanding its stake in joint ventures formed with local media networks.
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Mobile Commerce Daily recently posted an article about Disney redesigning its mobile website because its customers expected a consistent look and feel across channels.
"Disney is trying to inappropriately use its ownership of ABC to extract excessive and unreasonable terms for its cable channels -- terms that would add hundreds of millions of dollars in costs for Time Warner Communications and its cable customers, " Time Warner said in a message to its Los Angeles subscribers.
On laptops and computers customers will be able to access more than 30 live channels, including all five Sky Sports channels, Sky Movies, Sky News, Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Arts, MTV, Disney, G.
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