We know that as a network executive, ABC's President of AdvertisingSales Mike Shaw has a vested interest in the survival of the traditional 30-second commercial, but his recent assertion that consumers don't really care about the ad-skipping functionality of their DVRs strikes us as being way off the mark.
Visits to its theme parks are expected to fall in step with a decline in U.S. consumer confidence, offsetting advertisingsales growth at Disney's ESPN and ABC television networks.