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When it comes to the digital future, Walt Disney Co.'s pioneering strategy seems to be to act quickly and ask questions later. After becoming the first network to sell commercial-free downloaded shows through Apple's iTunes video service last year, ABC revealed Monday that it plans a two month "test" offering four primetime shows free online via streaming video. Beginning April 30, fans of Lost, Desperate Housewives, Alias and Commander In Chief with access to broadband internet connections will be able to watch the programs on abc.com the day after their television debuts, with each episode carrying...
...Just last month, leaders of the Writers Guild issued a call to arms against the media giants. "Disney and the other companies have refused for years to adjust this outdated formula for the DVD market and now they are trying to do the same thing with the next generation of technology," said the WGA declaration. "We support those advances but not without fair compensation for the hardworking men and women who write, perform, direct, and otherwise create the very content that makes their new revenue streams possible. Rest assured, our Guilds will take all affirmative legal action within our power...
...Regardless of how those compensation schemes are worked out, it's a safe bet that other networks will follow Disney's lead. Rafat Ali, editor and founder of the influential business website PaidContent.org, says, "NBC will probably push a lot of their programs through [its new acquisition] iVillage.com, and Fox really hasn't done much with marketing or streaming their shows on MySpace.com. But you'll see much more of that happening...
...Other photographs are impressive for their balanced complexity. “Typical Nativity Scene” is near-maddening with its hundreds of miniature snow globes, potted plants, dolls, Disney characters, and doilies, but Alejos rescues the scene from pure cacophony. He steps away and sets the nativity scene off-center, transforming it into a cohesive unit. Still, if we come close to the photograph, we can just make out the detail of each miniature...
...Walt Disney Pictures...