Walt Disney Corporation and the Internet

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Walt Disney Corporation and the Internet INF 220: IS Principles Kimberly Smith March 24, 2012 Walt Disney is a successful entertainment company recognized worldwide. Conceived in 1923, Disney was an innovator in the entertainment industry as the brand grew it gained power from the brand created. Disney began to use its brand power to expand into publishing, television, and cable programming. In 1955, Disney formed an amusement park. As an innovator in the entertainment field Disney created an online environment. Disney.com was developed. It offered content, products, and services geared toward kids and their parents. Disney used the internet and information technologies to continue to strengthen the brand and its subsidiaries (www.web1.poly.edu). The website offered a Disney store, information on theme parks, and access to the Daily Blast, containing games and activities. Disney planned to receive revenue from advertising, product sales, vacation packages, and items related to the theme parks all from the online presence (www.web1.poly.edu). Through the website Disney could reach more consumers and at a much quicker pace. In 1997, Disney created Buena Vista Internet group to merge the company’s internet properties. They acquired 43% of Infoseek Corporation and eventually developed an internet business called Go.com; it later became Walt Disney Internet Group, (WDIG). WIDG contained some brand name websites, ABCNEWS.com, ESPN.com, and Disney.com. Disney was able to develop entertainment online that was active and interactive (www.web1.poly.edu). New technologies and the web helped Disney to develop new items and services to customers. To give support to individual to the individual websites, WDIG created their own vigorous technology infrastructure due to the high volume of traffic on the websites and a need to host major

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