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On September 21, 2011, the content from disney.com was launched as a free channel available through the [[Roku]] streaming player. It is the first player so far to allow viewing through a television.<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/disney-short-form-videos-now-available-on-roku-2011-09-21 Disney Short-Form Videos Now Available on Roku] Retrieved September 21, 2011</ref> |
On September 21, 2011, the content from disney.com was launched as a free channel available through the [[Roku]] streaming player. It is the first player so far to allow viewing through a television.<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/disney-short-form-videos-now-available-on-roku-2011-09-21 Disney Short-Form Videos Now Available on Roku] Retrieved September 21, 2011</ref> |
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==History== |
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''disney.com'' was first registered on March 21, 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=disney.com Whois|url=http://www.whois.com/whois/disney.com|work=.com Registry|publisher=Melbourne IT|access-date=6 December 2012}}</ref> On February 12, 1996, a ten-day preview of disney.com is launched through [[America Online]] and [[Netscape]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Aguilar |first=Rose |title=Mickey Mouse makes Web debut|url=http://news.cnet.com/Mickey-Mouse-makes-Web-debut/2100-1023_3-204514.html|access-date=6 December 2012|newspaper=CNET News|date=February 12, 1996}}</ref> |
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The word 'music' is derived from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousiké) '(art) of the Muses'.[3] In Greek mythology, the nine Muses were the goddesses who inspired literature, science, and the arts and who were the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, song-lyrics, and myths in the Greek culture. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term music is derived from "mid-13c., musike, from Old French musique (12c.) and directly from Latin musica 'the art of music', also including poetry (also [the] source of Spanish música, Italian musica, Old High German mosica, German Musik, Dutch muziek, Danish musik)." This is derived from the "...Greek mousike (techne) '(art) of the Muses,' from fem. of mousikos 'pertaining to the Muses', from Mousa 'Muse' (see muse (n.)). Modern spelling [dates] from [the] 1630s. In classical Greece, [the term 'music' refers to] any art in which the Muses presided, but especially music and lyric poetry."[8][better source needed] |
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In January 2007 Disney CEO [[Bob Iger]] announced a major overhaul of Disney.com at the [[International CES|Consumer Electronics Show]]. The announced changes put a heavy emphasis on an integrated video player. Further changes were also announced to sort content based on visitor demographics and the addition of social networking features that would be [[Closed platform|monitored]] for appropriate content.<ref>{{cite web|last=Needleman|first=Rafe|title=Disney.com revamp coming, and not a moment too soon|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9674352-2.html|work=CNET|access-date=9 April 2013}}</ref> |
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The newly redesigned website was unveiled in February 2007. It included a new service called Disney Xtreme Digital (Disney XD for short, Not to be confused with the [[Disney XD|channel of the same name]].), which allowed members to communicate and interact with each other in chat rooms. Users were limited to select phrases and the ability to create their own Disney XD page, which were called channels. Disney XD allowed users to watch full-length episodes from [[Disney Channel]] and other videos, play online quizzes and games, stream [[Radio Disney]] and preview new movies and music albums. It included a further feature called Shop DXD. Shop DXD used an internal currency called D-Points that users could earn from playing games and activities on the website. D-Points could be used to purchase items such as backgrounds and phrases for a user's channel or chat rooms. The service was only available in the United States and the United Kingdom. |
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The [[Disney XD]] initiative was later de-emphasized and split into My Pages for pages and Homeroom for TV episodes. The Disney XD name was later recycled by the [[Disney-ABC Television Group]], another division of [[The Walt Disney Company]] to launch [[Disney XD]], an unrelated television network launched on February 13, 2009 as the successor to [[Toon Disney]]. They later added ''Disney Create'' to the website, an art gallery where users can draw and publish their art.<ref>{{cite web|last=GIANCASPRO|first=DAVE|title=Get Creative With Disney Create Online|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/07/get-creative-with-disney-create-online/|publisher=Wired: GeekDad|access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Create (review)|url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/disney-create|publisher=Commonsensemedia|access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> ''Disney Create'' closed on May 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Create|url=http://disney.go.com/create/|publisher=Disney|access-date=April 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429163647/http://disney.go.com/create/|archive-date=April 29, 2014}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:52, 10 December 2021
Official disney.com logo | |
Type of site | Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| URL | disney |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | N/A |
| Launched | February 12, 1996 |
| Current status | Active |
disney.com is a website operated by Disney Digital Network, a division of The Walt Disney Company, that promotes various Disney properties such as films, television shows, and theme park resorts, and offers entertainment content intended for children and families.
For years, disney.com has been a very popular website: a survey back in April 1998 revealed that Disney.com had over 10% more unique visitors than ABCNews.com, and the combined Disney/Infoseek websites were second in web traffic to leader Yahoo! that month. [1]
The current portal is Disney's second effort at a web portal, the first being ended with the loss of go.com.
On September 21, 2011, the content from disney.com was launched as a free channel available through the Roku streaming player. It is the first player so far to allow viewing through a television.[2]
The word 'music' is derived from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousiké) '(art) of the Muses'.[3] In Greek mythology, the nine Muses were the goddesses who inspired literature, science, and the arts and who were the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, song-lyrics, and myths in the Greek culture. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term music is derived from "mid-13c., musike, from Old French musique (12c.) and directly from Latin musica 'the art of music', also including poetry (also [the] source of Spanish música, Italian musica, Old High German mosica, German Musik, Dutch muziek, Danish musik)." This is derived from the "...Greek mousike (techne) '(art) of the Muses,' from fem. of mousikos 'pertaining to the Muses', from Mousa 'Muse' (see muse (n.)). Modern spelling [dates] from [the] 1630s. In classical Greece, [the term 'music' refers to] any art in which the Muses presided, but especially music and lyric poetry."[8][better source needed]
References
- ^ "Exclusive: Disney-Infoseek Sites Reach One in Three" (web traffic), Jupitermedia Corporation, 2006, webpage: InternetNews-Disney-1998.
- ^ Disney Short-Form Videos Now Available on Roku Retrieved September 21, 2011
