Disney Online Looks Forward To A New Century and Reflects on Last Year's Achievements.Business/Entertainment Editors NORTH HOLLYWOOD Hollywood. 1 Community within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc. 1903, consolidated with Los Angeles 1910. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000 The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company's Site Remains the No. 1 Kids and Family Entertainment Destination for More than One Year Disney Dis·ney , Walter Elias Known as "Walt." 1901-1966. American animator, showman, and film producer. Noted for his creation of the cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, he produced the first animated film with sound, Online, a unit of GO.com (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GO) and creator of www.disney.com  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , is looking forward to the new century and reflecting on its 1999 achievements, including continuing to produce the No. 1 Web site for kids and family entertainment, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Media Metrix. Disney Online retained its No. 1 position this year by exceeding guests' expectations, creating compelling content, and incorporating redesigns that made the guest experience fun and easy. &uot;We are thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. and thankful thank·ful adj. 1. Aware and appreciative of a benefit; grateful. 2. Expressive of gratitude: a thankful smile. to our guests that we remain the No. 1 online choice for kids and families, and we take pride in being the online home to all things Disney,&uot; said Ken Goldstein Gold·stein , Joseph Leonard Born 1940. American biochemist. He shared a 1985 Nobel Prize for discoveries related to cholesterol metabolism. , senior vice president and general manager of Disney Online. &uot;We look forward to surpassing this last year's successes and will continue to bring the magic of Disney Online to visitors in the year 2000.&uot; Disney Online 1999 highlights include: Traffic
-- Disney Online's aggregate reach is more than three times greater
than that of its closest children's online competitor. (Media
Metrix, November 1999)
-- Disney Online achieved a significant milestone when it hosted
more than 700,000 unique guests and served more than ten million
page requests in a single day. (DOL traffic reports, December 4,
1999)
-- Disney.com's audience reach grew to more than six and a half
million unique users this December, a 37 percent increase over a
six-month period. (Media Metrix, December 1999)
-- This year Disney.com surpassed Nickelodeon as the most popular
site for kids ages 2-11, with a market reach of 11.5 percent for
kids in the this age range. (Media Metrix, September 1999)
-- Disney.com received more visits from kids than any other
children's content Web site (i.e., other than portals and search
engines), (Media Metrix, September 1999)
Major Content Developments
-- The Toy Story 2 Supersite debuted in November with live Web
coverage of the &uot;Toy Story 2&uot; Red Carpet Premiere and the &uot;Toy
Story 2&uot; NASCAR Web Cast, with nearly 17,000 unique users
watching the streams and nearly 400,000 page requests.
-- Disney1.com, the newly created convergence site for kids and the
Internet home of ABC's children's television programming, hosted
more than 400,000 unique guests during its introduction in
September, where guests spent between 9-19 minutes on the site.
Each week while kids watch their favorite characters on
television, they can also jump online, interact with those
characters and games, and actually influence future programming
by providing their opinions directly through the Disney1.com Web
site.
-- In September Disney.com introduced &uot;The Zeether&uot; at Disney.com,
announcing and creating a variety of new online initiatives that
underscored and further demonstrated its commitment to kids. In
the Zeether, a unique Internet environment designed just for
kids, live all their favorite broadcast brands, including Radio
Disney, ABC's One Saturday Morning, Zoog Disney, Playhouse
Disney, and Toon Disney, music, games, activities, and fun.
-- This fall, the Walt Disney Family Foundation unveiled the Walt
Disney Family Museum Web site dedicated to honoring Walt Disney,
the creative visionary and founder of The Walt Disney Company.
The site serves as a noncommercial, educational, interactive
resource for those interested in learning about the history and
legacy of the man behind the most beloved entertainment company
in the world.
-- Disney's BlastPad, an instant messaging application providing
real-time access to all of Disney's Club Blast members, launched
this year as a proprietary communication tool and debuted with
strict parental controls easily available to family account
holders.
-- This spring, the Tarzan Supersite was launched in conjunction
with the movie, offering a fully engaging experience on the
Internet. Disney's first Supersite -- the largest Web site of its
kind -- brought guests to a place where they could absorb all the
sights and sounds of Tarzan's world in association with the
movie.
-- Beginning with a major redesign in March, Disney.com joined
forces with the No. 1 kids' subscription service, Disney's Club
Blast, which has attracted more than 200,000 members.
Disney.com's new design integrates the best features and services
from both sites.
-- In conjunction with the airing of an episode of &uot;Disney's Doug,&uot;
Disney.com explored the issue of Internet safety and introduced
Doug's Internet Safety Web Page, a powerful resource designed to
help kids and families make wise surfing choices.
DisneyStore.com
-- This holiday season guests were able to reap the benefits and
strengths of DisneyStore.com. Operations, customer service, and
preparation were optimized to serve shoppers with an extended
deadline to 12/22, with guaranteed delivery by Christmas Day.
For more information about this year's announcements, log on to www.disney.com or http://disney.go.com/pressinfo/. About Disney Online Disney Online is part of GO.com (NYSE:GO), which was created as part of the recent merger of Infoseek One of the first major search engines on the Web. In 1999, in partnership with the Walt Disney Company, it became Go.com (www.go.com). In 2001, Disney stopped providing the search capability on Go.com in order to focus on its other top-ranked Web sites, such as ESPN.com, ABCNews. Corporation and The Walt Disney Company's online unit, Buena Vista Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Group (BVIG). GO.com oversees many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including the GO Network portal, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com, DisneyStore.com, ESPN.com, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, Family.com, and Mr. Showbiz. |
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