Walt Disney
Opportunities
• Move into different segments
• Proper inventory management
• Market development in untapped countries.
• Reduction in operating costs.
• Disney music channel
• Benchmarking to improve management practices.
• Disney school of management and training
• Online Websites
• Develop more attractions for theme park.
Threats
• Security Threats due to terrorism
• Employee retention
• High competition in Media Industry.
• Facing fierce competition from Paramount Parks, Universal Studios and Six Flags Theme Parks.
• Social and ethnic groups.
• Government policies
• High demanding market in terms of innovation.
• Increasing salaries and labor cost.
• Recession
• Maintain product differentiation.
• Tight competition in national and international markets.
• Searching, paying and retaining innovative people.
• Piracy
Summary and Review of Walt Disney Company 10-K 2008
The Walt Disney Company, a $53.7 billion corporation as of the closing price of its last day of business in the fiscal year of 2008, is a “diversified worldwide entertainment company” (Disney). The company is involved in four different entertainment sectors, Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, and Consumer Products.
The Media Networks segment includes its domestic broadcast television network, ABC Television Network, which has over 233 local affiliate agreements and reaches 99% of all U.S. television owning households. Almost all of its revenues come from advertising time sold during network programs. The company also owns television production and distribution operations including ABC Studios, Buena Vista Productions, and ABC Family Production. These companies create and provide programming for ABC, as well as Disney’s other cable networks. They also sell content for syndication purposes. The productions are distributed domestically through Disney-ABC Domestic Television and
• Move into different segments
• Proper inventory management
• Market development in untapped countries.
• Reduction in operating costs.
• Disney music channel
• Benchmarking to improve management practices.
• Disney school of management and training
• Online Websites
• Develop more attractions for theme park.
Threats
• Security Threats due to terrorism
• Employee retention
• High competition in Media Industry.
• Facing fierce competition from Paramount Parks, Universal Studios and Six Flags Theme Parks.
• Social and ethnic groups.
• Government policies
• High demanding market in terms of innovation.
• Increasing salaries and labor cost.
• Recession
• Maintain product differentiation.
• Tight competition in national and international markets.
• Searching, paying and retaining innovative people.
• Piracy
Summary and Review of Walt Disney Company 10-K 2008
The Walt Disney Company, a $53.7 billion corporation as of the closing price of its last day of business in the fiscal year of 2008, is a “diversified worldwide entertainment company” (Disney). The company is involved in four different entertainment sectors, Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, and Consumer Products.
The Media Networks segment includes its domestic broadcast television network, ABC Television Network, which has over 233 local affiliate agreements and reaches 99% of all U.S. television owning households. Almost all of its revenues come from advertising time sold during network programs. The company also owns television production and distribution operations including ABC Studios, Buena Vista Productions, and ABC Family Production. These companies create and provide programming for ABC, as well as Disney’s other cable networks. They also sell content for syndication purposes. The productions are distributed domestically through Disney-ABC Domestic Television and