boosted Disney's revenues for the year ended Sept to a new high of $69.6bn. Revenues for the final quarter alone jumped by more than a third overall, and by more than 50% in the studio entertainment division.

Omnicom Media Group retained the bulk of the business of Disney's North Amerian media channels following a major global review worth over $2bn in billings. That includes the Disney, Fox, Pixar, Marvel

that character-based money-machine now controlled by Disney - to promote the service. Who knows, for the next ad, they might be back on the phone to Disney to try to reunite all the various Avengers..

Yet it is dwarfed by rivals AT&T, Disney, Comcast or Netflix, each worth between four and eight times as much. As a result, further acquisitions are likely, as ViacomCBS attempts to bulk up its industry

Yet Disney's dominance of the current industry is a little alarming. It now controls four of the top five movies of all time, and a partial share in the other ('Titanic', which was released outside the

agreed to transfer full operational control of Hulu to Disney in return for a five-year partnership agreement running until Jan 2024. The two sides will divide WarnerMedia's recently reacquired 10% stake

the shares to its two remaining shareholders Walt Disney, with around 60%, and Comcast with 30%. The sale values Hulu at $15bn, a good price, but still only a 10th of Netflix's $150bn valuation. AT&T

put Netflix on level pegging with established giants Disney, Fox and Universal, who also each collected four Oscars. This was the first year that Netflix, Amazon and Hulu all had Oscar nominations, though

confess that Donald Duck has never been my favourite Disney character, but this charming little fable is just perfect. A brilliant and heart-warming idea, brought to life with outstanding digital animation

consolidated ad tech and digital platform services for Walt Disney Company, including the soon-to-be-added Fox properties and the group's new streaming platforms. All global digital video and ad serving