An ambitious bid to acquire Walt Disney came to nothing in 2004, but five years later the group entered talks with General Electric to acquire a controlling stake in the latter's NBC Universal subsidiary.

is produced under a licensing deal with Disney, a range of fruit-based or milk-based still drinks first introduced in Mexico in 2002, and later rolled out in Europe. In the US, the group produces another

Olivia Wilde and others. It also sponsored the Disney movie Tomorrowland, earning it several photo opportunities with George Clooney. Background The man after whom Chevrolet is named was only associated

promotional partnership with the newly rejuvenated Walt Disney Company, which had just scored its first animated hit in years with The Little Mermaid. In fact the 1990s were to prove perhaps the most

borrowing a term from Walt Disney, the bank sometimes refers to its lobbies and other public areas as "onstage". BofA also steadily pieced together what is now one of the biggest retail banking networks

Christmas 2014 were dolls based on characters from the Disney movie Frozen. In 2010, the group acquired Silpada Designs, a direct seller of sterling silver jewellery, for $650m. That deal added a new

He sold Pixar to distribution partner Disney in 2006 for $7.5bn, becoming Disney's largest individual shareholder, with a stake of just over 7%. Renowned for his obsessive pursuit of technological brilliance,

the business has been a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Although the fortunes of all four networks tend to fluctuate from season to season, ABC had arguably a harder time than most in the late

including Sky, to the Walt Disney Company. A rival offer subsequently materialised from Comcast, and the three companies began jockeying for control of the business. Comcast was ultimately successful,

Carney left in 2010, initially to join Disney; Woolmington departed in 2012). A French office opened in 2006, sharing premises with media agency KR Media. Naked Japan launched in Tokyo in June 2007. A