在創立之初的20年里,華特迪士尼制片廠(Walt Disney Productions)是一家生計維艱的卡通制片廠,它向全世界推出了其最著名的卡通形象一一米老鼠。那時,很少有人看好迪士尼的前景。但是該公司在1937年首次制作的有聲長片動畫電影一一《白雪公主和七個小矮人》取得了轟動性成功,并在接下來的30年里陸續推出了其他經典動畫片,如《木偶奇遇記》、《小鹿斑比》、《灰姑娘》和《小飛俠彼得·潘》,還有《歡樂滿人間》《萬能金龜車》等影片,以及《大衛·克羅傳》等電視連續劇。
失去兩位元老之后,該公司慘淡經營了幾年。直到20世紀80年代,華特·迪士尼公司重新站了起來,并以迪士尼品牌重新獲得消費者的信任與興趣。這一切都始于動畫電影《小美人魚》,它的上映使一個古老的童話故事變成一個神奇的百老匯風格電影。這部電影獲得了兩個奧斯卡獎。20世紀80年代末至21世紀初,迪士尼發布開創性的動畫電影如《美女與野獸》(1991)、《阿拉丁》(1992)、《獅子王》(1994)、《玩具總動員》(與皮克斯公司合作,1995)和《花木蘭》(1998),進入了一個所謂的“迪士尼復興時代”(Disney Renaissance)。此外,公司想到一個創新方式來將核心家庭作為目標市場,并將新的領域擴展到年齡更大的受眾。公司推出了迪士尼電視頻道(Disney Channel)、試金石影片公司(Touchstone Pictures)和試金石電視公司(Touchstone Television)。另外,迪士尼還為ABC(美國廣播公司)的《周日迪士尼影片之夜》(The Disney Sunday Night Movie)欄目制作經典電影,并以極低的價格銷售迪士尼經典電影的錄像帶,進軍新一代兒童市場。迪士尼品牌持續擴張,涉足了出版業、國際主題公園和戲劇制作等領域,打開了全世界各種受眾的市場。
現在,迪士尼公司共有4大業務部門:(1)媒體網絡部門(Media Networks),負責經營海量的廣播、有線電視、音頻、出版和數字業務,包括迪士尼/ABC電視頻道集團以及ESPN公司;(2)公園、體驗和消費品部門(Parks, Experience and Consumer Products),負責將迪士尼的故事、人物和特許經營權通過公園、度假村、玩具、應用程序、服裝、書籍和商店等方式帶到人們的現實生活中;(3)電影娛樂部門(Studio Entertainment),通過公司核心業務部門迪士尼電影公司,聯手漫威工作室、皮克斯動畫工作室和盧卡斯影業,負責為全世界的消費者帶來電影、音樂和舞臺劇;(4)直聯消費者和國際部門(The Direct-To-Consumer & International division),包括數字訂閱流媒體服務和國際控股業務。
擁有如此多的品牌、角色和企業,迪士尼利用科技來確保客戶的體驗在任何一個平臺上都是一致的。迪士尼通過電子郵件、博客及其網站等創新方式與消費者建立聯系,向他們提供對電影預告片、電視剪輯、百老匯表演和虛擬主題公園體驗的介紹和分析。迪士尼是第一批開始定期播放其電視播客、發布有關其產品和相關員工采訪的公司之一。“我的迪士尼體驗”(My Disney Experience)應用程序使得用戶能夠遠程從快餐店訂購食物并且付款,讓其在參觀迪士尼樂園和度假村時避免排隊。
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