It’s worth noting that about one quarter of ESPN’s total revenue from the event came from non-linear platforms, including ESPN3, apps free iPhone and iPad, ESPN Mobile TV, espn.com and radio.That's pretty amazing.
World of Color is the first of our next generation of attractions at California Adventure and its early success is a promising sign for our investments there.Jay Rasulo:
At our international parks, guest spending improved at both Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland. Attendance was up 1% in Paris and also up 35% in Hong Kong, which was driven by higher guest visitation from mainland China and international markets.Impressive attendance gains at Hong Kong Disneyland.
Most stupid analyst question goes to Jason Bazinet of Citi:
You guys have such dominant franchises when it comes to men with ESPN and obviously kids, the marginal investments you’ve made either in terms of sports rights, or gaming or even the Marvel acquisition seems to just sort of extend your advantage in those markets as opposed to focusing on women. Do you feel like there is sort of an opportunity to extend sort of the company’s prowess into the female segment or do you anticipate sort of continuing to invest in sort of, I call them the core areas, where you’re focused now?The largest consumers of Disney's products are women. Disney's challenge is connecting with heterosexual males.