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BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Club Penguin and Walt Disney Records have just released The Party Starts Now, the first-ever EP from the #1 virtual world for kids. Featuring six tracks, The Party Starts Now, includes all of Club Penguin's hit singles from throughout the year, as well as a new song and a never-before-released bonus track. The EP is now available wherever music is sold, as well as through digital retail including iTunes, Google Play and Amazon. When...

BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Walt Disney Records announces the Sofia the First soundtrack now available for pre-order on Amazon. The soundtrack features 11 songs from the hit Disney Junior animated television series "Sofia The First," which premiered in January 2013 and became the #1 preschool series launch in cable TV history in Girls 2-5, Adults 18-49 and Women 18-49, plus 2 bonus tracks from the Disney Junior 's record-breaking animated television movie "Sofia the...

BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Disney Interactive and VEVO, the world's leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform, are joining forces to create premier family-friendly music experiences. The partnership will include co-branded complementary destinations. Disney will feature videos from VEVO's premium catalog of more than 50,000 music videos on Disney.com, and Disney will curate and program the family-friendly music video experience across VEVO's...

BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Disney Interactive announced today the online launch of the new short form animated video series, Disney Where's My Water? Presents: Swampy's Underground Adventures on Disney.com and Disney's YouTube channel at YouTube.com/DisneyShows, with plans to premiere the short form series on Disney Channel beginning in November. Swampy's Underground Adventures follows the hilarious and unpredictable adventures of Swampy, Disney's first...

MARNE-LA-VALLÉE, France, September 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Euro Disney S.C.A., parent company of Euro Disney Associes S.C.A., operator of Disneyland(R) Paris, announces the refinancing Euro Disney group's debt (excluding debt already extended by The Walt Disney Company) with new financing provided by The Walt Disney Company and two of its French subsidiaries, for an overall amount of 1,332 million euros. The workers' council has been consulted on the transaction and...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of National Preparedness Month this September, the American Red Cross today announced a $1 million grant from Disney to help kids and families prepare for disasters and other emergencies. Disney's investment will support the Red Cross Pillowcase Preparedness Program as well as other youth services. Disney also developed an interstitial that will air throughout the month of September on Disney Channel, which highlights...

KELOWNA, British Columbia, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Club Penguin is celebrating Earth Month this year with the launch of new activities allowing players to learn through role play about endangered species and declining habitats. These in-world activities align with the real-world environmental efforts Club Penguin supports - allowing kids to impact social change through play. Now - April 25th players can dress up as endangered species such as Rockhopper Penguins, Andean Cats,...

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Disney Interactive today announced Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers (http://www.facebook.com/disneyanimalkingdom), a social game inspired by The Walt Disney Company's Animal Kingdom Theme Park, is now live on Facebook. Developed by Disney Social Games, Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers is a hidden object game that provides players with a social, ecologically minded play experience. "Animal lovers will flock to Disney Animal Kingdom...

KELOWNA, British Columbia, Canada, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of Club Penguin (clubpenguin.com) can unite this holiday season to use online play to enact real-world social change as part of the fifth annual Coins For Change event. Coins For Change allows children who visit the snow-covered virtual world to donate virtual coins they earn playing games online to real world causes that matter to them. This year, kids will be challenged to fill the island lighthouse with...

Video streaming and DVD-rental powerhouse Netflix and online retailer Amazon unveiled content deals on Monday with entertainment giant Disney Co., signaling increased competition between the two companies in the video streaming business, Maneesha Tiwari and Alistair Barr of Reuters are reporting. Netflix said it extended its license agreement with Disney subsidiary ABC Television Group, allowing the continued streaming of TV shows over the internet. The agreement will also allow Netflix to...