disney = muppets - sesame street

wednesday, 20 august, 2008 15:00 MAT

disney owns the muppets portion of jim henson but not any of the sesame street parts. means elmo is not disney... good to know.

Disney buys Jim Henson's Muppets and Bear

Courtesy of The Walt Disney Company
February 17, 2004

The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Disney will acquire the beloved Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House properties from Henson.

The transaction includes all Muppet assets, including the Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and Animal characters, the Muppet film and television library, and all associated copyrights and trademarks, as well as all the Bear in the Big Blue House characters, television library, copyrights and trademarks. The parties have signed a binding purchase agreement and expect the transaction to close within two months, subject to receiving the necessary regulatory clearances. The transaction does not include the Sesame Street characters, such as Big Bird and Elmo, which are separately owned by Sesame Workshop. The deal also includes non-exclusive production and consulting agreements under which Henson will develop potential new programming featuring the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House for Disney.

source: http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2004/021704.shtml

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display rotation

sunday, 17 august, 2008 22:25 MAT

if ctrl + alt + arrow key is pushed when using windows, the display rotates or flips around. apparently, this is a windows function and works with most windows applications. it worked with the powerpoint presentation on the laptop during class. but, disappointingly, it does not work with a widescreen (or, i cannot get it to work with my widescreen or dual screen monitors).

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