Disney to Debut Interactive VOD Channels

Later this month Disney will debut an interactive video-on-demand channel that highlights their theme parks and travel businesses, reports The Associated Press (via MarketingVOX).

U.S. Affluent Household Aggregate Income to Reach $4.6 Trillion in 2011

The aggregate income of nearly 21 million U.S. households now considered affluent was $3.6 trillion in 2006, and it’s expected to grow more than 27% over the next four years, reaching $4.6 trillion in 2011, according to The Affluent Market in the U.S., a new report from Packaged Facts.

Federated Participates in Epicenter Concept

Federated Department Stores has leased a former Lord & Taylor site in Delaware to The Epicenter Collection, the new mall concept designed to showcase catalogers, etailers and individual brands, writes DM News.

XM Suspends Opie & Anthony

Another CBS talk duo has been suspended, but this time not by CBS. The Opie & Anthony show has been suspended by XM Satellite Radio for 30 days, effective immediately.

Univision to Produce ‘Housewives’ in Spanish

Disney-ABC International Television Latin America has signed a deal allowing Univision to produce a version of Desperate Housewives in Spanish.

The Hispanic version will be produced in Argentina, writes Mediaweek. The format and scripts will follow the U.S. version, but will have adaptations made for the preferences of U.S. Hispanics.

ESPN Touts New Shows, Airs ‘ESPN Minute’ on ABC

Cross-platform offerings are the name of the game this week. Telemundo is attempting to bag advertisers by offering deals that include television spots, online ads, retail and in-store opportunities and event sponsorships, while ESPN is offering opportunities to be distributed across several other ESPN platforms.

‘LA Times’ Axing up to 150 Editorial Jobs

The Los Angeles Times, which underwent such turmoil late last year when its publisher and editor refused to make the cuts demanded by corporate parent Tribune Co., is eliminating 100 to 150 jobs.

See ‘Lost,’ Disney Content and More on Third Screen

The Walt Disney Co. will make Disney-ABC TV content available to Sprint Nextel subscribers, while ESPN and Verizon will revive ESPN’s branded mobile service that was eighty-sixed last year.

Out-of-Home Video Entities Turn to Cable TV for Leadership

The newly formed Out-of-Home Video Advertising Bureau has tapped a top executive from Comcast’s TV ad sales organization as its first president.

AOL Buys Third Screen Media

AOL has snapped up mobile ad network Third Screen Media.