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Walt Disney Company president and future CEO Robert Iger gestures at the Main Street of Hong Kong Disneyland in this September 11, 2005 file photo, one day before its official opening. Plans for a long-discussed Disneyland park in Shanghai could include a major media agreement between Walt Disney Co and the Shanghai government that could give the company unrivaled access to the market, documents obtained by Reuters show. The joint venture agreement would give Disney a huge advantage over U.S. media rivals by allowing it to bypass foreign film import quotas and summer and holiday blackout periods, as well as television censorship, both imposed by the central government.
Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger speaks in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle during the opening ceremony of Hong Kong Disneyland in this September 12, 2005 file photo. Plans for a long-discussed Disneyland park in Shanghai could include a major media agreement between Walt Disney Co and the Shanghai government that could give the company unrivaled access to the market, documents obtained by Reuters show. The joint venture agreement would give Disney a huge advantage over U.S. media rivals by allowing it to bypass foreign film import quotas and summer and holiday blackout periods, as well as television censorship, both imposed by the central government.
Robert Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, arrives at the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" in Anaheim, California in this May 19, 2007 file photo. Plans for a long-discussed Disneyland park in Shanghai could include a major media agreement between Walt Disney Co and the Shanghai government that could give the company unrivalled access to the market, documents obtained by Reuters show. The joint venture agreement would give Disney a huge advantage over U.S. media rivals by allowing it to bypass foreign film import quotas and summer and holiday blackout periods, as well as television censorship, both imposed by the central government.
In this photo provided by the Walt Disney Company, a 12-inch-tall toy Buzz Lightyear is posed at Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, Friday, May 30, 2008, as Space Shuttle Discovery sits behind it on the launch pad, at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Aboard Discovery is a similar Buzz Lightyear toy action figure. Disney Parks worked with NASA to include the toy on the mission to celebrate the opening of a new attraction called, "Toy Story Mania!" -- that features Buzz Lightyear. The toy on the spacecraft will be transferred to the International Space Station where it will spend several months, before being sent back to Florida later this year on a future Space Shuttle mission. A series of educational programs for school children has been planned for the toy's time in space.