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Disney Accelerator Showcases Eight Companies At 2021 Demo Day

PlayOn! Sports : Nov 4, 2021 4:00:00 PM

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Disney Accelerator Showcases Eight Companies At 2021 Demo Day

The Walt Disney Company concluded its 2021 Disney Accelerator program today with a Demo Day that showcased the eight companies in this year's class. In today's presentation, senior Disney leaders, including Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content, Sanjog Gupta, Head of Sports, Star & Disney India, Stephanie Young, president of Consumer Products, Games and Publishing, and Jon Snoddy, senior vice president, Walt Disney Imagineering, spoke one-on-one with Disney Accelerator company CEOs about their innovative technologies and the impact they could have across Disney's businesses.

The 2021 Disney Accelerator companies include:

  • PlayOn! Sports: PlayOn! Sports is the destination for fans across the country to watch live and on-demand high school sports and activities, streaming over 320,000 live events last year. PlayOn! is in discussions with ESPN to stream 10 iconic high school sporting events in 2022 on ESPN+.

Read the full article on Cision PR Newswire here.
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