Mgm!

[Yano]

Im just wondering...
Why did they change the name of MGM to DHS!
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[ibrowse17]

Something to do with a legal agreement or partnership between the two companies not being renewed, or something like that. Not 100% sure, but would guess someone more in the know will have the complete reason.:thumbsup:

[#1donaldfan]

I have to agree with the above post.....that's my understanding too...........:mickey:

[WriteDisney]

I thought Disney wanted to change it to connect it more with their new movies. I understand that years ago MGM and disney were partners but no longer are, but let disney continue to use the name. Since they've been putting out their own movies for quite some time now I thought they wanted a more updated name. That's what I heard/understand... is this true?

[JerseyDad]

....I'm kinda' guessing that the bottom line to the change...is just that...

...The Bottom Line = $$$


(PS: I'm stubborn....and will STILL call it MGM Studios...:fresh:)

[caryrae]

This is what I read from Wikipedia,
On August 9, 2007, Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton announced that the theme park's name would be changed to Disney's Hollywood Studios in January 2008. In announcing the name change, Crofton said, "the new name reflects how the park has grown from representing the golden age of movies to a celebration of the new entertainment that today's Hollywood has to offer—in music, television, movies and theater."

The Florida resort later announced that the new name would be effective January 7, 2008, adding that it would take several more months to change all affected signage.

This also may have something to do with it too,
In 1985, Disney and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer entered into a licensing contract that gave Disney worldwide rights to use the MGM name and logo for a yet-to-be-built backlot studio theme park.

Disney's plans for what became the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Walt Disney World Resort included working production facilities for movies and television shows and a satellite animation studio, which began operation prior to the park's debut. In 1988, MGM/UA responded by filing a lawsuit that claimed Disney violated the 1985 agreement by operating a working movie and television studio at the Florida resort.

In 1989, the theme park opened adjacent to the production facilities as the Disney-MGM Studios. The only affiliation MGM had to the park was the original licensing agreement that allowed Disney to use the MGM brand name and lion logo in marketing, plus separate contracts that allowed specific MGM content to be used in The Great Movie Ride.

Disney later filed a countersuit, claiming that MGM/UA and MGM Grand, Inc. had conspired to violate Disney's worldwide rights to the MGM name in the theme park business and that MGM/UA would harm Disney's reputation by building its own theme park at the MGM Grand hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On October 23, 1992, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Curtis B. Rappe ruled that Disney had the right to continue using the Disney-MGM Studios name on film product produced at the Florida facility, and that MGM Grand had the right to build a Las Vegas theme park using the MGM name and logo as long as it did not share the same studio backlot theme as Disney's property. The 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park opened in 1993 at the Las Vegas site and closed permanently in 2000.

Disney was contractually prohibited from using the Disney-MGM Studios name in certain marketing contexts like the free Walt Disney World vacation-planning kit; in those instances the park was called The Disney Studios.

[Yano]

thanks guys for ypur replies.
i thnk im stuborn too, and will still call it MGM;)
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