Originally published on http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/disney-launches-muppets-digital-series-and-what-this-means-for-the-characters-20140804 Over the past decade or so, Disney has been uncanny in terms of acquiring companies that expand and strengthen their brand: they absorbed creative partners Pixar, leading to greater synergy and more output from the Emeryville, California-based animation studio and bought both Marvel and Lucasfilm,