Walt Disney Co on Thursday said it will offer applications from all of its businesses on Apple Inc’s new iPad electronic tablet, offering popular TV shows, video games and interactive books.

Disney unveiled its applications two days before the iPad goes on sale. It said one new application will extend its ABC.com’s full episode player onto the iPad, enabling iPad users to watch ad-supported episodes from 20 popular ABC series through a wi-fi connection.

The application will also allow iPad users to purchase downloads of episodes via the iTunes store.

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI – A consortium led by Walt Disney Co. is in advanced talks to buy into China’s largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in China, three sources told Reuters.

Google Inc., the world’s No.1 Internet search company, which threatened to quit China last month over censorship and hacking concerns, was among investors in the Disney-led consortium, the sources said on Monday.

The consortium planned to buy a stake of between 30 and 40 percent in Bus Online for more than $100 million via a purchase of old and new shares to be issued by the company in private placements, said the sources.