Just two weeks ago, the Disney ABC Television Group told a team of approximately 30 to 35 application developers that they were being laid off. Their jobs were being moved to an IT contractor with large offshore operations. Some were told their last day would be at the end of July.

But on Thursday, the Disney ABC TV Media Technology & Strategy development team told the developers that their layoffs were being rescinded. The change was confirmed by a Disney ABC source, although a company spokesman would not comment on the reversal or even confirm it.

Kevin Brockman, the Disney ABC spokesman, said that in the course of making a technology upgrade, “we look at a myriad of options to achieve our goals. We’re clearly on an alternative path to achieve our goals that we think is better suited to our business.”

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