The Walt Disney Company and Comcast Corporation Announce a Long-Term, Comprehensive Distribution Agreement That Advances the Successful Multichannel Business Model
Deal Provides Xfinity TV Customers Broad Access to
The networks and services covered by the agreement include:
"Comcast was the first video provider to create technology that enabled
us to deliver content to customers where and when they want it across
any viewing experience," said
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The extensive and expanded rights package for Comcast's Xfinity TV customers includes rights across multiple platforms for:
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Comcast's Xfinity TV customers will receive more
ABC , ABC Family, Disney and ESPN content through their set-top-box and, at this time, Disney and ESPN content online, including:-
ABC On Demand, ABC's fast-forward-disabled On Demand service,
which currently features a selection of top-rated primetime
entertainment programming, including episodes of such popular
current
ABC shows as "Castle," "Grey's Anatomy," "Once Upon A Time," "Private Practice" and "Revenge." Full current seasons will be made available on a number of shows. Additionally, Xfinity TV customers will have access to a variety ofABC News programming as well as some localABC owned-station content. - ABC Family On Demand, which features a variety of top-rated full episodes, refreshed monthly, from such popular millennial favorites as "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," "Switched at Birth," and "Melissa & Joey." Full current seasons will be made available on a number of shows. ABC Family original movies like "12 Dates of Christmas" will also be available.
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Disney-branded On Demand offerings, including Disney Channel On
Demand, Disney Junior On Demand, and Disney XD On Demand.
Refreshed each month, the Disney Channel On Demand offering will
include episodes from such series as "Handy Manny," "Mickey Mouse
Clubhouse," and "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" for
preschoolers, as well as variety of episodes from "A.N.T. Farm,"
"Good Luck Charlie," "Wizards of
Waverly Place ," and other popular series for older kids. Select episodes featured on Disney Channel On Demand will be available in innovative new offerings, such as playlists and monthly programming blocks, in addition to a number of episodes available in multiple languages. Disney Channel Original Movies such as "Lemonade Mouth," "Geek Charming" and "Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension" will also be available. Disney XD On Demand features a variety of episodes from such series as the Emmy Award-winning animated hit "Phineas and Ferb." - Disney Channel's subscription Video On Demand service, which offers on demand access to select episodes before they air, will now be available to Xfinity TV customers who receive Disney Channel, a service that Comcast will offer to these customers for no additional fee.
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Expanded on demand content from ESPN, including content from ESPN
Deportes and ESPN's award-winning original content from
ESPN Films . -
The subscription On Demand service "Disney Family Movies," which
features a selection of classic and contemporary feature films and
animated shorts from
The Walt Disney Studios .
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ABC On Demand, ABC's fast-forward-disabled On Demand service,
which currently features a selection of top-rated primetime
entertainment programming, including episodes of such popular
current
- Xfinity TV customers will receive broad access to existing authenticated products like WatchESPN, as well as upcoming authenticated products, including WatchDisneyChannel, WatchDisneyXD and WatchDisneyJunior. These services will give Comcast's Xfinity TV customers more opportunities to access live and video on demand content, both in-home and out-of-home, on their computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming consoles.
- Xfinity TV customers will also receive the recently announced Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic channel for children ages 2-7, parents and caregivers. Upon its debut in 2012, the new channel will feature animated and live action programming that blends Disney's unparalleled storytelling and beloved characters with learning, including early math, language skills, healthy eating and lifestyles, and social skills.
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Comcast also obtained rights to air certain content from ESPN3, ESPN
FullCourt and ESPN GamePlan on Comcast's
Xfinity Sports Entertainment Package.
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Comcast:
Jennifer_Khoury@comcast.com
John_Demming@comcast.com
or
Disney/
Kevin.m.brockman@disney.com
karen.hobson@disney.com
or
ESPN:
Katina.arnold@espn.com
amy.phillips@espn.com
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