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09-22-2005, 04:57 AM
Verizon and The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced a long-term, wide-ranging programming agreement for multiple Disney and ESPN networks and services.
Under the agreement, Verizon will carry 12 television services on Verizon FiOS TV's expanded basic, including ABC Family, ABC News Now, Disney Channel, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, Toon Disney, and SOAPnet. Verizon will also be granted retransmission consent of ABC's owned and operated television stations as part of the agreement.
Verizon will carry major Disney and ESPN programming and broadband services including a VOD content portfolio offered to all digital customers including On Demand services from ABC Family, ABC News Now, Disney Channel, ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPNU, Jetix, Radio Disney TV, SOAPnet, and Toon Disney.
Verizon and Disney also agreed to cooperate, consistent with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to help curb infringement of Disney's copyrighted works over the Internet while at the same time appropriately safeguarding the privacy of Verizon Internet service subscribers.
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Under the agreement, Verizon will carry 12 television services on Verizon FiOS TV's expanded basic, including ABC Family, ABC News Now, Disney Channel, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, Toon Disney, and SOAPnet. Verizon will also be granted retransmission consent of ABC's owned and operated television stations as part of the agreement.
Verizon will carry major Disney and ESPN programming and broadband services including a VOD content portfolio offered to all digital customers including On Demand services from ABC Family, ABC News Now, Disney Channel, ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPNU, Jetix, Radio Disney TV, SOAPnet, and Toon Disney.
Verizon and Disney also agreed to cooperate, consistent with the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to help curb infringement of Disney's copyrighted works over the Internet while at the same time appropriately safeguarding the privacy of Verizon Internet service subscribers.
[Source: <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-21-2005/0004112313&EDATE=" target="blank">PR Newswire</a>]