From ABC News, Disney Online and ESPN - Feb 23, 2006 03:55 PM (PR Newswire)
Verizon Offers Its Customers the Most Extensive Online and Video-On-Demand Content Available From Disney and ESPN Networks, Including ABC News Now, Disney Connection, ESPN360, Movies.com Max and More.
NEW YORK and BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- As more consumers turn to the Internet and on-demand TV services for entertainment, Verizon is introducing to its consumer broadband and FIOS TV customers an extensive, new lineup of entertainment and informational programming from ABC News, Disney Online, ESPN and Movies.com. Verizon is the only broadband provider to offer a full collection of content from Disney and ESPN Networks on both its consumer broadband and television platforms.
The launch follows the announcement in September of wide-ranging video and broadband content agreements between Verizon and The Walt Disney Company. The online programming includes live video news feeds, live sports events, children's entertainment and other content specially targeted to broadband Internet users. Other special broadband content includes live local sports action like the recent Villanova-South Florida men's basketball game aired live in the Tampa area on ESPN360, which is only available in that market via Verizon Online.
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