Comcast, ABC News, Walt Disney Internet Group Sign Broadband Distribution Deal.
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8/5/2004


Comcast, the nation's leading broadband Internet provider, ABC News and the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) today announced a broadband content distribution deal.

This agreement makes ABC News on demand video and ABC News Live, 24/7 live streaming news programming, immediately and easily accessible to Comcast’s 5.7+ million High-Speed Internet customers, at no additional cost.

Comcast also announced today that it plans to launch an online Kids Channel. Disney will provide Disney Connection, its broadband entertainment destination for kids ages 3–11, to support Comcast’s launch planned for later this year. This will mark the first North American launch of the internationally popular Disney Connection.