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MEDIA NETWORKS - INTERNET
Broadband
Walt Disney Internet Group
Broadband
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ABC News On-Demand is a subscription video news service that offers top ABC News programs, including World News Tonight with Peter Jennings for On-Demand viewing. It is one of the leading premium, broadband Internet content products in the United States and is now available through ABCNEWS.com, RealNetworks, AOL Broadband, Yahoo! and BellSouth. ABC News Live, part of the ABC News On-Demand service, offers 24-hour live news feeds and live anchored coverage of world and domestic events exclusively on the Internet.

DIG Motion is a proprietary technology that allows broadband users to view high-quality video without the buffering, streaming or waiting of traditional Internet video technologies. The free application, which first launched on ESPN.com as ESPN Motion, now appears on many Disney Internet sites and allows advertisers to run television commercials online with the same video and audio quality of broadcast television.

A new version of Disney’s Blast, the premium online subscription service for children that provides weekly updated educational and entertainment features, was launched specifically for subscribers with broadband Internet connections.

Disney Connection is an interactive broadband content service that offers a wide range of rich-media Disney entertainment and learning activities in a safe environment. Its line-up includes animated shorts, Disney sneak previews, music and educational games. In 2003 Disney Connection debuted in Spain as Connecta Disney and in Japan as DisneyBB on FLET’S.

In June, WDIG launched the downloadable, broadband edition of Disney’s Toontown Online, the first massively multiplayer online game created specifically for kids and families. A packaged version of the game became available from major retail chains in the fall.


Disney.com consistently ranks as the leading kids entertainment Internet site, attracting approximately 12 million unique visistors each month.
Disney.com consistently ranks as the leading kids entertainment Internet site, attracting approximately 12 million unique visistors each month.
Disney's Toontown Online, the first 3-D massively multiplayer (MMP) online game for kids and families, launched in 2003.
Disney's Toontown Online, the first 3-D massively multiplayer (MMP) online game for kids and families, launched in 2003.
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