The Walt Disney Company 2004 Annual Report
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Media Networks WD Internet Group Media Networks WD Internet Group

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Internet
Broadband
Mobile

BROADBAND
ABC News on Demand provides top ABC News programs for on-demand viewing and is one of the leading premium broadband content products in the U.S. This year, the product was launched on Comcast.net, the nation's largest high-speed Internet access service. ABC News Now, part of ABC News on Demand, expanded its line-up of live Internet programming, which this year included gavel-to-gavel coverage of the political conventions.

Disney Connection is an interactive content service for families that is made available to consumers through their high-speed access provider. Disney Connection expanded from Japan and Europe into Latin America this year and, in October, entered the U.S. market as part of the new Comcast.net Kids Channel.

DIG Motion, a proprietary technology that provides improved online video viewing for broadband users, has been expanded to all of the Company’s major sites.

Disney's Toontown Online is the first massively multiplayer online game created specifically for kids and families. After meeting wide critical acclaim in the U.S. in 2003, Toontown introduced three new major content additions this year and was rolled out in Japan and the United Kingdom. Additional markets are currently planned.

Also this year WDIG announced development of a premium interactive learning service for preschoolers, which is slated for launch in 2005.


Disney's broadband content service Disney Connection expanded globally in 2004.

Disney's broadband content service Disney Connection expanded globally in 2004.

Disney's broadband content service Disney Connection expanded globally in 2004.

Disney's broadband content service Disney Connection expanded globally in 2004.