Charter Launches Disney Family Movies Subscription Video On Demand Service
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Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) announced today that it has
entered into an agreement with Disney-ABC Domestic Television to launch
a subscription video on demand (SVOD) entertainment service featuring
classic and contemporary movies and animated shorts from The Walt Disney
Studios.
Disney Family Movies features a dozen Disney movies and animated
shorts. Titles will remain in rotation for about a month, with new
titles added weekly. The rotating titles will have broad appeal,
targeting children, teens, adults, and families. Initially, Disney
Family Movies includes Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Air
Buddies; Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams; Tarzan
& Jane; Geppetto and others.
"Charter is pleased to have developed this
service with Disney-ABC Domestic Television and serve as their launch
partner on this exciting new venture,” said
Maria Rothschild, Senior Director of Video Product Management for
Charter. "Disney Family Movies is
entertainment the whole family can enjoy together and a great value for
our customers. With Disney Family Movies, in addition to our VOD
movie line up of new releases, blockbusters, free movies, and high
definition selections, Charter is the place for movies on
television.” "We are delighted to be offering a
family-friendly entertainment service featuring universally treasured
Disney titles to Charter’s customers,”
added Dan Cohen, executive vice president, pay television and
interactive media, Disney-ABC Domestic Television. "This
unique Disney offering is the first of its kind, generating an
innovative use of the SVOD technology.” Disney Family Movies can be added to Charter Digital Cable®
for only $4.99 per month. For more information, or to order Disney
Family Movies, call Charter at 1-888-GET-CHARTER (1-888-438-2427).
About Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications
company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the
United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband
services, including advanced Charter Digital Cable®
video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed®
Internet access, and Charter Telephone®.
Charter Business™ similarly provides
scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications
solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business
Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment
services, and business telephone. Charter’s
advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter
Media® brand. More information about Charter
can be found at www.charter.com.
About Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Disney-ABC Domestic Television’s pay
television and interactive media division is a leading distributor of
movies in the video-on-demand arena. DADT distributes movies
domestically from The Walt Disney Studios, including titles from Walt
Disney Pictures, Disney-Pixar, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures,
and Miramax Films. It currently licenses movies through a wide range of
distributors and platforms including cable MSOs, satellite companies,
internet distributors, telcos, mobile operators, and via other emerging
technologies.